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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
http://jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/ below 55% you can consider yourself tonedeaf. Excellent musicians seldom score above 80. My brother who can play everything from Bach on the piano scored that. While poor little me only scored 58% lol. Seems he stole all that dna from me the bastard    | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
Some of those feel really hard just because of how long the phrases are. | ||
micronesia
United States24653 Posts
I tried it and of course the phone starts ringing during lol... I didn't need to get the phone but it threw me off! I think it helped that I recall doing this type of test before: 75%. | ||
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nooboon
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imPermanenCe
Netherlands595 Posts
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MrDudeMan
Canada973 Posts
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monk
United States8476 Posts
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hoot00
United States77 Posts
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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
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r.Evo
Germany14080 Posts
And I was laughing at her when she tells me she hates visiting lectures where the profs have "weird voices" ... I'll try this tomorrow myself. :o | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On February 03 2013 02:40 MrDudeMan wrote: 80.6%, are you sure excellent musicians seldom score above 80? Never learned to play an instrument in my life :p It's what the test said somewhere. Maybe you just have a hidden talent :D | ||
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JackDragon
525 Posts
Edit: Looks like my score was 75%. Decent I guess. | ||
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Deleted User 135096
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
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micronesia
United States24653 Posts
On February 03 2013 02:54 wo1fwood wrote: I was like half paying attention and scored %91.7. This reminds me of those people who "never study and always get maximum grades because of how easy it is." You should be a bit more humble... even on the internet lol. | ||
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Dagwon
Canada33 Posts
Ha! Now I can tell my mom that I'm *not* tone deaf! Most of my problem was actually attention. I'll have to try it again when I'm not so sick and can focus... | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On February 03 2013 02:56 micronesia wrote: This reminds me of those people who "never study and always get maximum grades because of how easy it is." You should be a bit more humble... even on the internet lol. Aye lol, I wish we could see a list of recent results to see how many of those 90+ results are actually there On the other hand, maybe we gamers are more adepted to computer tones? | ||
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
On February 03 2013 02:56 micronesia wrote: This reminds me of those people who "never study and always get maximum grades because of how easy it is." You should be a bit more humble... even on the internet lol. Everybody has a 14 inch penis on the internet man. | ||
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G_G
Canada178 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ujAurqH.png) 25 years old, 16 years of guitar, 11 years of piano, and a shit ton of ear training since I was ten. I like that they make you guess what your score was before showing it, because I was so unsure of many of them that I guessed that I got 75%. I think many people could get 100 if their audio is good enough. Also, you can't just listen to the melody, some of them had the bass line held for longer on the second clip even though the melody was the same. | ||
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monk
United States8476 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:00 SolHeiM wrote: Everybody has a 14 inch penis on the internet man. He kind of cheated cause he's a composer irl =P. | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Probably. 58.3%  | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
Same as me  Not tone deaf but close. How's your singing? Mine is great, it just comes out of my throat a bit rotten and everyone starts running Which is, of course, no reason to not sing when I'm drunk, besides the occasional friends lost. | ||
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Deleted User 135096
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On February 03 2013 03:00 Zandar wrote: Aye lol, I wish we could see a list of recent results to see how many of those 90+ results are actually there On the other hand, maybe we gamers are more adepted to computer tones? Sorry, wan't intending to be a dick. Like monk said, I am a classically trained composer, so I should be scoring well on this kind of test as its very similar to a lot of aural skills testing that musicians do in college. Also its very likely that helps, considering the basic synthesis techniques that have been used from early games. The more familiar you are to these things the more adept you'll probably be at identification. Edit: ok, so I made a more concerted effort to actually listen, and scored %97.2. + Show Spoiler [img] + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ifilTEn.jpg) | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:11 Zandar wrote: Same as me Not tone deaf but close. How's your singing? Mine is great, it just comes out of my throat a bit rotten IDK, no one heard it and lived to tell the tale. I guess if singing and music were a core economic subject I would have been considered special. Seriously, I can't sing and can't play any musical insturment | ||
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micronesia
United States24653 Posts
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
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slowbacontron
United States7722 Posts
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phoenixfeather95
665 Posts
I play music, but I'm only a drummer (of ~5 - 6 years) | ||
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G_G
Canada178 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:15 micronesia wrote: What is the relation between how you do on a test like this, and how your singing is? When I try to sing my voice doesn't sound to me like what it does to someone listening (to their dismay); this is independent of how good I am at recognizing music I listen to that isn't produced within my own body. I couldn't sing twinkle twinkle little star even half decently to save my life. I don't think it makes a difference. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:13 wo1fwood wrote: Sorry, wan't intending to be a dick. Like monk said, I am a classically trained composer, so I should be scoring well on this kind of test as its very similar to a lot of aural skills testing that musicians do in college. Also its very likely that helps, considering the basic synthesis techniques that have been used from early games. The more familiar you are to these things the more adept you'll probably be at identification. It's true, but it's also talent. I can play some random keys on the piano and my brother knows which notes/tones they were, just by hearing. I can't even hear if it's false or not. He can explain to me why Bach is so perfect mathematicly, many complex melodies on top of eachother. Perfect harmony. I can understand it, but I cannot hear why it's so perfect. Because I cannot hear it if those melodies together produce false tones or not. | ||
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micronesia
United States24653 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:20 G_G wrote: I couldn't sing twinkle twinkle little star even half decently to save my life. I don't think it makes a difference. I would guess you are right, but it seems like many people link your abilities on a test like this with your singing abilities... that seems incorrect to me. Maybe being tone deaf in the context of this test can hurt, but I doubt that it's the only factor that contributes to why your singing sounds worse to you then to an observer. | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
I played the flute all through high school, but was never that serious about it; I never practiced outside of school and haven't touched it since. I do listen to a fair amount of classical, though. I'll have my wife try it later, she took classical piano lessons for 8 years or so and always did well at competitions. | ||
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Iranon
United States983 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:17 Zandar wrote: Because if you are near tone deaf you have a problem to sing the proper tones, so you sing a lot more false tones compared to someone who's not that tone deaf I think. But it doesn't work the other way around -- having perfect pitch won't make you a good singer. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:24 Iranon wrote: But it doesn't work the other way around -- having perfect pitch won't make you a good singer. Yes that's true, only goes the other way. | ||
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Deleted User 135096
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On February 03 2013 03:22 micronesia wrote: I would guess you are right, but it seems like many people link your abilities on a test like this with your singing abilities... that seems incorrect to me. Maybe being tone deaf in the context of this test can hurt, but I doubt that it's the only factor that contributes to why your singing sounds worse to you then to an observer. Being able to hear these rhythmic/harmonic or timbral differences really well, and being able to reproduce them with accuracy on your voice are somewhat different skills, though there is a lot of overlap (like being able to hear should help in reproduction, but I've known a lot of musicians who can identify these differences, but cant reproduce them vocally). What this guy is testing isn't whether you can sing back pitches accurately, but how well you can recognize the aforementioned changes. | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/iMvGcrg.png) Apparently I'm super talented yet I dont know jackshit about music at all, don't even play any instrument... | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
I google translated 'valse toon' and it gave me 'false tone' | ||
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Thrill
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Sicion
Germany131 Posts
28 years old male with no music experience except singing when i drive to work and back. | ||
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G_G
Canada178 Posts
I'm starting to think this is like IQ tests, where the more you take, the better you get at them, even though you're not actually getting any smarter in general, just better at IQ tests. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:42 Sicion wrote: I got a score of 86.1 % 28 years old male with no music experience except singing when i drive to work and back. I guess it shows that amount of being tone deaf is mostly about the talent you are born with. While practice can make it even better, I don't think I can ever reach 80 | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
If you reach 60- fat chance you won't | ||
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netherh
United Kingdom333 Posts
 Looking at the stats after the result page, it looks like the average is 73%, so I guess the thing about talented musicians is just to make people more relaxed about their score / influence guesses about their ability. As for people redoing - I'm sure I could get 100 if I "properly concentrated" since it tells you the answers afterwards. :p It's also interesting to see that only 23% of people got no. 33 right (I didn't). | ||
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farvacola
United States18822 Posts
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Mementoss
Canada2595 Posts
nice | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
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jubil
United States2602 Posts
I always did know my natural pitch perception was quite poor, and my singing is bad too, so not really surprised how low I got. I think if the test was conducted using traditional orchestral instruments I would have scored higher. I guess people with better natural ability and/or more training can adjust to hearing the abstract electronic sounds. ps. I really hate to confirm the stereotype, but I was a violist... | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On February 03 2013 03:22 micronesia wrote: I would guess you are right, but it seems like many people link your abilities on a test like this with your singing abilities... that seems incorrect to me. Maybe being tone deaf in the context of this test can hurt, but I doubt that it's the only factor that contributes to why your singing sounds worse to you then to an observer. It could affect your ability to be in tune. What I would expect is that someone scoring well on this test is that they would recognize easily if they are off in pitch when singing something or singing alone with something. However, this says nothing about their ability to correctly adjust pitch and get back to singing on key. That has a mechanical aspect. You can know you are out of tune but not have the coordination to be able to adjust and anticipate upcoming pitches correctly. It also says nothing about your technique/tone/resonance. You might be wonderfully in tune but be singing in a raspy, nasal tone. | ||
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-Kaiser-
Canada932 Posts
I think I missed a lot of them because I was only listening for the melody. | ||
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AnythingThenDelete
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I can't make any differences between " good " and " bad " earphones for example and I have shitty taste when it comes to music ( that doesn't mean I can't hear but still ). And I agree with all the " the long one are hard " , especially if they are the same ... | ||
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Epishade
United States2267 Posts
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
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E.L.V.I.S
Belgium458 Posts
im pretty sure I can't get better score now xD | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34486 Posts
Was still fun to give it a try. ^_^ | ||
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Bojas
Netherlands2397 Posts
.Edit: 0 experience in playing an instrument. | ||
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SamsungStar
United States912 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
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Loser777
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GenesisX
Canada4267 Posts
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XDJuicebox
United States593 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
Paradox much? How do I fill in the form if I don't know my score; yet in order to know my score I must fill in the form -_- | ||
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monk
United States8476 Posts
2. It's optional. | ||
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iamke55
United States2806 Posts
Edit: just noticed my dark templar icon... goes well with my sig! | ||
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micronesia
United States24653 Posts
On February 03 2013 05:00 L_Master wrote: Our voice sounds different to us than it does to others, though. The way in which it sounds different will vary from person to person, independent of the results of this test, I believe.It could affect your ability to be in tune. What I would expect is that someone scoring well on this test is that they would recognize easily if they are off in pitch when singing something or singing alone with something. | ||
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farvacola
United States18822 Posts
On February 03 2013 06:34 micronesia wrote: Our voice sounds different to us than it does to others, though. The way in which it sounds different will vary from person to person, independent of the results of this test, I believe. Yes, but the very idea of pitch is that of an objective metric with which to measure a certain aural quality of a piece of sound (most of the "differences" in hearing your own voice versus a bystander hearing it deal with timbre and tone more than pitch). In other words, a singer with perfect pitch sings a G, and although that G does not sound exactly like the one played on a pitch pipe, it is still most certainly a G. Similarly, although two people might hear the same note differently, it's pitch is going to be one of the aspects that two listeners agree on most strongly, given that they both have good senses of relative pitch. On that note, it is worthwhile to keep in mind that "perfect pitch" is rather rare and means that an individual is able to create and recognize a healthy musical note without external assistance from something like a pitch pipe or piano. "relative pitch" is a skill that most musicians and fans of music tend to develop as they become familiar with musical phraseology and tonal space, and means that an individual is able to recognize and at times fill in musical intervals (fill in blanks of this McDonald's slogan, "Ba da ba __ __, I'm lovin it") | ||
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forsooth
United States3648 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sT3YYeF.png) I only took it once but did try to pay close attention. For the record, I can't play any instruments and I don't sing very well. | ||
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jpak
United States5045 Posts
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
Many years of piano | ||
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OmniEulogy
Canada6592 Posts
I thought I hit like 70% at best. Was very happy to see 88% lol | ||
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NKB
United Kingdom608 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/dP0FVTD.png) Oh yeah, I am more than a bit tone deaf lol | ||
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ailouros
United States193 Posts
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Rimstalker
Germany734 Posts
My audio-buffers seem tiny. I have actually failed the test to become an air traffic controller because I could not memorize sequences of letters that I only were able to hear. If I can SEE things, I almost have perfect recall. | ||
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kenkou
United States235 Posts
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Demonhunter04
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On February 03 2013 02:23 Zandar wrote: A fun test to check if you are tonedeaf. http://jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/ below 55% you can consider yourself tonedeaf. Excellent musicians seldom score above 80. My brother who can play everything from Bach on the piano scored that. While poor little me only scored 58% lol. Seems he stole all that dna from me the bastard I doubt that excellent musicians score that low. I've never studied music, and never played an instrument, but I scored 83.3%. I should add that I lost focus a few times and had to guess, too. | ||
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TylerThaCreator
United States906 Posts
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
I just have horrible ADD lol... | ||
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sorrowptoss
Canada1431 Posts
Cool test though. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Parlortricks
United States111 Posts
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blueblimp
Canada297 Posts
I also guessed 94.4%, which confused me since I didn't know whether it was telling me the score I guessed or my actual score. | ||
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Glenn313
United States475 Posts
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Path
United States145 Posts
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domane
Canada1606 Posts
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FractalsOnFire
Australia1756 Posts
MAAAN if i didn't screw up on the first 2 or 3 because i had no idea wtf was going on I think i could've got over 90% I do think its more of a concentration and memory test, the changes in pitch/tone are quite obvious. You don't need to be musically inclined unless the changes were EXTREMELY subtle. EDIT: Oh i only screwed up one of them, still could've got over 90% though. | ||
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justiceknight
Singapore5741 Posts
been 1 year in band like 10+ years ago,the funny thing is my hearing is strong that i can hear footsteps [w/o footware] or random sound of a screw in my fan sometimes. | ||
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
33 seems off with the 2nd note (maybe because the 2nd to last note is so different and it throws people off?). I also messed up on #1 because I wasnt paying much attention and didnt know what to expect. I hate that it doesnt show how long the audio clip is D: EDIT: I am a poor musician because I dont have good consistent timing, I always rush notes. This was from when I played piano as a kid like 20 years ago though. | ||
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d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
not sure if I chose 'different' on things that were actually the same too frequently, since for a few of them I didn't remember the phrase exactly the first time and felt like I heard something different the second time also I think it would make more sense if musicians rarely scored *below* 80%, so I'm wondering if that was a typo | ||
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Bunn
Estonia934 Posts
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Daray
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I do think its more of a concentration and memory test, the changes in pitch/tone are quite obvious. You don't need to be musically inclined unless the changes were EXTREMELY subtle. Pretty much my thoughts aswell. Close your eyes and focus. | ||
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UmbraaeternuS
Chile476 Posts
27 years of age, 10 years of guitar, 10 years of violin, compositions since I was 14. | ||
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BreAKerTV
Taiwan1658 Posts
Tone-deaf? no wonder why my Chinese is so bad. | ||
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dkpl
Canada1485 Posts
My only musical training came from like 3 years of piano when I was like in elementary/grade school, 5 or 6 years of middle school/high school band, and umm I guess 3 monthes of osu. The osu is just recent, the piano/band thing was 10+ years ago lol | ||
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