It was a cool test. Much better than math. lol

Thank you for this video :) I like the piano. I got every question, up until #13. I am not very familiar with the whole resolution thing! 😅 but fun :)

I got 13 answers right , I screwed -up the last two. It was interesting though , thank you!

I missed the last question, # 15

I play no instruments at all but got a 15 score

after that, the professor was fired? 😅

Disagree. Different voices tend to have different tone quality, even when voicing the same tone. A tone-deaf person could distinguish voices on the basis of tone quality. Fred

Dam i am tone deaf then

@@ffggddss Spot on, Fred!

@@ffggddss I don't think that is tone. Tone is just the frequency range of the sound that you hear, and timbre is the difference that the sound that another person makes (such as 2 person say at the same tone, but one is less airy, and one is too airy). I don't think there's a tone deaf person, they just have different receptor as normal people. They could sing and know notes as any other person could do, but they just need to practice to transpose it in their head (they know the gain of the frequency that they hear, but can't transmit normally like normal people would do).

Something tells me that you''ll be okay eventually.

the point is to answer honestly, not to cheat the system

People are bitching at you, but you're right. No multiple choice test should have answers come in easily recogniseable patterns. However honest you might want to be, that's going to throw you off.

@@lilsmokey5553 the point is that he happened to notice an obvious pattern, not that he was trying cheat the system

@@lilsmokey5553it’s called pattern recognition dog

Wow, same with my mom, sorry you’ve had to experience that because I still love singing. My grandma though told me I could sing at the top of my lungs in church because God would like that so I did sing really loud in church! After that I just sang with every song and in the shower, in the car and one day, my brain said, “write some songs”….so I got my Moms 2006 computer with garageband and put some poems together with some GarageBand arrangements and I have Arranged/written over 100 songs. They are in my own voice because I can’t really sing in anybody else’s voice. But singing is a form of ecstasy and release at the same time one day I might be brave enough to share my songs with the world, because they really came from nowhere. I was always told I was tone deaf. but I pass this test. I hope you keep on singing.❤❤❤

@@studio107bgallery4 thank you so much for sharing.

That's such a horrible thing to say to anyone let alone your child!!

I’m sorry your mom said that! I was very fortunate to have a mother who recognized if I was flat or sharp and tried to correct me. It taught me how to listen for the note before singing/playing (as I now play the flute). According to this test, I have “perfect pitch,” but in actuality, I just have good ear training (and relative pitch-I can always hear concert A in my head, and when I studied music in college for a bit, that’s what I used to base other notes for ear training and sight singing exercises). Perfect pitch is when you can pull any pitch out of a hat, which is what my husband has. I’m glad you’re still enjoying singing! Keep it up!

I have an italian neighbour, she loves to sing christian songs. But her voice is ear piercing and she has no control over it. Kinda sounds like a cat being skinned alive. Any advice on how to convince her to stop?

I'm the opposite with my ADHD. I can figure it out from sheet music and practice, but struggle more to play by ear. And don't ask me to learn a song from the radio! 😅

Oh wow, had similar struggles & yep was never any good at sight reading. Now it makes sense why I found that so difficult. I also had to do what you did & just experiment with different notes until it sounded right. I’m really out of practice on the piano now…can still play if I have the sheet music & used to know the song but even tho I know where to place my hands, if someone pointed to a note on the sheet & asked me to name it, apart from those close to middle C, I couldn’t. I learnt up to grade 6 but haven’t retained it. It’s so bizarre, it’s like subconsciously I still can read music & my hands know what to do but on a conscious level, it may as well be a beginner in terms of reading the music.

I had the same issue. Undiagnosed autism and ADHD, but still made it to first chair clarinet by memorising the score. I could sight read, but the processing delay of look, read, then remember the physical way to play the note, then look, and read, going back and forwards from abstract concept (A, B, C etc) to the physical aspect of breath control, embouchure, and finger position was just too difficult. I couldn't learn scales either. Once I switched instruments and started teaching myself I pretty much abandoned traditional sheet music and worked with the physical and aural aspects. I write and compose with shapes, and visualise grids. Whatever works. There are no rules in music.

@@pointlesswasteoftime Yes! Well put.

That's almost like me 😮 i learned to play the flute without notes my techer played the song first so i could listen after that i remebered where to put my fingers to get the same sound, i have always been singing as long as i can remember too and now I'm trying to learn the piano by ear. I was diagnosed with ADD and Atypical Autism as an adult. I guess i have learned to listening so i got 15/15 too. ☺️

Yep. I found the dissonance questions a little too basic, verging on ‘I’m right, your wrong because I’ve just got my degree and know it all and what would you know”? Vs me with over 50 years music experience thinking, hmm, this dissonance will fit with this, already creating the music in my mind. Arrogance of youth vs arrogance of varied and multiple experience 😂

was easy for me

Jazz musician: "everything fits together"

@@Dharma_Bum Exactly, where I heard the supposed dissonance I filled in the missing context and pretext automatically in my mind and it sounded good 😅😂

@@Dharma_Bum Well I dont have like a lot of musical experience but as I see it, just because something clashes does not mean it cant be used together. In fact knowing that it clashes makes it possible for you to use it in specific ways together to create a specific effect. That, however, does not change the fact that it clashes. It's like certain colours clash with each other but if used correctly in a panting together, that clash gives definition to the painting. Note this is only my ignorant ideas. I do not have a music degree or years of experience, merely love listening to music and writing

Whoa that is gifted.

Nice going sir!

Im 73 in april got 14 of 15 correct..i was too quick on 15 if i would have slowed down a little i would have got it right. Good to know we are not ready for the home...lol im thinking about doing busking around the country.

ears still working but not for long

we might have accidentally swapt our hearing. I'm 15 and have the hearing of a 70 year old. Can I have good hearing back again?😊

Same. 13 was a stumper. I wondered if it had to do with vocal dialect.

Same for me. The melody calls for continuation to my Slavic ear.

they were basically higher or lower

Same

I got them all except 14 and 15 . I was surprised lol 🙂

This is 100% why I have failed this question. To be fair, jazz is a bit wacky in terms of, how to put it, "classical pleasantness". It is more, let's say, liberal towards this kind of stuff because it is based on sort of "dialogue" between instruments so it is ok that some will sound clashing with eachother yet it fits perfectly

Yes it's a classical ear, in jazz you hear à lot of "resolution" that are in fact enigmas or questions, jazz leaves it open.

Agree.

I also agree, although I did get the answer right in the limited context. If there were another note or two that followed, I think it would have more obvious. 😎👍🏻

Most of the questions were based on pure fact, I think that 9, 13, and 14 and possibly 12 had an element of opinion involved.

Having perfect pitch and rhythm are two very different things. A lot of musicians, especially incredibly gifted ones still struggle at first with timing as it can be a bit difficult to get used to. A lot of people will do covers not just because it's fun and good practice but also because it can help getting their timing better. It's a lot harder however in certain genres though, especially those with off-beats, time signature changes, and syncopation flips. Mathcore is a total bitch as it has very little amount of "head bobbing". Actually, now that I think about it, if you want to help your rhythm, find a song you can sing to, but also head bob too. Obviously don't head bob AND sing at the same time, that's terrible for you, head bob to find the rhythm. I know you likely didn't need this help specifically, but I have heard similar stuff before, so I thought I'd give my thoughts.

@@mitrikgaduk347 Especially when you are playing 2 different rythums at the same time!

​@@andrew3790 Exactly,.. & When You're doing this on two different instruments, it's enough to make your head "bob" in the wrong chord . . ! 😅

Ask a drummer

While far from pitch perfect, I can completely relate to this feeling. When I was in high school back during the "Chorus Line" days, my choral directors always shook their heads and said something like "Beautiful voice, rhythm of a 3 legged cow." They often gave me my own choregography that limited the amount of dance movements I had to do to still look like (to the audience) that I was doing the same moves - fortunately being on the back row of the risers gave me the cover I needed. Wow - I sure miss those days!

Me too!

Yes, same Donna. I do not think getting that would be genius, because a little practice would ensure 100 percent accuracy in a lot of skilled musicians. I think genius would imply someone who is really far above the vast majority of people.

Me too!

Same! That’s the only one I missed!

Yes me too! I had fun doing it!

😂, we'll be waiting!

lol

😂❤

Same here! 15/15...not sure why i am not a rich and famous musician...🤔

😂

Yeah, I missed the last one too. But I am a horrible musician. It's very frustrating.

@@EdDunkle just comment. I repeated the last question wich was the only difficulty in this test. The test is not progressive, and this guy... I mean I hate his voice. But hey, we having fun right? I guess I could have 15/15 (but unsure, I repeated the question.) ( cheating?) He goes from supper easy to really hard on the last question. Ears needs training. And i dislike this video. Have a good day, 🤜🤛

im only piano grade 2 i got 14/15... i got one of the whatever assonance and the thingy(sry idk whatever that is) wrong but thyen i got the second one correct cause the first one i just dont know what that it. The last qn surprisingly got it right. is that good enough?

@@EdDunkle don't say that keep the good work and keep practicing and you will be way better 🎶🖤🎸

@user-hr8zo6tj5q I'm proud of what you got and this is really more than the average so well done buddy keep it up and good luck with your journey 🎶🎸🖤

I got everything right but the three questions about Resolved or unresolved.

@@nickdoeslife9531 80% = a good grade

Usually it would be, although if I'm correct - i'm not an expert in music theory - Teenage Dream by Katy Perry is a rare example of a pop song where the chords never resolve and there's constant tension - it's a testament to the amazing skills of the songwriters that they were able to craft a happy, summery sounding pop hit this way.

@@rickysteamboat8720 I'm gonna give that a listen on the way home. Thanks

I only missed #15 as well

I have the same result and the same problem in my own childhood)

In fact all except 15 are quite easy for an average person with average experience hearing different music. And are very easy for any person with some experience playing any instrument.

@@lukask7445mhm yup it was way easier cuz I play guitar and it was sooo easy for me😂

I don’t know how and I didn’t guess but I got 15 correct as well as every other question and now I’m scared of myself

Aggree😂😂

I had the same problem initially. After the second question about clashing, I understood what I was looking for. I understand it now!

Yeah this test is bullsh*t. Music is very contextual so to say the note objective clashes is nonsense.

Yeah, I got question 6 wrong because the note sounded like it clashed to me. Then the note in question 7 literally made my body shiver. Didn't have any problems distinguishing them after that!

It was discordant enough I gritted my teeth….

@@Jayhbentley You actually didn't get the 6 wrong. This is why this test is nonsense. When you combine the chord with the note you get a Minor Seventh chord, which is dissonant because of the seventh. And if notes do "clash" is entirely subjective, there is no right or wrong answer here.

Exactly the same on all counts but age. Maybe the organ, before fingers rigor mort.

I agree with you!!

start now...

Never too late

You should have, I play a clarinet, and being in a band was the best decision I've ever made.

Did you see the deaf woman on the voice the other day? She was born both deaf and with perfect pitch. She sang and two chairs turned for her. She sounded very good, but my brain still does not understand how this is possible.

@@stevenbastien9028 That’s a very hard thing to do - sing on pitch if you’re deaf. I don’t know how she does it and I have nothing but respect for her.

how do you keep time? do you use the feel of the vibrations much? or just notice visual cues from the band?

I'm losing my high frequency hearing (down to about 2.5kHz now so can't hear a lot of speech) and am thinking of taking up the bass!

@@stevenbastien9028 can't tell that she is 100% deaf. Beethoven was deaf at his old age, but didn't when he was young. Maybe this is the case for her, or maybe she had bone conduction device so she could hear with the vibration of the bone

Singing AND Hearing in ones "comfortable realm" is very important. This is an excellent video for people who think they might be "tone deaf", but in regard to Question 3... I wanted to mention, that the answers might be correct, (ABCcorrect) while the piano "could" be playing an "Octave" note, to the note being played ? Some singers and guitar students might answer wrongly, but based on their hearing the "Octave OF" the note in question; they would still be correct. Perhaps a NEW question to add to the list ? (Hearing octaves and harmonics?) And to be "displayed " in a different realm perhaps ? As a violinist who enjoyed singing too, I got trapped in the "Oh, you must sing opera" realm....and fought it fiercely! Hope you enjoy " Opera at it's Worst!" You Tube Being a strong alto,with love for hearing "some" types of opera -such as Sarah Brightman (not the skreetching high sopranos,ha ! it was with great consternation I convinced the classical guitarist in Italy to go along with it!) . LyndaFayesmusic@yahoo

Most people are not tone deaf. Very few people are tone deaf but people who are not musicians don't realize they are not tone deaf.

@@lyndafayesmusic Hi, I know there should be something under it if I could understand in simple terms but I didn't quite get it why some singers and guitar students might on purpose answer wrongly... I am not musicaly educated but that (single as mentioned) played 2nd note indeed sounded lower... unless it was ment as some kind of tricky question (but not in this simple test, right?) no matter how you put in technical terms, you hear very clearly the sound of 2nd note as it would exactly sound if played on lower key on the keyboard...

@@lyndafayesmusic Actually, Question 3 there is only one correct answer. The note is either the same note being played or is higher or lower than the first note. If you tune your A string to an A that is an octive lower is your A string correctly tuned? Nope... there is only ONE correct note to tune your A string too... (disregarding the fact there are multiple tuning styles depending on the group you are playing with... but that's another discussion completely lol). The octive ranges you are talking about is covered by later questions on the "test". The ones that play something then play a note 5 seconds later and ask if it "jives with" or "clashes with" the scale or chord... that is where you determine if its part of that "group" or if it's an "outsider" note. I missed the one that asked if the last note was repeated or not repeated... In my head I was thinking it either repeated the last note of the 7 first notes or not... and not thinking about if it matched any of the 7 notes... The chords/octives "realm" your talking about was indeed covered. I missed #6 because the note sounded a little sharp to fit with the chord played to me. So 1 missed and one missed due to misunderstanding the question. As for singing... I do EVERYONE a favor and save their ears... I have listened to myself in played back recordings... and I am not one of those people who think they sound good but can't carry a note whatsoever!! lol. My violin is my "voice' and it does the singing for me :)

😂

or get the intervals perfect but the notes are wrong or off

That's ME!!

Frankie Valli is tone deaf, and it never hurt his career!

14/15 and yes that's me and that is why I am not a musician or a singer hahaha I LOOOOOOOOVE music a bit too much but I cannot sing, not even for a joke..

15/15. I can play anything that requires breath, but I hurt my own ears singing in the shower. 😂😂

Musicians sometimes like to bust other people down by calling them "tone deaf" when their own playing style is the real issue. They're sensitive. Just enjoy the music you like and let the pros worry about perfection.

My mommom used to try claiming that I was tone deaf because she was and said that I took after her. I think she was just jealous because it turns out I'm above average. I've also just started learning guitar, and my instructor is amazed at how quickly and well I'm picking it up. I'm 42 now. My sons are like me, it seems. My 9 yr old is learning ukulele, my 16 yr old guitar and my 15 yr old piano.

@@sykotikmommy My mother "sings" out of tune, deliberately, for laughs. She does have an ear for music but the running joke on her side of the family is "We're all tone deaf and proud of it." Many of my nephews and nieces play instruments quite capably. My own son does, too. Just run with the funny and never let anyone spoil the joke.

Just because a singer has difficulty matching pitches perfectly doesn’t always mean they are tone deaf.

@@sykotikmommy is ALWAYS our of jealousy believe me! I'm 42 too and been mostly torn down my whole life yet I just passed this test 💯

My son sings off key, but with such unconscious enthusiasm you can’t help but enjoy it. We once took a trip to Las Vegas with him and a friend. In crowds he’d boom out Elvis’s“ Viva”! While many people joined in “Las Vegas” while he remained quiet. Everyone would collapse in giggles. It was a very fun experience…

@@sgtmomOK Awesome!!!

Same here!

The same here, it was tricky

Same!

That last question was really easy for me for some reason.

After reading your comment I dont feel so bad for missing just the last question. all the other ones were so easy I almost felt stupid for missing that last one.

I’m a fellow drummer for 35 years. I’ve played metal music for 33 of those years and can’t believe I can still hear myself.

Q. What did the drummer get on his exams A. Drool 😂😂😂😂 Q. Why do bands have bass players A. To interpret for the drummer 😂😂 Q. How do you know if the stage is flat A. The drummer has drool coming from both sides of his mouth 😂😂 Just kidding love our drummers ❤❤

​@@danielmoore5503 you sound like our lead guitarist who has been threatened by my humble lead singer to have the neck of his Les Paul shoved up to where the sun doesn't shine. Of course this doesn't pertain to you, (unless you're a lead man like him, lol).

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Aww did the drummer come up with that by himself or did the bass player have to put it on the teleprompter. 🤣🤣🤣

@@danielmoore5503 My X is dating a bass player.. That reeeaaly makes me feel bad...

Hey, I got the same, but I've been told I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. It doesn't bother me though, I know I can't sing

Same here! I have suffered from severe tinnitus for over 50 years. USAF 1965-1969. I will take 12 and be happy. 😊

I have tinnitus too and got 14 correct. I was once a musician...

12 here. I may have recognized a pattern of responses for 10 and 14...and went against the pattern - in all examples where there were two choices, one was A and the other was B. I...struggled with these two, thinking...it can't be so simple, one pair must be AA or BB... I have experience designing tests and evaluation...don't know if I overthought this or not, lol. But great experience!

The crickets And the sound of a humming motor for me…people think am hard of hearing but it is really this constant background noise! Waiting for a cure…

Lmao same. I really thought it was different than the 7 notes

It was the second note of the sequence

@@AD-to3bm i still cant identify it

14/15 last one wrong

​@@AD-to3bm the forth actually, but it is hard to distinguish.

Keep it bro ! Much love

As long as you need others (or tests) to find your securities, you still have a long path to go.

@@computerjantje thanks bro I really needed that 👍

Drummer insercurity do be real i gotchu g

​@@TorrentStudiosas a guitar, piano player I too got all right but I know I suck a rhythm... so , this test is definitely not for a drummer 😔😔

I missed only 2 answers and they both dealt with resolution so as someone who is not a musician I find this easy to believe.

I don't think a test based on theory is the right way to get people interested in playing an instrument. I think it does the opposite. It is trying to get the emotion out of the music.

@@SnaFubar_24well done , the first resolution is very subjective, I am not sure he is correct on the first one

@@hsyduddj the first one i missed was #11 and there was 1 more miss after that, I think 13 but icr

@@hsyduddj9 and 10 confused me. I got them both wrong. I’m not very musical but found the answers depend on your own instinct as to what clashes. Subjective in fact.

got the exact same score, and same here

Same here 14/15 tried to answer truthfully, thought I was borderline tone deaf.

14 of 15...missed #11 it didn't sound sad to me. Maybe that's why my favorite guitar chords is E-minor....or maybe it's because that chord is so easy to play😊

I only missed #15

@@SynergyAVE same, and I am so bitter about it...

A lot of these post say don't listen to criticism and in the beginning I agree. If you love doing it, it's worth a shot. But after progressing and playing in front of people, especially other musicians, and you don't get a reaction from them, that's the tell. I have gone to open mic's over the years when people singing are tone deaf but get some applause, I think, because some of the audience is tone deaf too. But they like other aspects, the singer's vibe, clothes or whatever. And they walk away feeling like a rock star. Which is good for them, but not so much for open mic's.

I tried teaching my fiancee guitar and singing. Her Waterloo was "When the Saints To Marching In"; she'd always sing a lower harmony part, and couldn't tell the difference. I think it fit her voice range better. But no matter. We moved on to bigger things and have been together over 50 years.

@@roytee3127 she can still sing though. just not in the traditional way maybe. But as long as it sounds good, it is good. Even if she can't understand and replicate what she is hearing, as long as she can make her own, original music that sounds good, even if it isn't 'traditional'

just because some kids do act dumb, it doesn't mean they're not smart really ... in fact, they may as well be VERY smart when interpreting 'badly composed' questions quite literally, thus responding accordingly because it's just like computers: if we input garbage in, we can't expect the machine to not output garbage too! as a mature and experienced adult, you have to be very careful of the next child you may actually discourage from learning music the right way simply because you fail to realize the correct way most questions should be asked of different people! in fact, we may have to form the same question in many different ways depending on what child we're dealing with ...

@@dadautube Very much agreed~

Go for it and don't stop! You are never too old for music. I'm 66

I've been playing since 97 I was 18 Never been in a band but enjoy every minute...play the days away is life's answer

I'm 49 and thinking it's time to start! We've got this! (I got 13/15, but I bet I'd get those two with more training.)

I bet by now you've figured out that the technique part is harder than the music part.

You're never too old! I picked up my first guitar at 31. Am I any good 8 years later....meh, not really, but I still love to sing and strum all the same!

Same here😂

Same

Same that last one got me

Same me

Never took a music class or even attempted to pick up an instrument got the first 14 right then the last one got me :)

I'd argue that some of these are open to interpretation. I've been a choir singer, a competition singer, a Radio DJ, a disco DJ and am currently learning guitar (should have done it years ago) and could not agree with a couple of PmP's answers.

I got it right but really, I could've gone both ways on that one. I could hear it as either a statement or a question.

Same could be said for some of the major / minor

@@dragonexpert8323 Some melodies on top of a major 7th chords can feel pretty sad.

It appears, in retrospect, that the rule here must be if it ends on the tonic note it's resolved, otherwise not. So I got it wrong because it sounded to me like it ended with the 3rd, and since it was a major key... ending on the third sounded just fine, not like a "question".

Same here!

60 on May 8 th God willing

15/15 My Music teacher( choir) would be happy.

I am 60 and got 15/15 so right with you

11/15 Meh, but then again, still learning piano here. 😹

Same

Same result, but the first one caught me off guard cause I wasn't paying attention 😅

@@gluttonyhoarder2940 I'm disappointed in your lack of discipline, young grasshopper!

same here, with absolutely NO instrument lessons 😀

Same

I can't believe I only got 12 . . .

Good job. I've got a classical music education and absolute pitch and got only 12 right :) oh well..

Got 12 as well 🌿👀🌿

I missed the last one! SMH!

2 of them were wrong 😉

You're doing really good!

It's about 10 days until I get hearing aids. My score was 12/15 which I feel pretty good about.

Most definitely!

11 out of 15 sounds pretty darn good!

13/15. Missed #9 and #13.

@@sarahlewisphoenix4951 An 11 doesn't sound good to this 14, but Sasha's Humility passes 15!!! Wonder where I can get me some. (Smile)

How do you enjoy music theory? It's really the only things that's ever held me back... so goddam boring and I have no want to be a jazz musician lol

​@@SallySamsarawell at least you're aware of it, which means you just likely can't imitate the songs you like. But if you find the vocal range that you're comfortable in (no matter how small), you would be surprised how good you can sound. I'm constantly singing to myself and wonder if I'm hearing something different, but I'll think I sound good, and it's about a 40% of the time I do actually sound good. Record yourself singing with anything, doesn't need to be a studio, and listen back. You should be confirmed and you'll know as you sing where you didn't quite reach a note or were off key. Nobody is perfect, but that's what practice is for and the more you get used to hearing yourself, You'll get better at adjusting without a recording. There's many people that are great at singing, but not everyone can do it full time or just have anxiety from the judgment of others during the process of finding yourself. I mean shit I'm sitting here spilling knowledge but I haven't done anything with it because of how humiliated I would feel even if a stranger said I sounded annoying or bad.

@@chris307 Thank you. Good advice. I guess I shouldn't start with trying to sing Sinead O'Connor eh? Actually, her more mature voice is much lower and *somewhat* doable.

Wow. You must be musically gifted then. Maybe choose an instrument that you want to learn or that sounds intriguing to you and start teaching it to yourself.

@@SallySamsara No, you are either born with a voice or not. Sadly we can not train enough to over come the lack of a voice, I tried for years!

@@lilamcnutt2853that’s not true, you can literally look up many videos of awful singers on KZfaq becoming much better. Unless you’re tone dead then your basically screwed.

Same here!

My mother told me as a child that I was tone deaf so I never tried.... though I did learn to play piano but not by ear.

Love this comment!!😊my mom gave us the gift 🎁 of the love of music too! & to use our talents!

I got 11 of them correct. I swear that one melody resolved in my mind. Oh well. I wonder how much of this is up to interpretation over wrote rules.

The last question, the second tone is the first note in the first part

I put B for the last one, but immediately after writing it down and upon waiting for the correct answer I thought to myself "wait, was it like the first note?", shoulda paused and changed my answer but 13/15 is better than I was expecting

I got 13 out of 15 too. The last one got me good too as it was harder to keep it in a loop in my head as well.

@@snakeywakey3893 13 of 15 as well. 11 got me as I wasn't sure what I was listening for and 15 is tougher as it's not a simple progression and as you said not easy to keep that loop in your head on one hearing. Fun exercise though.

I'm so happy that you decided to take this test!! Greetings from Chicago! 😁

Yeah, I was no sure about 13 but knew the rest instantly including 11, 12 and 15. I think if I played it twice before continuing I might have gotten it. I too found 15 easy.

Interesting that you said 'Not a musician or singer.' We Singers are used to being considered 'Not Musicians' 😊

Exactly the same for me.

I was also 13 of 15. I had trouble with 7 and 8.

I could also tell there was a pattern after taking the second question

i feel like for this example, the sharper higher pitch was used to be happy, the rounder lower pitch was made to be sad based on the scale.

He never repeated an answer. So if he gave one example first he would use the second one after. Every possible answer was given a chance to be shown. While interesting for people who don’t know, it was very easy to reassure myself before the next question. After question 5 I figured he was doing that and easily got 14/14 going into the last question. As long as you have a general idea of what was being presented it was easy to guess the first and cruise through the rest for each section.

@@TPITEOTG nah, it was very easy to notice even during the test. I mean, splitting it into multiple categories, 2 questions in each, and then making it that A is the answer to one of them and B is to the other is bad test making. the test was well made from the musical direction, but i legit just guessed correctly every question that i didnt know the answer to...

@@amitaish1055 I noticed there was a pattern but consciously denied myself arranging it because I was more compelled by the test than the score. But after getting my result (12/15) yeah it could use some livening up.

Same

Same, but for me it was 13 and definitely 15 that stumped me.

I missed 11 and 15.

Same.

​@@waltofalltrades6817 yes me too

this made me smile, i hope you have only good memories for the rest of your life!

Look at you go Graham! Very Inspiring, keep up the spirit :)

If you listen to music you're not tone deaf. I think many people are being called that just because they are not natural singers and have trouble controlling their voice, making them bad singers. This has nothing to do with being able to differentiate between notes, it's a lack of skill producing the right pitch with your voice. Pick up a Piano/Keyboard and explore, it's never too late and it's a great exorcise keeping the brain young

Graham, same for me. In elementary school, our music teacher was Mrs. English. That was the beginning of the end. Then, because I was not trained to use my vocal chords, I gave up trying. But I was good at lipsinging. And I just scored a 14. And have practiced singing along to music for decades now. I'm almost 70 and think it's about time I learn to play an instrument.

Same 😂, I was told I was tone deaf and so never pursued a musical instrument even though I really wanted to. Also got 11/15 😊

Same

I have been playing the clarinet for four years and I got a 13/15, this test made me sad (I somehow suck at realizing the tone in music still).

I got an 11, which is almost the midpoint of the above average range. As an amateur musician, I’ll take that 😀 Also, there might be some jazz musicians who’d get some answers different from yours. Those folks have different ideas of what is and isn’t dissonant 😄

That really has nothing to do with ear, and everything to do with knowing your instrument/fretboard. Keep practicing, learn modes, scales, and theory if you want total fretboard transparency.

​​@@JoeyIndolos none of this was jazzy enough to be truly considered dissonance in my book 😂 oh well. Theoretically speaking dissonance isn't a hard yes or no, more of a spectrum I guess. A major 7th/minor 2nd interval is dissonant, stack some thirds on that bad boi and you've got a major 7th chord which is nice and open and sounding consonant with itself... But it still contains dissonance. Taking it even further: playing a major 3d on an average piano is already dissonant - pianos aren't really as in tune as you might think lol

I never had any training but took beginner music theory. I was lousy at playing the piano so I could not finish the series. I was told a was very good at creating creative melodies, she liked that part.

But just because (hypothetically) I can hear perfect pitch doesn't mean I can produce perfect pitch, right? It just means I know I have a terrible voice.

You've never heard my cousin sing, have you?

Can you tell me if being a monotone is different from being tone deaf? Context: when my father sang in church, he would get the rhythm correct(possibly by memory from hearing the song many times before) but he sang the same note throughout the whole hymn. Was he a monotone, tone deaf/neither or both? Thanks for your help!

There are arguments about whether hearing pitch is nature or nurture, but from what I've seen, it seems to be nurture. It's nearly impossible to teach someone to hear pitch if they don't. Children, maybe, but not adults. But if a baby is exposed to good pitch matching, they will usually be able to hear pitch.

Aaannd he tested if we can focus on one thing in this chaotic digital world lols..

And our patience too

​@@maranathajesuskommtbald1089yeah, I messed up on one of the major/minor questions because I had the video on at 2x speed because the dude talked way too slowly, and then misheard the melody :( I then went back in normal speed and heard it just fine.

i didbnt read it

For sure 😂

If you just said A for all questions you would have done better

@@briansounalath what? she literally got 2 questions wrong?

Those are the very same questions that I got wrong. #6 & # 15. Not too bad, we are both above average!🙂

Tf are you doing on Yt

@@briansounalath You can't read.

Agreed. I listened to it another ten times and I still think #13 and #14 are wrong.

#13 was tricky and I missed it, but after replaying it I heard the difference. It's still a bit subjective. #15 frustrated me. I put it on half speed and still can't hear it, LOL.

I agree with you, I got 14. And 15 wrong

There's nothing subjective about it, even if you can't hear it, a musician would be able to tell if it's resolved or unresolved even on paper by seeing the notation, so it's as objective as it gets

I think is because the academic aproximation if this test. Everyone that is acquainted with Debussy or 12-tone knows the relativeness of chord progresions.

I mean, it's just a self test, not a test for competitive grades. I think the point is to be honest with yourself on what your reactionary answer would be, rather than deducing your answer knowing they'd likely give various examples (ie one of each) while immediately giving you the answers to the previous question as you go. There's not much to gain with these types of tests except knowing a little more about yourself. Even if you gave yourself credit for "passing" when you made unsure guesses that were correct or relied on deducing the simple logic behind the test instead of knowing the answer by hearing with your ears, you still have the option to be honest with yourself at the end.

@@paulybeefs8588 the only problem with that is that brains are funny things and if there is an easy identifiable pattern it can cause you to be better/worse at something than what you were hoping to test. even if you aren't trying to compare yourself to others it's still more of an objective test if it isn't A,B,A,B,A,B. It's still fun and I learned from it but as Michael said it could be better with more/varied answers.

You are not expected to predict answers, it is more about what you hear 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@j.asmrgaming1228 Exactly. And not only that, but it's very difficult to turn off pattern recognition in your brain. At least, for me it is. It just happens and once the pattern is confirmed it increases the chance to follow it. So cases of doubt could be "decided" by following the pattern instead of listening to the questions. One thing I can argue against this is that you actually need to have tone awareness to discover the pattern in the first place and confirm it as you progress down the list of questions (not for this test since the answers are given after every question, but tests in general). More questions in the same category could solve this. But also, not going for 2 possible answers but more. Or not wanting to use both examples. For instance, we could've had 2 questions about major/minor chords with both answers being major or minor, instead of wanting to use both; it is about tone awareness in general, after all, not the recognition of the relation of those tones (i.e. higher/lower, consonant/dissonant, etc.). So with 2 chord questions and both answers being major you would still test tone awareness as much as you would when one answer was major and the other minor. A combination of these would have made the test more challenging. My score was 14/15. The perfect pitch is what got me, since I don't have that. Anything less would have been highly disappointing for me.

@@artforjoyofficial I understand that, I'm just pointing out a small flaw in the test that's all.

You're absolutely right...not the same thing at all. Lots of instrumentalists have exquisite ears and still can't sing (and vice-versa!). Think of the voice as an instrument. A pianist is not necessarily a great guitarist, right? Two different instruments entirely, yet both can have exceptional ears.

maybe you just don't feel the rhythm while you sing? Or, you cannot correctly hear your own voice....I had a friend who was an outstanding guitarist. He always played up to tempo etc and he would always tell you when your guitar or singing was out of tune (he taught me how to tune the guitar)..But his singing was terrible - he was out of tune all the time.

Singing requires coordination of voice and hearing. It’s not the same as hearing alone.

Singing is also about being able to sustain tone when needed and a few other things. Most people sing the wrong way and end up losing their voices because they sing from the throat and not the diaphragm. And if you were tone deaf you could still be taught how to sing.

Same! I sing off and cannot take a lot of notes, but I got the first 14 right. My hearing and sense of smell are great, probably because my eyesight is not 😂

The fifth note in his scale repeats... Can't tell you what it is, though. I've been a musician for 25 years, and just started theory... My entire family has perfect pitch.

Yeah, the last one tripped me up too.

​@@noneyobidness3253 the very last note should have been not only much quieter but also a different instrument and much shorter. to make career musicians sweat LOL

Same but I got a text during the last question

Same here...

same

Mr too.

Same

I have zero musical training and got 13/15, and I thought (after scrolling back and listening to it again) that question 9 didn't really clash so think I should have got 14/15. The music sounding like a question/answer was the other one I got wrong, which is fair enough as didn't relate to it much.

I’m exactly like that and it pisses me off sooo much dude

So if you have a passion for singing but cannot hear being sharp or flat when carrying a melody is there a way to train your voice or learn how to recognize that? I ask because every once in a while I get peaked into singing again but then the memory of my high school choir teacher pops back into my mind. ( she refused to let me sing in the choir because according to her I was the deaf, but to non musically trained people when sing it sounds beautiful so I would actually like to get better at it one day if I get brave enough to overcome my fears)

@anabellecoetzer442 Anything is possible with determination and hard work. It's like building muscle memory, but you need someone you can trust to keep you on the right track. If a deaf person can learn to sing on key, then anybody can.