Are you TONE DEAF or MUSICALLY GIFTED? (A FUN test for non-musicians)

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  • TODAY you are going to find out exactly how musical your ear is on a scale from 0 to 15! This test is also perfect for your friends if you want to see what TONE AWARENESS score they get. You should challenge your best friend! :)
    IMPORTANT: If this test was VALUABLE and FUN for you, I dare you to challenge your friends on your social media and see what score THEY get! :) As of right now, it seems that the whole planet wants to take this test 😀Also, I have a 2nd TEST that tests your ear in a different way. It is also perfect for practicing and sharpening your ear!
    • GLOBAL test for non-mu...
    0:00 - Intro
    1:35 - Chapter 1 - Pitch Recognition
    3:11 - Chapter 2 - Pitch Memory
    4:26 - Chapter 3 - Harmony Awareness
    7:19 - Chapter 4 - Tonality
    9:04 - Chapter 5 - Resolution
    10:53 - Chapter 6 - Perfect Pitch?!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 42 тис.

  • @pardonmypiano
    @pardonmypiano  Місяць тому +255

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    • @susubabaify
      @susubabaify Місяць тому +9

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

    • @LuxuriousLenay
      @LuxuriousLenay Місяць тому +1

      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 :)

    • @smithrock876
      @smithrock876 Місяць тому +2

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

    • @user-id4ec9vp1p
      @user-id4ec9vp1p Місяць тому +2

      I missed the last question, # 15

    • @pennyhesler3146
      @pennyhesler3146 27 днів тому +3

      I play no instruments at all but got a 15 score

  • @danaaxelson6200
    @danaaxelson6200 Рік тому +45656

    A professor at conservatory said, “if you can tell one persons voice from another, you are not tone deaf.”

    • @oscarschuit
      @oscarschuit Рік тому +2057

      after that, the professor was fired? 😅

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss Рік тому +2424

      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

    • @yuriatsugi3696
      @yuriatsugi3696 Рік тому +315

      Dam i am tone deaf then

    • @oscarschuit
      @oscarschuit Рік тому +208

      @@ffggddss Spot on, Fred!

    • @PhytonG1642
      @PhytonG1642 Рік тому +240

      @@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).

  • @koln2109
    @koln2109 8 місяців тому +8380

    The fact that most questions come in pairs with alternating answers makes this test much easier than it should be

    • @stuppittyhed
      @stuppittyhed 8 місяців тому +129

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

    • @lilsmokey5553
      @lilsmokey5553 8 місяців тому +332

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

    • @austenhead5303
      @austenhead5303 7 місяців тому +654

      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.

    • @urfrend01
      @urfrend01 7 місяців тому +349

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

    • @juji_
      @juji_ 7 місяців тому

      @@lilsmokey5553it’s called pattern recognition dog

  • @KingOFuh
    @KingOFuh 22 дні тому +232

    Had trouble with the last one, that's all. Nice little exercise.

  • @VirginieBarroux
    @VirginieBarroux 6 днів тому +92

    Yay, 13/15. Thank you for the test! I love singing and making music in general, I would have been hurt if I got a bad result 😅

    • @YukiTatutso
      @YukiTatutso 6 днів тому +4

      Great voice @Virginie

    • @VirginieBarroux
      @VirginieBarroux 6 днів тому +2

      @@YukiTatutso thank you!

    • @Baryon-zt6hf
      @Baryon-zt6hf 6 днів тому +2

      @@YukiTatutsototally, great voice

    • @whore_knee
      @whore_knee 4 дні тому

      13/15 as well

    • @ruslanlungu2113
      @ruslanlungu2113 4 дні тому

      LOL
      same here but I have no music background at all
      But still like to sing and listen to the music

  • @Chris-ht1vv
    @Chris-ht1vv 9 місяців тому +3751

    the dissonance question is really hard for musicians because even the notes that "clash" with the chord could still fit if they exist within the right context of a progression

    • @Dharma_Bum
      @Dharma_Bum 9 місяців тому +298

      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 😂

    • @Tatiana-zs3dc
      @Tatiana-zs3dc 9 місяців тому +9

      was easy for me

    • @barkspawn
      @barkspawn 9 місяців тому +465

      Jazz musician: "everything fits together"

    • @Chris-ht1vv
      @Chris-ht1vv 9 місяців тому +101

      @@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 😅😂

    • @christiaanbijzet9008
      @christiaanbijzet9008 9 місяців тому +74

      @@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

  • @bookmagicroe9553
    @bookmagicroe9553 10 місяців тому +5359

    Got 14 out of 15. Ears still working good at age 73. Fun test!

    • @noahtriumph1560
      @noahtriumph1560 10 місяців тому +183

      Whoa that is gifted.

    • @Meta9871
      @Meta9871 10 місяців тому +64

      Nice going sir!

    • @frankdidomenico9482
      @frankdidomenico9482 10 місяців тому +111

      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.

    • @rimmybeuron9535
      @rimmybeuron9535 10 місяців тому +10

      ears still working but not for long

    • @lavie5413
      @lavie5413 10 місяців тому +21

      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?😊

  • @ruthiebenjamin1744
    @ruthiebenjamin1744 12 днів тому +45

    15 - it gave me confidence - music is my favorite thing in the world, but in all my 76 years I never had enough discipline to learn an instrument.

    • @dalepearson9658
      @dalepearson9658 3 дні тому +1

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

    • @lawriefoster5587
      @lawriefoster5587 2 дні тому

      I agree with you!!

  • @johnlgirvan8956
    @johnlgirvan8956 19 днів тому +40

    15/15 Found it surprisingly intuitive. Thanks.

    • @benq994
      @benq994 10 годин тому

      Nice i wasnt sure in 8 and 9 (i would know if it was playing together) And i was confused in 13 but now i know whats up with it - if it goes lower, it is resolved i didn't get it first try.

  • @thurm64
    @thurm64 11 місяців тому +4390

    For number 9, I think the melody clashing really depends on what your musical background is - it sounded quite nice to me in the context of something like jazz

    • @VasiliyOgniov
      @VasiliyOgniov 11 місяців тому +549

      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

    • @paulinoo2
      @paulinoo2 11 місяців тому +330

      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.

    • @tracik1277
      @tracik1277 11 місяців тому +24

      Agree.

    • @winkfinkerstien1957
      @winkfinkerstien1957 11 місяців тому +46

      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. 😎👍🏻

    • @tracik1277
      @tracik1277 11 місяців тому +199

      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.

  • @raetalaward9128
    @raetalaward9128 5 місяців тому +879

    As someone who was told "you are tone deaf" by my piano teacher as a child, I was very happy with 13 out of 15. Thank you. 😊❤

    • @prick100500
      @prick100500 5 місяців тому +18

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

    • @lukask7445
      @lukask7445 5 місяців тому +37

      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.

    • @lsfen7
      @lsfen7 4 місяці тому +8

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

    • @SurgeVR1
      @SurgeVR1 4 місяці тому +5

      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

    • @tornadohorse7400
      @tornadohorse7400 4 місяці тому +2

      Aggree😂😂

  • @peery_continental
    @peery_continental 23 дні тому +20

    This isn’t really designed specifically to pinpoint tone deafness but can also answer some questions regarding your ability to either easily detect dissonance from melody and I feel helps to sharpen your musical awareness overall so it’s a great tool and mental workout

  • @lesliespann6420
    @lesliespann6420 24 дні тому +8

    15 out of 15. No musical training. Just purely in love with music since I can remember. 💚

  • @dvd6722
    @dvd6722 4 місяці тому +679

    I got the last one wrong. I never knew the difference between major and minor. Also, I feel like the "resolved" vs. "unresolved" really explains a lot of the satisfaction we get from music. Imagine how menacing and unsettling a song would be to listen to if it was all "unresolved" melodies.

    • @nickdoeslife9531
      @nickdoeslife9531 4 місяці тому +11

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

    • @dvd6722
      @dvd6722 4 місяці тому

      @@nickdoeslife9531 80% = a good grade

    • @rickysteamboat8720
      @rickysteamboat8720 4 місяці тому +14

      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.

    • @dvd6722
      @dvd6722 4 місяці тому +4

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

    • @SynergyAVE
      @SynergyAVE 4 місяці тому +8

      I only missed #15 as well

  • @kthwkr
    @kthwkr Рік тому +941

    I was trying to teach a 9 year old to sing. She couldn't carry a note in a bucket. I sang a note to her for her to sing back. She sang a tone way too low. I said "Higher! Higher!" She stood up.

    • @JeffJones-tg7pj
      @JeffJones-tg7pj Рік тому +46

      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.

    • @roytee3127
      @roytee3127 Рік тому +39

      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.

    • @-jank-willson
      @-jank-willson Рік тому +16

      @@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'

    • @dadautube
      @dadautube Рік тому +29

      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 ...

    • @auturgicflosculator2183
      @auturgicflosculator2183 Рік тому +3

      @@dadautube Very much agreed~

  • @Draelyn
    @Draelyn 7 днів тому +7

    You got me on the last question! I had to replay the sounds several times to believe you lol for me it was hard to pick out because of the speed the notes were played and their sounds overlapped each other, making it hard for me to clearly hear that note.

  • @moledaddy
    @moledaddy 28 днів тому +23

    I got 11 right, but was basically guessing on the last 10. The structure of the test made it easier to guess what answer they were looking for based on the previous answer. I tried to ignore that but not having any other basis for choosing when I didn't know, it was difficult to ignore.

    • @Bearwithme560
      @Bearwithme560 19 днів тому

      There were only 15 questions!

    • @RandomGuys110
      @RandomGuys110 18 днів тому +1

      same bro, 11 right.

    • @moledaddy
      @moledaddy 18 днів тому

      @@Bearwithme560 right. I knew the first 5, then guessed on the last 10. I got 6 right of the 10 I guessed on. So I got 11 right, but only knew 5 of them.

    • @Bearwithme560
      @Bearwithme560 18 днів тому +1

      @@moledaddy Ah, my mistake. I thought you meant there were ten more questions, and should have realised your meaning.

    • @moledaddy
      @moledaddy 18 днів тому

      @@Bearwithme560 it's all good

  • @UltimateVegetto
    @UltimateVegetto 10 місяців тому +852

    I'm not done yet but I had to laugh at question number 7. Before I was like: I'm not a musician, how would I know what constitutes a clashing sound? Then the second note happened and it was immediately abundantly clear.

    • @kristinehansen9780
      @kristinehansen9780 10 місяців тому +32

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

    • @MaxIsBackInTown
      @MaxIsBackInTown 10 місяців тому +42

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

    • @Jayhbentley
      @Jayhbentley 10 місяців тому +18

      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!

    • @irenecase1933
      @irenecase1933 10 місяців тому +6

      It was discordant enough I gritted my teeth….

    • @solarMusics
      @solarMusics 10 місяців тому +24

      @@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.

  • @JustAPersonWhoComments
    @JustAPersonWhoComments 10 місяців тому +978

    Imagine being able to hit every note perfectly and having the voice of an angel but the moment someone asks you to clap in rhythm, it's like you've never heard music in your life

    • @mitrikgaduk347
      @mitrikgaduk347 10 місяців тому +67

      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.

    • @andrew3790
      @andrew3790 10 місяців тому +6

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

    • @stonerlokz
      @stonerlokz 10 місяців тому +4

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

    • @chazzlebazzle69
      @chazzlebazzle69 10 місяців тому +2

      Ask a drummer

    • @Grianan66
      @Grianan66 10 місяців тому +8

      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!

  • @devakikaren
    @devakikaren 19 днів тому +6

    Simplistic for those of us who are music lovers, yet it is a valuable video for many and makes me curious as to tone deaf people and how they appreciate music (or do not appreciate music). The resolution part of the test is of great interest to me. The build-up and then the descending tones of a song are appealing to millions of listeners, including me. Love hearing the "step-down" on an instrument. Always stands out in a song.

  • @ashleylay4042
    @ashleylay4042 Місяць тому +7

    Does 15 actually indicate perfect pitch in any way? It seems it sould be easy to recognize something you just heard right?
    I also thought perfect pitch is being able to sing notes exactly/precisely, and stuff like being able to immediately replicate a note you heard.

    • @spikeconley
      @spikeconley 17 днів тому

      You're right, perfect pitch is really a misnomer here.

    • @zidapplip
      @zidapplip 16 днів тому +1

      Low key flexing? Jk
      It's not that easy if you don't have perfect pitch I suppose. I have a really good ear and pitch memory, but still couldn't get it right.

    • @spikeconley
      @spikeconley 9 днів тому

      @@becky-hx1geRight, this quiz really isn't about perfect pitch at all. There's a good video about it on Rick Beato's page since his son has perfect pitch. Watch that and youi'll be blown away by what his son can do. Just something he was born with.

  • @The_Stranger91
    @The_Stranger91 7 місяців тому +887

    As a self taught guitarist I'm proud I got 14/15... the last was a bit tricky 😂

    • @EdDunkle
      @EdDunkle 7 місяців тому +16

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

    • @fabgott8026
      @fabgott8026 7 місяців тому +23

      @@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, 🤜🤛

    • @user-hr8zo6tj5q
      @user-hr8zo6tj5q 7 місяців тому +1

      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?

    • @The_Stranger91
      @The_Stranger91 7 місяців тому +2

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

    • @The_Stranger91
      @The_Stranger91 7 місяців тому

      @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 🎶🎸🖤

  • @Four_by_Three
    @Four_by_Three 9 місяців тому +950

    14/15, that last question tripped me up. It's particularly brutal because you need to ideally hold all 7 tones constant in your mind and then be able to quickly assess whether the new tone is one of them. I think most musicians struggle to hold more than four different tones in their head at once for longer than 5-10 seconds.

    • @peachyplum
      @peachyplum 9 місяців тому +17

      Same here!

    • @aoestarreicha
      @aoestarreicha 9 місяців тому +10

      The same here, it was tricky

    • @Swiftie12269
      @Swiftie12269 9 місяців тому +5

      Same!

    • @josephinehaberkorn356
      @josephinehaberkorn356 9 місяців тому +14

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

    • @Roeg0227
      @Roeg0227 9 місяців тому +44

      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.

  • @xhaltsalute
    @xhaltsalute 2 дні тому +2

    No musical training of any kind, just love it 13/15. Yippee!!

  • @ArgosFathon
    @ArgosFathon 4 дні тому +2

    I liked the last question. Considering the scale is a little fast, I had some difficulties to solve the question, but after a short time listening to the scale and the isolated note again and again, I heard the note in the mid and got the correct answer

  • @Defmusicman1
    @Defmusicman1 Рік тому +2480

    I’m a deaf musician. I can’t identify notes, key or chords by ear but I’m having so much fun playing bass guitar and jamming with friends in a band.

    • @stevenbastien9028
      @stevenbastien9028 Рік тому +241

      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.

    • @Defmusicman1
      @Defmusicman1 Рік тому +143

      @@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.

    • @ChannelMath
      @ChannelMath Рік тому +39

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

    • @rufus_mcdufus
      @rufus_mcdufus Рік тому +37

      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!

    • @PhytonG1642
      @PhytonG1642 Рік тому +38

      @@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

  • @scarlett8782
    @scarlett8782 3 місяці тому +666

    I found this little test fun, but as a lifelong pianist myself, sometimes I find sound resolution to be a bit subjective, though I know where you're coming from in terms of music theory. thanks for making such a cute video for non-musicians. maybe it will get more people interested in music theory, or at least picking up an instrument.

    • @SnaFubar_24
      @SnaFubar_24 3 місяці тому +21

      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.

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje 3 місяці тому +9

      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.

    • @hsyduddj
      @hsyduddj 3 місяці тому +35

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

    • @SnaFubar_24
      @SnaFubar_24 3 місяці тому +1

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

    • @katperson7332
      @katperson7332 3 місяці тому +9

      @@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.

  • @savisings7
    @savisings7 6 днів тому +3

    my result was musically gifted! i totally get that! i am in band and choir and have learned to play multiple instruments in my life and i am very passionate for music. im so passionate for music that my yt is abt music! (mostly singing lol) thx for making this video and this test! i rly enjoyed it!

  • @LeonardoColturi-he8sf
    @LeonardoColturi-he8sf 17 днів тому +5

    I did 13. I’m happy with it. Personally I got wrong the last question and the 9th. Overall nice video and funny test.❤👍 The only thing that could be better (take it as a suggestion, not as an insult, the video is great!) is the structure of the test. Using logic you could have guessed quite easily the next answer just by looking at the previous results even without hearing what you played. Next time randomize the questions a little bit more maybe. 😊😊

  • @danum442
    @danum442 11 місяців тому +549

    Just watched this video. Wasn't sure I was musically gifted. Turns out that I am. New album out soon!

  • @lowreadyacademy2929
    @lowreadyacademy2929 10 місяців тому +379

    Tone deafness in singing is something completely different than in music recognition. Many musicians can recognize and even predict chord progressions while improvising or soloing, however cannot "carry a tune in a bucket".

    • @charlesreid9337
      @charlesreid9337 10 місяців тому +17

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

    • @geminidrums5530
      @geminidrums5530 10 місяців тому +5

      That's ME!!

    • @TheDavidPoole
      @TheDavidPoole 10 місяців тому +2

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

    • @penelope-online-4404
      @penelope-online-4404 10 місяців тому +11

      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..

    • @mattiemathis9549
      @mattiemathis9549 10 місяців тому +6

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

  • @SYNKSENTURY
    @SYNKSENTURY 4 дні тому +4

    12 is basically a trick question. because of the way you stagger/order the notes, you end up playing a GMaj7, the same chord used in the song "pure imagination," which is a very ambiguous chord. Maj7's are well known to have a generally melancholic, minor feel, because of the way the leading tone locks in the corresponding minor triad. obviously these chords are TECHNICALLY classified as major, since all scale degrees fall where they should, but only a musician would know about their academic classification. a non-musician (whom this test is apparently designed for) will correctly hear the chord as predominantly "sad," since 75% of the chord, especially out of context, simply forms a root position triad in B minor (B-D-F#). i would guess the failure rate on this question is close to 100%

    • @Jaymeowmeow
      @Jaymeowmeow 2 дні тому +1

      This question is the only one I got wrong too! I’m trained in piano and clarinet mainly - string instruments are a struggle lol

  • @stevesmith8493
    @stevesmith8493 22 дні тому +2

    13 correct. Missed question 14. Enjoyed this.

  • @randyoehlert5045
    @randyoehlert5045 11 місяців тому +414

    As a drummer for over 50 years now
    15 out of 15. Wow, I'm surprised . I can still hear. 😅

    • @timothyjones9541
      @timothyjones9541 11 місяців тому +19

      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.

    • @danielmoore5503
      @danielmoore5503 11 місяців тому +9

      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 ❤❤

    • @65drummer1
      @65drummer1 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@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).

    • @danielmoore5503
      @danielmoore5503 11 місяців тому +3

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

    • @CONEHEADDK
      @CONEHEADDK 11 місяців тому +2

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

  • @deeploverofG
    @deeploverofG 11 місяців тому +381

    I thought I was tone deaf due to my off tone singing. After scoring 14/15, I realized I was singing out of my range! I sound great when I sing opera.

    • @lyndafayesmusic
      @lyndafayesmusic 11 місяців тому +14

      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

    • @jamesgretsch4894
      @jamesgretsch4894 11 місяців тому +10

      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.

    • @peteriskrumings8771
      @peteriskrumings8771 11 місяців тому

      @@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...

    • @rustykoenig3566
      @rustykoenig3566 11 місяців тому +1

      @@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 :)

    • @dawn7612
      @dawn7612 11 місяців тому

      😂

  • @sebastianorbegoso963
    @sebastianorbegoso963 29 днів тому +2

    Bro your piano sounds sooo satisfying and u play amazing, question 13 sounded incredible. 14/15 🔥🔥🔥

    • @josef9765
      @josef9765 10 днів тому +1

      question 13 was actually a g minor Sept accord, which should be resolved 😅
      but the melody fits nice 👍

  • @generationalgearhead6664
    @generationalgearhead6664 4 дні тому +1

    I got 13 out of 15 right. I missed question 11 and 15. Nice test, but I've been into music since the early 80's (Born in 1965). Thanks for this.

  • @antwainclarke3406
    @antwainclarke3406 10 місяців тому +669

    i got 14/15. The last one tripped me up. This was very insightful because I normally find music so intimidating. Its so reassuring to know that I'm not as bad as I thought I once was

    • @mihile4631
      @mihile4631 10 місяців тому +27

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

    • @AD-to3bm
      @AD-to3bm 10 місяців тому +15

      It was the second note of the sequence

    • @husaanshabendri4331
      @husaanshabendri4331 10 місяців тому +5

      @@AD-to3bm i still cant identify it

    • @blondy22501
      @blondy22501 10 місяців тому +6

      14/15 last one wrong

    • @MrExcessum
      @MrExcessum 10 місяців тому +11

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

  • @joelh1950
    @joelh1950 11 місяців тому +494

    Though having severe tinnitus I was able to get 12 correct ! Those three million crickets all singing in harmony can really do a job on your hearing !

    • @johnwebster76
      @johnwebster76 11 місяців тому +12

      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

    • @larryjackson6238
      @larryjackson6238 11 місяців тому +15

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

    • @pamvanallen3919
      @pamvanallen3919 11 місяців тому +9

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

    • @patmcgroin6916
      @patmcgroin6916 11 місяців тому +4

      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!

    • @SandyKTJV
      @SandyKTJV 11 місяців тому +13

      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…

  • @nancyholohan5363
    @nancyholohan5363 11 днів тому

    How did I get all of the questions right? I haven’t played piano in years & would like to try again if I can afford a “quiet” Yamaha w/headphones or you can play live. Any suggestions? What do my results mean
    ? Thanks so much ❤

  • @chessvoices
    @chessvoices 22 дні тому

    I'm a musician and a fairly prolific composer of mainly pop songs, but also some more serious music. I didn't understand the question where we had to identify a melody as a "question" or "response" melody. Was it simply that the melody rises or falls? I got it wrong, because I just heard the home chord in the final notes, so it felt resolved to my ear.
    And the last question I also got wrong, which didn't surprise me. Notes within a scale can feel quite different from notes in isolation. If you heard the note as different, as I did, just take it as you hearing that subtle difference!

  • @jamesarens2805
    @jamesarens2805 11 місяців тому +140

    I think tone deafness is a term that gets overused a lot. It's actually extremely rare for someone to not be able to differentiate between two notes. Most people who think they are tone deaf most likely just struggle with simple harmonies.

    • @jabbermocky4520
      @jabbermocky4520 11 місяців тому +7

      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.

    • @sykotikmommy
      @sykotikmommy 11 місяців тому +9

      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.

    • @jabbermocky4520
      @jabbermocky4520 11 місяців тому +5

      @@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.

    • @meanqkie2240
      @meanqkie2240 11 місяців тому +4

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

    • @racheldahliamusic
      @racheldahliamusic 11 місяців тому

      @@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 💯

  • @TorrentStudios
    @TorrentStudios 4 місяці тому +334

    As a drummer for my church who is very insecure with his musical abilities, I scored a perfect 15/15 on this test. Much thanks for this test which helped me reassure myself that I am in fact capable!

    • @erin1907
      @erin1907 4 місяці тому +3

      Keep it bro ! Much love

    • @louielucilla4118
      @louielucilla4118 3 місяці тому +3

      For I am not sure If I got 14 or 13 cus I am to lazy to redo It

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje 3 місяці тому +3

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

    • @TorrentStudios
      @TorrentStudios 3 місяці тому +1

      @@computerjantje thanks bro I really needed that 👍

    • @louielucilla4118
      @louielucilla4118 3 місяці тому

      @@computerjantje I am sad that I can't redo It I am still not sure If I got 13 or 14:( sorry If no one asked

  • @JoeJ-8282
    @JoeJ-8282 3 дні тому +2

    I guess that 14/15 isn't bad for someone who doesn't have ANY actual musical training or background and who can't play any instruments... I just have a pretty good "ear" for sounds and musical notes in general.
    The very last question, number 15, was the most difficult for me, probably because I don't really know anything about the piano OR what any of the terminology used in music actually refers to. That was the only one I got wrong, because I couldn't really tell one way or another. My answer was only a maybe because I wasn't sure.

  • @Book-bz8ns
    @Book-bz8ns 18 днів тому +2

    I got them no worries.
    Seems like a lot of people were taught or learned jow to take tests, gaming it basically, instead of taking each question in its own and make the best answer.

  • @danielndoan
    @danielndoan 11 місяців тому +301

    15/15 As a grown adult I regret never taking any music lessons when I was younger. I’m now in my 40’s learning the guitar

    • @epiphonium
      @epiphonium 11 місяців тому +17

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

    • @steveturner5519
      @steveturner5519 11 місяців тому +14

      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

    • @DavidLindes
      @DavidLindes 11 місяців тому +7

      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.)

    • @darko714
      @darko714 11 місяців тому +4

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

    • @catiemyers3429
      @catiemyers3429 11 місяців тому +9

      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!

  • @deenulazarus5454
    @deenulazarus5454 9 місяців тому +688

    As a teacher, the answers had a pattern, most students will pass without actually knowing the right answers... But very refreshing to take this test... I couldn't understand tonality rest I could understand... Thanks for the test

    • @Red4Alexx
      @Red4Alexx 9 місяців тому +41

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

    • @hapythots
      @hapythots 9 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @crelliseng
      @crelliseng 9 місяців тому +15

      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.

    • @amitaish1055
      @amitaish1055 9 місяців тому +10

      @@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...

    • @Reshapable
      @Reshapable 9 місяців тому +3

      @@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.

  • @charlottepatterson2864
    @charlottepatterson2864 5 днів тому

    I missed questions 6, 12, and 15. I too noticed the pairing of some of the questions and would have scored better if I had just gone with the feeling that the opposite answer on question 2 of the pair would be the right answer. Do I get credit for being honest?

  • @carlavital5982
    @carlavital5982 29 днів тому +2

    Let's say, 14,5/15 because of quesion number 11, as I undestood the difference on the concept but as a fan of Doom Metal, anything else sounds happy for me...😂! Congrats, very interesting the test and your initiative to exppore musical sensitivity of people! Thanks!

    • @maryann3950
      @maryann3950 28 днів тому +1

      Hahaha 😄Great comment and good result.
      I got number 12 wrong, because I found it also sounded kinda sad, like 11. But yeah, I was built near the water...^^

    • @carlavital5982
      @carlavital5982 27 днів тому

      @@maryann3950 Good result you too! ;)...The concept is pretty much clear but I guess people have different sensitivity to what's happy or sad. For me, most of the time, when people feel something is sad, I just feel it is beautiful... :)

  • @michaelh2919
    @michaelh2919 10 місяців тому +861

    That was an interesting test. I scored 14 out of 15, but I think it is more of a 11 out of 15, only because, the answers are predicable. I think you should come up with another test that has a few more questions for each section, and mix up the answers a little more. That way it becomes a little more difficult and a person can truly find out his skill level

    • @paulybeefs8588
      @paulybeefs8588 10 місяців тому +29

      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.

    • @j.asmrgaming1228
      @j.asmrgaming1228 10 місяців тому +55

      @@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.

    • @artforjoyofficial
      @artforjoyofficial 10 місяців тому +5

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

    • @thenecrosanct4906
      @thenecrosanct4906 10 місяців тому +18

      @@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.

    • @michaelh2919
      @michaelh2919 10 місяців тому +10

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

  • @IanDoesMagic
    @IanDoesMagic 4 місяці тому +764

    14 out of 15, and I feel like I learned more taking the test than I did in several music theory classes.

    • @Oxynidum
      @Oxynidum 4 місяці тому +9

      got the exact same score, and same here

    • @johnduheaume6650
      @johnduheaume6650 4 місяці тому +8

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

    • @charlesbireland1780
      @charlesbireland1780 4 місяці тому +7

      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😊

    • @SynergyAVE
      @SynergyAVE 4 місяці тому +24

      I only missed #15

    • @IanDoesMagic
      @IanDoesMagic 4 місяці тому +8

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

  • @carlycharlesworth1497
    @carlycharlesworth1497 2 дні тому

    I got all of them right except the final one, dammit! Lol it was a lot of fun. I am now a subscriber. Thank you for the fun test. Have a great day!

  • @Thedeadbeetsband
    @Thedeadbeetsband 22 дні тому

    Can you please do an advance test. Such as, is this a tri tone or an interval, Is this a root and 5th or 7th, is this an inverted tri tone. How many tones does this chord have.

  • @jenc8953
    @jenc8953 9 місяців тому +668

    I scored a 15/15 and I am actually a deaf person. I used the vibrations from the sounds to make my determination. I noticed a pattern in the music. Like when one climbs up a staircase and then down. For the last question, the tone was repeated I think somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd key.

    • @editor4958
      @editor4958 9 місяців тому +30

      awesome dude!

    • @schokoladendonut
      @schokoladendonut 9 місяців тому +32

      That’s impressive!!

    • @emerwatchorn6971
      @emerwatchorn6971 9 місяців тому +7

      Wow, that is fasinating. Amazing👍🙏

    • @australien6611
      @australien6611 9 місяців тому +14

      I don't believe you. You sure enjoy alot of jazz for a deaf person. I suppose you "feel the vibes" of that too?

    • @jenc8953
      @jenc8953 9 місяців тому

      @@australien6611 Before you make an ignorant comment, please educate yourself about the deaf community so you do not embarrass yourself. The deaf, much like the blind have other senses that are heightened. If you are not deaf or blind, you would not understand what I am talking about or how a deaf person perceives sound. Beethoven was deaf. How did he compose his beautiful music with his disability? His other senses were heightened, such as his sense of touch. When you are deaf, you can sense vibrations like no other humans can. Please do not second guess a deaf person or a person with any disability. You sound very ignorant and I can tell you have a lack of compassion and underestimate people’s abilities when they have a disability.

  • @MusicMan-dv7jg
    @MusicMan-dv7jg 2 місяці тому +170

    I was a music major in college, and music teacher, church organist and choir accompanist. I missed #13 and #14. The idea of resolved or unresolved is very subjective. I see I am not alone. The construction of the test made it easy to guess the answers because the questions were in pairs, A, then B.

    • @mrsurname9217
      @mrsurname9217 Місяць тому +11

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

    • @Sasbie65
      @Sasbie65 Місяць тому +3

      #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.

    • @Ingrid-sb6my
      @Ingrid-sb6my Місяць тому +1

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

    • @GuitarReverie
      @GuitarReverie Місяць тому +5

      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

    • @robotkarel
      @robotkarel Місяць тому

      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.

  • @PaulWesleyBowen
    @PaulWesleyBowen 20 днів тому

    I finished your test ... I do disagree on questions 13 & 14 because a lot of my playing puts "unresolved" at the end of the song, deliberately ... or just simply played somewhere during the song, sometimes repeated because I want to take a song that should "sound resolved" and deliberately, by the use of the chord structure, cause it to be "unresolved" (to create a comfortable sense of elation). Sometimes, also deliberately, to catch the listener's attention, the song will be resolved by ending with a deliberate use of a chord related by a fundamental tone of the major tonality but is actually dissonant to the major tonality of the song but in an octave that creates a final sound that "both resolves the song but leaves it with a "hanging" question. Those two questions have too many answers to be denoted by A) or B).

  • @deborahharper-brown7402
    @deborahharper-brown7402 3 дні тому

    I missed 3- Question 8, 11 and 15. I took piano lessons in elementary and high school. I'm thinking of resuming lessons as an adult. Seems I need to work on recognizing chords. Nice quiz. Thanks for sharing

  • @adeliat28
    @adeliat28 10 місяців тому +445

    I got 13 out of 15. I realized that I got them wrong because I over thought the answers 😊 that was an interesting exercise! Thank you 😊

    • @SirVicc
      @SirVicc 10 місяців тому +11

      Same. I got 14 out of 15 but over thought one answer and changed it.

    • @_de_reve
      @_de_reve 10 місяців тому +4

      same here haha ( i was thinking in micro tones lol) if i didn't think it over i would have all correct✨

    • @giov8955
      @giov8955 10 місяців тому +9

      13/15 myself! 😁

    • @mterrorr
      @mterrorr 10 місяців тому +5

      13/15 here as well

    • @ninasmith4099
      @ninasmith4099 10 місяців тому +2

      I fell in the average category with a correct score of 12. No thought just intuitively hearing. I missed the clashing questions on numbers 7, 8 and 10

  • @hkt48man33
    @hkt48man33 9 місяців тому +380

    Nice quiz. I've been playing guitar for 7 years but still can't map what's in my head to the fretboard fast enough. However, 15/15 was scored on your cool quiz. You give me hope! Thanks!!

    • @DeathRider.
      @DeathRider. 9 місяців тому

      Same

    • @polincashark
      @polincashark 9 місяців тому +2

      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).

    • @JoeyIndolos
      @JoeyIndolos 9 місяців тому +4

      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 😄

    • @gapingshanus
      @gapingshanus 9 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @13JOGGA13
      @13JOGGA13 9 місяців тому +4

      ​​@@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

  • @anabellapartap7418
    @anabellapartap7418 Місяць тому +1

    Hey good day..i am a music student and play piano and now learning violin...i loved that exercise..it helps with ear training for sure..I scored 14 out of 15 which i surprised myself😊 please do more videos like this👍👍

  • @LRHutch
    @LRHutch Місяць тому

    Very good lesson young man. I am 70 years old, I began playing music when I was at the age of 5. I was gifted with perfect pitch. My hearing isn't as good as it use to be but I still have perfect pitch.

  • @karenstead8259
    @karenstead8259 10 місяців тому +500

    I wouldn't consider myself musical at all, but I got 13 out of 15. I had trouble with questions 11 and 13. Yes, I found this useful. Thank you!

    • @robinmp3841
      @robinmp3841 10 місяців тому +3

      Same

    • @waltofalltrades6817
      @waltofalltrades6817 10 місяців тому +17

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

    • @WendyTurner
      @WendyTurner 10 місяців тому +1

      I missed 11 and 15.

    • @warman1944
      @warman1944 10 місяців тому

      Same.

    • @psyrvn
      @psyrvn 10 місяців тому

      ​@@waltofalltrades6817 yes me too

  • @suetg6450
    @suetg6450 11 місяців тому +383

    I'm not a musician or a singer. I just took this test because it popped up in my feed and looked like fun. I scored 13/15. I had a little difficulty with the major and minor questions. Thank You for this test. It was informative 😀

    • @pardonmypiano
      @pardonmypiano  11 місяців тому +31

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

    • @toriless
      @toriless 11 місяців тому +8

      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.

    • @suzannederringer1607
      @suzannederringer1607 11 місяців тому +20

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

    • @alanwilton6806
      @alanwilton6806 11 місяців тому +3

      Exactly the same for me.

    • @Ragnar009
      @Ragnar009 11 місяців тому +5

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

  • @angeredsmile2
    @angeredsmile2 10 годин тому

    Loved this video!!

  • @larrynewman3098
    @larrynewman3098 Місяць тому

    I got all 15 correct but I had to listen twice to 13 and 14 and three times to 15. I do not play any musical instruments, cannot sing, and have trouble clapping or dancing to the beat of a song. I do appreciate music however and I have thousands of CD’s, LP’s and digital music which I listen to several hours each day. I do have exceptional ability in mathematics however which may be related to music appreciation. I’ve often wondered if I was tone deaf or what being tone deaf meant exactly. I think your video answered my questions about tone deafness and gave me some insights into musical composition. Thanks for providing this excellent video.

  • @amberpugh3205
    @amberpugh3205 9 місяців тому +327

    I got 14/15, that last one caught me off gaurd haha! But this test was fun!

    • @slothymango
      @slothymango 9 місяців тому

      Same

    • @gluttonyhoarder2940
      @gluttonyhoarder2940 9 місяців тому +3

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

    • @slothymango
      @slothymango 9 місяців тому

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

    • @ekid88
      @ekid88 9 місяців тому +1

      same here, with absolutely NO instrument lessons 😀

    • @_xR1xsDestroyed-pr8cj
      @_xR1xsDestroyed-pr8cj 9 місяців тому

      Same

  • @warrengbryson
    @warrengbryson 10 місяців тому +1467

    Thank you for making this brilliant music test! When I was in High School, aged about 15 years, my music teacher told me I was tone-deaf and to sit with the adolescents who did not want to learn music. So, knowing almost nothing about music, I found your test educational and fun, and scored 14 out of 15, failing the 15th question. Maybe now, I will have the confidence to learn a musical instrument at the age of 71. 🙂

    • @warrengbryson
      @warrengbryson 10 місяців тому +38

      @@GreedRuinsEverything Thanks for the advice.

    • @Lock2142
      @Lock2142 10 місяців тому +37

      I believe in you pal, like the other lad said! Go for it!

    • @grandmab4049
      @grandmab4049 10 місяців тому +24

      You definitely should go for it

    • @ihatebertram9719
      @ihatebertram9719 10 місяців тому +88

      Your music teacher sucked! Discouraging you from doing something you could have loved and enjoy throughout your life because of that?

    • @helenafranzen9828
      @helenafranzen9828 10 місяців тому +21

      Just go for it! Its never too late to learn new things and enjoy it. 👍

  • @melodyc6363
    @melodyc6363 38 хвилин тому

    14 out of 15. Thanks for the challenge... 🎼🎵🎶🎹😊👍

  • @NikiNak903
    @NikiNak903 12 днів тому

    I missed number 8. Went back and listened…is the last not the same note as the second note in the scale but a different octave?

  • @robindjw4539
    @robindjw4539 11 місяців тому +192

    Hey! I got 14! My husband tells me I can't sing, and I probably can't, but that does not equate to being unable to HEAR correctly. This was fun. Thanks!

    • @deniaridley
      @deniaridley 11 місяців тому +10

      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.

    • @Garagieraryhir
      @Garagieraryhir 10 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @erynn9968
      @erynn9968 10 місяців тому +6

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

    • @chinkajack
      @chinkajack 10 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @madammadonna
      @madammadonna 10 місяців тому +2

      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 😂

  • @luvnalaska44
    @luvnalaska44 11 місяців тому +135

    15/15 I love music and feel happy that at 60 I’m still hearing notes clearly.

    • @plainjane1812
      @plainjane1812 11 місяців тому +3

      Same here!

    • @jesusiskingofkingslordoflo6727
      @jesusiskingofkingslordoflo6727 11 місяців тому +3

      60 on May 8 th
      God willing

    • @Anita3kidsS.
      @Anita3kidsS. 11 місяців тому +3

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

    • @raethomas99
      @raethomas99 11 місяців тому +2

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

    • @LoneTiger
      @LoneTiger 11 місяців тому +2

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

  • @johncallaghan3097
    @johncallaghan3097 6 днів тому

    I felt that the answer to Q14 was "resolved". When I learnt I apparently got it wrong, I listened again, but it still sounded resolved to me. I tried a third time, and same result. Are you absolutely sure? I can imagine a piece of music ending satisfactorily with this phrase, particularly if it had been played earlier in the piece and the last note were to be sustained a little.

  • @suzum.9713
    @suzum.9713 20 днів тому +1

    Nice; very useful.
    I was confused at #15. Needed to hrar it again.

  • @starflower703
    @starflower703 Рік тому +179

    This was a cool test. I was called tone deaf as a child, but my musical mother wouldn’t give up on me and I eventually caught on. I love music and can even sing fairly well …..thanks Mom!

    • @floofyconfusednerd3436
      @floofyconfusednerd3436 Рік тому +3

      Same here!

    • @Raphtor13
      @Raphtor13 11 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @appleengisch6767
      @appleengisch6767 11 місяців тому

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

  • @JleStudios
    @JleStudios Рік тому +442

    I am a drummer and have been for over 30 years. Always was told I was tone deaf. I started practicing recognizing pitch, major and minor chords and composing music. I was able to get 100% on this quiz, something that would not have happened 5 years ago. This stuff can be learned. The last question, I was not as confident as all my other answers so I may have got that one right by chance. I really liked the resolved / unresolved melody part I actually learned something really important there. Thanks so much.

    • @amberyooper
      @amberyooper Рік тому +7

      Yeah, the last question got me. I also learned something new with the "resolved" and "not resolved" questions. That's more music theory than pitch recognition.

    • @ChannelMath
      @ChannelMath Рік тому +11

      I think that 2nd to last part is not a real, defined thing. In Q13, that could absolutely be the "question", I can hear the answer.

    • @krampus5531
      @krampus5531 Рік тому +3

      i thought the melody was unresolved, i felt like there could have been a lower cord at the end.

    • @danieloren6109
      @danieloren6109 Рік тому +5

      It is a fairly well defined thing, if the last note of the melody ends on a chord tone, most commonly the root, then the melody is considered resolved. At least that’s my understanding of it

    • @nortonmeiler2571
      @nortonmeiler2571 Рік тому +4

      I have been drumming for more than 50 years. This test was easy. It is about tone memory and can be practiced and learned. Drummers are not tone deaf. We are too often confronted by people who are guessing the next note and has no clue about beat and tempo!

  • @Yvs8962
    @Yvs8962 7 днів тому +1

    14/15 though I feel like the example given in the question I got wrong (8) threw me off. The note fits, but the pitch does not sound right to me based on the progression of the scale leading up to it. Feel like it should be higher than it is, maybe that's cuz Im a guitar player and our scales go from low E string to high E, so Im used to scales that go through many octaves and end on much higher notes.

  • @melaniebrown2321
    @melaniebrown2321 13 днів тому

    I am deaf in one ear and have a cochlear in the other ear. I got the first 10 right but the last 5 was hard. Thank you ! I know know how well my cochlear is doing. After being deaf for almost all my life, at 50 I got the cochlear. Music is so awesome . But it took my brain 3 years to learn what music is. I got my cochlear in 2007.

  • @wuz2blu
    @wuz2blu 10 місяців тому +387

    I found I could guess most of the correct answers because of the order in which the questions were presented. If it was a pair of like questions, the second one would always be the opposite answer. I think this quiz would be much more effective if you either mixed up the types of questions or had fewer pairs altogether. All that said, it was a very interesting and enjoyable test. Thank you for the effort you put into making it!

    • @gordonm1828
      @gordonm1828 10 місяців тому +7

      I noticed this as well. If you wanted to keep the number of questions in sections then needed more questions per section… or mix them all but but some of the previous questions did help to understand the next section. I would have liked to see 10 questions per section with all questions being a/b/c.

    • @Naefu
      @Naefu 10 місяців тому +16

      This video was probably meant to be more of a fun introduction to some of the subtlety in music than it is effective as a tone awareness gauge.

    • @ReincarnatedGhost1
      @ReincarnatedGhost1 10 місяців тому

      whhooooo CARES! :) its still a fun little test. I did notice I guessed, but it doesn't matter. If you can still get it right because you can hear it, then you input the right answers. Always appreciate the person that makes the effort to make the test. No one needs to get too nitpicky about things :)
      As long as you're having fun, you can get the most enjoyment out of it.

    • @gardenlover9663
      @gardenlover9663 10 місяців тому +3

      I ignored it because I really wanted to see how I did.

    • @dreamimgflowerd976
      @dreamimgflowerd976 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Naefu I think it's also meant for educative purposes by listening to the tones and applying your own feeling/ knowledge instead of answering with logic. It will also feel more rewarding knowing how much talent in music you have by answering honestly.

  • @cjc363636
    @cjc363636 10 місяців тому +198

    13 out of 15. That last one got me good. Harder to keep longer progressions in a 'loop' in my mind for comparison. Thanks for this test! I did better than I thought I would.

    • @mattlefler9854
      @mattlefler9854 10 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @thiagodarocha3144
      @thiagodarocha3144 10 місяців тому

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

    • @cp312
      @cp312 10 місяців тому

      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

    • @snakeywakey3893
      @snakeywakey3893 10 місяців тому

      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.

    • @playbackamusicloversjourne8620
      @playbackamusicloversjourne8620 10 місяців тому

      @@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.

  • @Still.A.Stay143
    @Still.A.Stay143 23 дні тому

    been working on my compositions as a music gcse student, Ive always loved music and can play 4 instruments (including piano)but never really know if Im any good at it. I got 15/15 on this test and it felt really validating like my work has payed off! Thank you for this x

  • @davidarnold7147
    @davidarnold7147 2 дні тому +1

    I got all 15 correct but you told the answers before asking the questions; anyone who got them wrong just wasn't paying attention to the fact you gave the answer beforehand (minus the last question) and also never repeated the same answer. As in: the next answer was always the opposite of what was asked previously.
    Not very good at determining anything but one who pays attention.

  • @johnjohnson5362
    @johnjohnson5362 Рік тому +132

    Shocked to get all 15 correct. This little test has given a measure of confidence I didn’t have before. Thank you!

    • @twitter.comelomhycy
      @twitter.comelomhycy Рік тому

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

    • @Kraligor
      @Kraligor Рік тому +9

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

    • @sheldon_co0per
      @sheldon_co0per 11 місяців тому +1

      Got 12 as well 🌿👀🌿

    • @alexshibli8267
      @alexshibli8267 11 місяців тому +1

      I missed the last one! SMH!

    • @paulie6446
      @paulie6446 11 місяців тому

      2 of them were wrong 😉

  • @user-rr4fz4uy7c
    @user-rr4fz4uy7c 10 місяців тому +280

    I got 11 out of the 15 questions which surprised me pleasantly as I have very poor hearing and have bilateral hearing aids. I was always told I was tone deaf as a child and have never explored playing music. I am now 71 and listen to classical music daily. Thanks so much for the test.

    • @4elijah_
      @4elijah_ 10 місяців тому +10

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

    • @Mister_Immersion
      @Mister_Immersion 10 місяців тому +2

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

    • @LG-bi1sr
      @LG-bi1sr 10 місяців тому +11

      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

    • @bpiazza
      @bpiazza 10 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @fox7rain495
      @fox7rain495 10 місяців тому

      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 😊

  • @katieroo1980
    @katieroo1980 13 днів тому

    I got 13 out of 15 right. I was surprised. Thanks for this test. I'l try it out on my son, who plays the trumpet in the middle school concert band.

  • @Rorschach.
    @Rorschach. 10 місяців тому +367

    I love music but have always struggled with music theory, considering myself to be somewhere close to tone deaf. I got 13/15 and can only conclude that this is a 'feel good' test designed to give me an encouraging score! If so, thank you - it worked. :)

    • @norearview
      @norearview 10 місяців тому +10

      I consider myself tone deaf. I scored 9 and consider myself to be above average at guessing.

    • @icedova
      @icedova 10 місяців тому +6

      Exactly what I said. And I missed 2 as well ...13 and 15.

    • @Quackified
      @Quackified 10 місяців тому

      Same score bro xD

    • @user-sg6ii3eo9i
      @user-sg6ii3eo9i 10 місяців тому +1

      Not really. You yourself would only know if you answer it without guessing. I dont consider myself tone deaf, but I think im not hood at my listening skills. I scored 12/15 without guessing

    • @billiondollardan
      @billiondollardan 10 місяців тому

      same here. 13/15 and i have no musical talent

  • @sharbanu1
    @sharbanu1 11 місяців тому +232

    It might be a good idea to add more questions for each category and randomize the choices more. I say this not because I feel like people would cheat for something like this but more so people can't confuse themselves by guessing based on the presentation and order of the questions/answers. Over 50% of this could easily be figured out by hearing the answer for the previous question/questions which can cause an issue with already knowing the answer vs trying to properly find the answer

    • @FurchtbaresGaming
      @FurchtbaresGaming 10 місяців тому +5

      Yeah, i caught myself assuming answers because of the A B A B scheme. But i decided to stick with my decisions, even though i was sure it should have been the other answer. I got 13 of 15 .

    • @Smiley957
      @Smiley957 10 місяців тому

      I mean if you are cheating by putting faith in an A B A B scheme that may or may not be there, why even bother to take the test?

    • @user-gb7wf5vp4k
      @user-gb7wf5vp4k 10 місяців тому +3

      It’s true, but why would you cheat yourself from listening to and answering truthfully? Are you more interested in the final score or in actually learning something about yourself? If you’re just interested in the final score why are taking the test in the first place? For example, I got q. 13 wrong so I knew what the answer to no. 14 would be. It was a little distracting, however it helped me realise that that I’m not actually that good at identifying resolved/unresolved phrases as 13 sounded more like a question to me than 14. Thank you for this video, I can’t really hold a tune naturally, but I love music and musical instruments and I can identify some of them when listening to classical music/orchestra/soundtracks. I cannot however play any instruments, I think I might be tone deaf when it comes to my own performance as I cannot differentiate the sounds as well as when someone else performs. I am not sure why, something to do with the way my brain is wired I guess

    • @FurchtbaresGaming
      @FurchtbaresGaming 10 місяців тому +1

      @@user-gb7wf5vp4k i did not cheat, thats why i only got 13. But i was automatically assuming the right answer still. I did go with what ive heard though, so i got it wrong. It would not have been hard to replace the As and Bs with other stuff, so you just cant assume.
      Its about following your ears, not your intuition, but intuition just kicks in.

    • @lisat9707
      @lisat9707 10 місяців тому +2

      😅 and here I am going through and for once not overthinking anything. I assumed on each question that it was not based at all on the previous one.
      I wanted to ace it so I didn't want to mess up by ASSumming😅

  • @marybriannevillasan9637
    @marybriannevillasan9637 День тому

    10/15. Never had musical training it was fun.

  • @stellarsnow
    @stellarsnow День тому +1

    I know little to nothing about music other than I enjoy it, so getting 15/15 was a pleasant surprise!

  • @This_0ne_Person
    @This_0ne_Person 9 місяців тому +248

    15/15. One thing I did notice, is that whenever you asked the same question multiple times in a row, the answer would always be different from the previous questions. Figured this out after 5 questions, almost trivializing the rest of the test.

    • @meddle3558
      @meddle3558 9 місяців тому +26

      same, 15/15 here too. its difficult not to let that that impact our answers lol

    • @countryboy12457
      @countryboy12457 9 місяців тому +3

      Only us smart people picked up on this LOL

    • @jozzieification
      @jozzieification 9 місяців тому +38

      That’s kinda silly. This test isn’t about getting the best score, it’s to find out how well tuned your ears are. Well done for being smart, but you completely missed the point of the exercise 😂

    • @diogooliveira259
      @diogooliveira259 9 місяців тому +3

      @@jozzieificationexactly lol

    • @garebaregoof4226
      @garebaregoof4226 9 місяців тому +16

      @@jozzieificationkinda hard to take the test seriously when you already know what the answer is going to be.

  • @germanbrandeburgo5925
    @germanbrandeburgo5925 10 місяців тому +459

    If I could offer a small piece of advice: I wouldn't group questions up into pairs, especially when each answer is just the opposite of the previous one. For example, I got 11 wrong, which made me automatically know the answer to 12 even before I heard it.
    Very cool video though! Great way to introduce basics of music to a layman!

    • @tabularasa0606
      @tabularasa0606 10 місяців тому +42

      Agree, it was a bit predictable.

    • @eduardorodriguez4899
      @eduardorodriguez4899 10 місяців тому +8

      You're absolutely right

    • @Jigeesh_Nair
      @Jigeesh_Nair 10 місяців тому +6

      Absolutely

    • @raymorphis5714
      @raymorphis5714 10 місяців тому +8

      I agree there should be 3 to 5 possible answers given 2 makes it a binary choice , and Everyone knows Binary anything these days can get you tossed into the gulag.

    • @lola_love444
      @lola_love444 10 місяців тому +2

      Right. I was the same

  • @AlexaFaie
    @AlexaFaie 2 дні тому

    Is it really possible to get less than 15 out of 15 on this? It wasn't very hard at all and made easier by the way the questions were done so that there was one example of each for most parts. I kept waiting for the hard questions and they just never turned up. I'm going to get my partner to have a go to see if they do as well or not. I would hope they'd do as well given that they play more instruments than I do (they've played flute, piccolo, bass (electric & double), guitar, saxophone & piano, whereas I've only played recorder & flute & played around a bit with a keyboard as a kid).

  • @HappyScience-wp8cn
    @HappyScience-wp8cn 19 днів тому

    I never had any musical training and am 81. I played the bugle in Boy Scouts by ear. I missed one question on first listening but got it the second time. I even got #15 but had to listen twice before being sure (and before knowing the answer).
    I have always been concerned that my singing might be awful, being off-tune. This helps me feel more secure. I love to sing and hoped I wasn't offensive. I especially like to open my throat up and really belt out the tunes. You can understand why I would worry. My wife has no musical clue and cannot sing. Yet, she introduced me to playing the recorder. I had fun (long, long ago) playing soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.

  • @aliannarodriguez1581
    @aliannarodriguez1581 Місяць тому +312

    Hmm, was surprised to get them all right as I’m not a musician. But I can “hear” music in my head with crystal clarity when recalling a tune, I’ve learned not everyone can do that.

    • @KelMar63
      @KelMar63 Місяць тому +29

      I thought everyone could do that! It’s nice to know this. I’ve always felt bad that I wasn’t very successful at playing an instrument in school. I was a nervous wreck every time I had a lesson! I think I needed a teacher like Mr. Holland. 😊

    • @jxststxrz1712
      @jxststxrz1712 Місяць тому +22

      me too, its like a literal concert in my head
      cool thing to have

    • @rachellekafton8534
      @rachellekafton8534 Місяць тому +9

      Same here

    • @SolarWraith
      @SolarWraith Місяць тому +24

      Same, except I can't shut if off.

    • @Player_ButWorse_AndBetter
      @Player_ButWorse_AndBetter Місяць тому +17

      ​@@SolarWraith same i just have like random songs i like as bg music 24/7

  • @blue-omega7141
    @blue-omega7141 11 місяців тому +203

    No matter how many times I hear #14 it seems perfectly resolved to me.

    • @Thurgosh_OG
      @Thurgosh_OG 11 місяців тому +60

      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.

    • @Brendawallingbear
      @Brendawallingbear 11 місяців тому +27

      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.

    • @dragonexpert8323
      @dragonexpert8323 11 місяців тому +12

      Same could be said for some of the major / minor

    • @spoimala
      @spoimala 11 місяців тому +12

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

    • @trysometruth
      @trysometruth 11 місяців тому +22

      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".

  • @mimoso_7773
    @mimoso_7773 13 днів тому

    13 out of 15. Questions 7 and 15 were a bit tough for me. Great video!

  • @Sapphire-ul5ys
    @Sapphire-ul5ys 22 дні тому +2

    I just started Violin the is new year and I got 15/15. Pretty proud of myself 👍🏻

  • @leeksoy
    @leeksoy 9 місяців тому +506

    I got 13/15. I struggled with the resolution part. Although I am trained in the Western style of music, even though I’m not from the west, I think the interrogative and the responsive tone of my language is different, that is why I struggled to identify if it was a question or resolution. This is so interesting!

    • @andrewstambaugh8030
      @andrewstambaugh8030 9 місяців тому +28

      I'm from America, and I missed 13, because the overall feeling was more like a question than an answer. Only the single end note dropped like a resolution.
      For the next one, I was fine because I understood that they _only cared about the last note_ not the whole phrase.
      Interesting in that I found that dissatisfying. I found it to the be equivalent of asking a question and getting an answer like this: "well? I dunno... maybe, do you agree? sure."

    • @Compguy321
      @Compguy321 9 місяців тому +4

      I got the same score and struggled in the same area!

    • @thorstambaugh1520
      @thorstambaugh1520 9 місяців тому +1

      This issue can be addressed mathematically and better defined. The author is simply trying to express it in laymans terms

    • @arrowhyphy547
      @arrowhyphy547 9 місяців тому

      Yeah..same as you

    • @scottmiller2591
      @scottmiller2591 9 місяців тому +1

      I listen to a lot of Eastern (mostly Japanese) sound tracks - same problem, although I got the 2nd resolution question correct. I think there is a difference in "what is a resolution" between Japanese and Western music, even when using the same scales - Japanese music uses a different set of "most common chords," and a resolution often sounds complete but wistful.

  • @Novotny72
    @Novotny72 11 місяців тому +156

    I've an issue with question 14 - it ends on what i think is the 1st & 5th, and I decided that was a resolution even if it wasn't simply the root of the key. You could easily end a song there without it sounding like a question. I sort of felt 50/50 on it and was pretty annoyed it affected my perfect score. Am I misunderstanding or mishearing this?

    • @brianolderfellow4072
      @brianolderfellow4072 11 місяців тому +28

      Same as me--14/15 but felt this was resolved -it was 50/50 to me

    • @Novotny72
      @Novotny72 11 місяців тому +8

      @@brianolderfellow4072 ty for validating my thoughts

    • @cameronwyatt687
      @cameronwyatt687 11 місяців тому +16

      I tripped on this one as well. Was like, "um....both? either? I dunno, A I guess." lol

    • @Federico0
      @Federico0 11 місяців тому +7

      I agree. A melody ending in 3th and 5th is resolved. I'd rather put a 6th or a 4th for this example but whatever

    • @DhaniC369
      @DhaniC369 11 місяців тому +28

      I had this issue with question 13

  • @zhevtone
    @zhevtone 10 днів тому +2

    It was a fun video, thanks!. I got 13/15. However I am now super curious about your accent. I think you are from Russia or another slavic language country (Ukraine/ Belarus?). You have a terrific pronunciation with a slight accent but pronunciation of some words was just too similar to our accent 😅 please tell me if I'm right 😂

  • @grendeltirado1142
    @grendeltirado1142 Місяць тому

    I am not a musician, but I do LOVE music, and love to sing. I can always tell if a song is played differently than I'm used to hearing, like a different note or beat somewhere. I got all the answers right, although I did struggle a little on whether the second happy or sad was happy or sad, but like someone else said, it was easy to guess.