Are you TONE DEAF or MUSICALLY GIFTED? (A FUN test for non-musicians)
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2024
- 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! :)
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• 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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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
A professor at conservatory said, “if you can tell one persons voice from another, you are not tone deaf.”
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).
The fact that most questions come in pairs with alternating answers makes this test much easier than it should be
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
Had trouble with the last one, that's all. Nice little exercise.
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 :)
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 😅
Great voice @Virginie
@@YukiTatutso thank you!
@@YukiTatutsototally, great voice
13/15 as well
LOL
same here but I have no music background at all
But still like to sing and listen to the music
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
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
Got 14 out of 15. Ears still working good at age 73. Fun test!
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?😊
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.
Exactly the same on all counts but age.
Maybe the organ, before fingers rigor mort.
I agree with you!!
15/15 Found it surprisingly intuitive. Thanks.
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.
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
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.
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. 😊❤
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😂😂
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
15 out of 15. No musical training. Just purely in love with music since I can remember. 💚
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.
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 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.
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~
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.
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.
There were only 15 questions!
same bro, 11 right.
@@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.
@@moledaddy Ah, my mistake. I thought you meant there were ten more questions, and should have realised your meaning.
@@Bearwithme560 it's all good
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
You're right, perfect pitch is really a misnomer here.
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.
@@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.
As a self taught guitarist I'm proud I got 14/15... the last was a bit tricky 😂
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 🎶🎸🖤
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.
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.
No musical training of any kind, just love it 13/15. Yippee!!
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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. 😊😊
same
Just watched this video. Wasn't sure I was musically gifted. Turns out that I am. New album out soon!
😂, we'll be waiting!
lol
😂❤
Same here! 15/15...not sure why i am not a rich and famous musician...🤔
😂
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".
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. 😂😂
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%
This question is the only one I got wrong too! I’m trained in piano and clarinet mainly - string instruments are a struggle lol
13 correct. Missed question 14. Enjoyed this.
As a drummer for over 50 years now
15 out of 15. Wow, I'm surprised . I can still hear. 😅
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...
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.
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 :)
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Bro your piano sounds sooo satisfying and u play amazing, question 13 sounded incredible. 14/15 🔥🔥🔥
question 13 was actually a g minor Sept accord, which should be resolved 😅
but the melody fits nice 👍
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.
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
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.
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 !
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…
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 ❤
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!
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.
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 💯
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!
Keep it bro ! Much love
For I am not sure If I got 14 or 13 cus I am to lazy to redo It
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 👍
@@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
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.
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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?
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!
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...^^
@@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... :)
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
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.
14 out of 15, and I feel like I learned more taking the test than I did in several music theory classes.
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...
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!
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.
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.
awesome dude!
That’s impressive!!
Wow, that is fasinating. Amazing👍🙏
I don't believe you. You sure enjoy alot of jazz for a deaf person. I suppose you "feel the vibes" of that too?
@@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.
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.
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 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).
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
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 😊
Same. I got 14 out of 15 but over thought one answer and changed it.
same here haha ( i was thinking in micro tones lol) if i didn't think it over i would have all correct✨
13/15 myself! 😁
13/15 here as well
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
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!!
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
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👍👍
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.
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!
Same
Same, but for me it was 13 and definitely 15 that stumped me.
I missed 11 and 15.
Same.
@@waltofalltrades6817 yes me too
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 😀
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.
Loved this video!!
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.
I got 14/15, that last one caught me off gaurd haha! But this test was fun!
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
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. 🙂
@@GreedRuinsEverything Thanks for the advice.
I believe in you pal, like the other lad said! Go for it!
You definitely should go for it
Your music teacher sucked! Discouraging you from doing something you could have loved and enjoy throughout your life because of that?
Just go for it! Its never too late to learn new things and enjoy it. 👍
14 out of 15. Thanks for the challenge... 🎼🎵🎶🎹😊👍
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?
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!
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 😂
15/15 I love music and feel happy that at 60 I’m still hearing notes clearly.
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. 😹
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.
Nice; very useful.
I was confused at #15. Needed to hrar it again.
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
i thought the melody was unresolved, i felt like there could have been a lower cord at the end.
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
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
I ignored it because I really wanted to see how I did.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Shocked to get all 15 correct. This little test has given a measure of confidence I didn’t have before. Thank you!
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 😉
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.
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 😊
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.
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. :)
I consider myself tone deaf. I scored 9 and consider myself to be above average at guessing.
Exactly what I said. And I missed 2 as well ...13 and 15.
Same score bro xD
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
same here. 13/15 and i have no musical talent
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
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 .
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?
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
@@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.
😅 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😅
10/15. Never had musical training it was fun.
I know little to nothing about music other than I enjoy it, so getting 15/15 was a pleasant surprise!
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.
same, 15/15 here too. its difficult not to let that that impact our answers lol
Only us smart people picked up on this LOL
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 😂
@@jozzieificationexactly lol
@@jozzieificationkinda hard to take the test seriously when you already know what the answer is going to be.
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!
Agree, it was a bit predictable.
You're absolutely right
Absolutely
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.
Right. I was the same
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).
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.
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.
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. 😊
me too, its like a literal concert in my head
cool thing to have
Same here
Same, except I can't shut if off.
@@SolarWraith same i just have like random songs i like as bg music 24/7
No matter how many times I hear #14 it seems perfectly resolved to 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".
13 out of 15. Questions 7 and 15 were a bit tough for me. Great video!
I just started Violin the is new year and I got 15/15. Pretty proud of myself 👍🏻
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!
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."
I got the same score and struggled in the same area!
This issue can be addressed mathematically and better defined. The author is simply trying to express it in laymans terms
Yeah..same as you
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.
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?
Same as me--14/15 but felt this was resolved -it was 50/50 to me
@@brianolderfellow4072 ty for validating my thoughts
I tripped on this one as well. Was like, "um....both? either? I dunno, A I guess." lol
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
I had this issue with question 13
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 😂
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.