"How musical are you" test

I did this test on the BBC Radio 3 website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/musicality/

It is supposed to determine how musical you are irrespective of whether you have had any formal training or anything and comprises a mixture of questionnaires and interactive audio-based tests.

I was a bit depressed to find that, although I scored highly on the "enthusiasm" category, I scored quite low in the "musical perception" category. Based on my score, it made recommendations about what sort of music I might enjoy listening to (in terms of BBC radio programmes).  It suggested that I listen to the top 40 chart show, presumably because I can't appreciate anything more demanding than that!

Enthusiasm for Music: 97%
Musical Perception: 99%
Emotional Connection: 82%
Social Creativity: 86%
Musical Curiosity: 96%

Enthusiasm - 99%

Enthusiasm for Music: 99%
Musical Perception: 99%
Emotional Connection: 93%
Social Creativity: 67%
Musical Curiosity: 94%

'social creativity' taking a beating

"Just" 25 minutes? And I need to register? Thanks, but I'll do something that is slightly less of a waste of a half hour.

Henry Plainview wrote: "Just" 25 minutes? And I need to register? Thanks, but I'll do something that is slightly less of a waste of a half hour.

Yeah, I might have done better on some of the tests if I hadn't got bored and checked PA again while doing them.

And it wasn't playing nice with Firefox for some reason, I had to switch to Chrome to see my results.

Enthusiasm for music: 73% 
Musical perception: 99%
Emotional connection: 70%
Social creativity: 90%
Musical curiosity: 90%


Genre group: didn't get a single group right.
Match the beat: 11/18
Tap to the beat: High for all except 3 and 8 (medium)'
Melody memory:  Right for all but no.3.

I guess that makes sense because I am an Indian (our system emphasises melody a lot) and a wannabe singer, so I am strong on melody.  I can keep beat but with those beeps, it got a bit confusing if the beeps were starting at the right place or no.  For a proghead, I am satisfied with my score for emotional connection.  





Edited by rogerthat - January 23 2011 at 00:23

Here are my test results;

None of you posting your scores is making me feel any better!  I comfort myself with the thought that perhaps only those getting the high scores are bothering to post.

More seriously, I am interested in what is being revealed by the test.  The implication is that someone like me with a low musical perception score isn't capable of appreciating anything but the most mundane pop music.  And yet from a very young age I have always sought out music that is interesting to me rather than what was fashionable or popular. Generally speaking, the stuff I have liked has turned out to be what is considered to be relatively complex - that has never been a conscious criterion on my part and has not been true of everything I have liked, but I think is a side effect of not being easily satisfied.  Like, I guess, many people here, music is something of an obsession for me, something that I have been prepared to spend a lot of money on over the years to find those pieces that hit the spot for me.  It doesn't feel to me like I am not perceiving the qualities of the music I love.  But maybe it's like being colour blind and not knowing any better.