"How musical are you" test
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Topic: "How musical are you" test
Posted By: ProgBob
Subject: "How musical are you" test
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 14:29
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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! ------------- Bob |
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 15:06
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Enthusiasm for Music: 96% Musical Perception: 99% Emotional Connection: 93% Social Creativity: 63% Musical Curiosity: 65% ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 16:13
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Enthusiasm for Music: 97% Musical Perception: 99% Emotional Connection: 82% Social Creativity: 86% Musical Curiosity: 96% |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 16:58
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Enthusiasm 99% Perception 98% Emotional Connection 57% Social Creativity 9% Musical Curiosity 71% |
Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 19:36
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Enthusiasm - 99% Perception - 99% Emotional - 55% Social Creativity - 88% Musical Curiosity - 24% Mostly agree with this - music doesn't influence me that much Emotionally. But I don't get why I scored so low on the Musical Curiosity! Sure, I'm not mega-adventurous, but I feel I'm very open to new sound, and love exploring genres. Also, I hammered the tests lol, which I am very proud of :D ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nathaniel607" rel="nofollow - My Last FM Profile 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 20:46
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That test is about as big of a waste of time that I've ever tried to take. Agree Agree Agree I quit, waste of time.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 21:44
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Enthusiasm for Music: 99% Musical Perception: 99% Emotional Connection: 93% Social Creativity: 67% Musical Curiosity: 94% Group the music by genres (missed one per genre) Match the beat (16 out of 18) Tap to the beat (All high, except 3 and 4 medium) Melody Memory (10 out of 12) As drummer, did very well with the beat and melody memory Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:07
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Enthusiasm for music - 92% Musical Perception - 99% Emotional Connection - 93% Social Creativity - 47% Musical Curiosity - 71% |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:09
| 'social creativity' taking a beating |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:13
 I have no doubt-- what a ruse |
ProgBob wrote:Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:26
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"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.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:33
LOL, yeah the register thingy... I would have done it otherwise.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:34
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. |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 22 2011 at 23:43
I wouldn't have done it anyway because of the length, but the registration was just an additional slap in the face. https://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/musicality" rel="nofollow - Here's the lazy link if you don't want to cut-paste it. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 00:21
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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. |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 07:56
To register: They ask for name, nickname, gender, date of birth, email address. The only sensitve thing is the email address. I use lots of temporary email addresses for occasions like this, that I can delete after usage. The rest can be simply made up. Just make sure to enter a birth year that makes you older than 18. |
Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 08:20
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Here are my test results; Genre: All right except swapped one hip-hop with one pop. Beat: 4 wrong. Tapping: 3 Medium, the rest high. Melody Memory: All right! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nathaniel607" rel="nofollow - My Last FM Profile
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 14:14
It's not about revealing my personal information, I always lie about that anyway. It's just an unnecessary hassle and I refuse to register anywhere unless it's absolutely necessary. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: ProgBob
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 16:39
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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. ------------- Bob |
Posted By: ProgBob
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 16:46
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One thing I did find very difficult was the melody memory test. In real life, I don't think my memory for melody is bad and I can usually whistle or sing a passable version of melodies that I can recall. However, in the test, the second melody nearly always sounded 'out of tune' to me, which I found very distracting.
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: January 23 2011 at 18:19
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Enthusiasm - 98% Perception - 99% Emotional - 76% Social Creativity - 92% Musical Curiosity - 99% ------------- 
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 01:59
I would say, do not take it too seriously. It is like the so-called 'intelligent' tests you sometimes find on the web. To detect, if you are musical or not, better ask a good music teacher (one you can trust). Also I do not know, if you are a musician? I think people have advantages in the test, who already have a certain time experience as an active musician. Saying that, you need not be a musician to like and fully appreciate complex music. And I completely ignored the 'listening recommendations' after the test. That's bullsh*t IMHO. I had some 'mediums' in the rhythm test (although I see it as one of my strengths) because I'd rather hit a drum than the keyboard bar (my keyboard has a build-in resistance which slows down the press). And those beeps were irritating. Also the memory test: it was irritating that the melody was played in a different pitch. I had to really concentrate on the relative intervals. I had the first wrong because I did not realize it at first. People with perfect pitch might have difficulties. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 07:39
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99/99/82/78/99...cool test!
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 16:19
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Enthusiasm - 95% Perception - 99% Emotional - 82% Social Creativity - 83% Musical Curiosity - 94%
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 16:25
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Enthusiasm - 37% Perception - 16% Emotional - 25% Social Creativity - 31% Musical Curiosity - 22% |
Posted By: ProgBob
Date Posted: January 24 2011 at 17:05
No I am not at all. It would be interesting to know how well the scores correlate with actually being a musician. Thanks for the reassurance anyway! ------------- Bob |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 04:22
Too much metal in your past, eh? |
Posted By: PlumAplomb
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 10:09
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enthusiasm - 86% perception - 100% emotional -100% social - 100% curiosity - 99% i think all those opinion questions jsut say how passionate you are about it all. the actual music tests group - i only got the rock genre correct haha mach the beat - 10/18 correct tap the beat - 4 high, 4 med, 1 low melody memory - 1 wrong (i have a crazy memory) |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 25 2011 at 14:28
You want the truth? I didn't take the test. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: January 26 2011 at 12:06
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Enthusiasm - 100% Perception - 99% Emotional - 100% Social Creativity - 98% Musical Curiosity - 99% 3 pointer  ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |