"How musical are you" test

ProgBob wrote: 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.

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.


Edited by Formentera Lady - January 24 2011 at 02:04

Enthusiasm - 95%

Perception - 99%

Emotional - 82%

Social Creativity - 83%

Musical Curiosity - 94%

Edited by The T - January 24 2011 at 16:19

Formentera Lady wrote: Also I do not know, if you are a musician?

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!

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)

Enthusiasm - 100%
Perception - 99%
Emotional - 100%
Social Creativity - 98%
Musical Curiosity - 99%

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