Test Your Pitch Discrimination
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Topic: Test Your Pitch Discrimination
Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Subject: Test Your Pitch Discrimination
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 00:01
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Ever wondered how perfect your pitch was? Here's your chance to find out: http://www.musicianbrain.com/pitchtest/ "Thank you for taking our Pitch Discrimination Test at http://musicianbrain.com/pitchtest" rel="nofollow - http://musicianbrain.com/ Let's find out how good we all are at telling the difference between pitches! When you get your results, post them here. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 00:35
"At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 1.078125 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 96.2% of people who took our test! ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 00:44
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^Nice!! Okay... who can beat that? (Can I beat that?!?! I doubt it!) ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 01:37
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Someone with perfect pitch could, I think. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 01:59
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The question is, does anyone here have it. :) We shall see. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 03:30
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I'd be quite horrible at this. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 03:38
At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 23 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 14.2% of people who took our test!  |
Posted By: Argonaught
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 03:51
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"At 500 Hz you can reliably guess pitch differences of 2.25 Hz, even without understanding what the heck you were doing, which means you managed to hit the correct button more often than approximately 79.3% of people who took our test!" |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 05:41
i dont know what it means butThank you for taking our Pitch Discrimination Test at http://musicianbrain.com/pitchtest. -------------  
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 06:43
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"At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 1.96875 Hz, which
means you did better than approximately 83.8% of people who took our
test!" ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 09:53
At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 18 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 18.5% of people who took our test! |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 10:17
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At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 8.75 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 36.2% of people who took our test!
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 10:30
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I outheard 47,0% ------------- 
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 11:44
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bloodnarfer wrote:Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 11:46
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 19 2014 at 11:54
------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: *frinspar*
Date Posted: December 24 2014 at 12:46
At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 4.5625 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 56.6% of people who took our test! |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 09:11
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At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 3.875 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 62.1% of people who took our test! ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 09:24
There's a test for that too, and relative: http://perfectpitchtest.com/ ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: December 25 2014 at 09:40
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At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 3.0625 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 69.9% of people who took our test! ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: January 01 2015 at 03:30
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My first attempt was 98,5%, this is the third. After that, one more, but I couldn't manage 100%...Who'll beat me now !! At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 0.46875 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 99.9% of people who took our test! ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: The Son of Gorp
Date Posted: January 03 2015 at 20:30
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At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 1.25 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 93.9% of people who took our test! A lot better than I expected! ------------- When Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanik, you just know. |
Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:10
Nice!
Also nice! So here's a question for you two with good pitch discrimination - does music drive you totally insane unless everything is perfectly in tune? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:25
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:31
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:32
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Posted By: The Son of Gorp
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:41
Although, when I'm playing music, I get pretty frustrated with how I sound a lot, actually. When other people hear me play, they say what I play sounds good. I don't know if that's them not knowing pitch or they're just being nice  Maybe I'm just being too harsh on myself.Oddly enough, as I'm listening to music right now, I am hearing the slightest bit of pitch difference where I haven't before. I don't like it, so maybe if I try really hard I can hate music with sheer force of will ------------- When Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanik, you just know. |
Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 16:46
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^I hear you on that for sure, I want to rip my hair out half the time whenever I'm playing an instrument or singing. I know what it should sound like but I don't always get there. "...hate music with sheer force of will" I find my own hate to occur accidentally! ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
Posted By: The Son of Gorp
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 18:02
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I thought my hate occurred accidentally too, but it just might be my sensitive ears ------------- When Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanik, you just know. |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 06:35
This test is only about short-time pitch memory, and "perfect" would detect infinitely small variations, but after a long time without hearing music, when being told to sing a particular note (within my vocal range) I'd sing it and it'd be the right note indeed !, with a very small out-of-tunness margin . That's what's (pompously) also called the "absolute ear" !! High scores also means that no micro-tinnitus prevents us from hearing correctly ?
Actually, not strictly in tune can feel very spicy, and I love deciphering the harmonies in some synth sounds or free jam sessions, how they're not tuned like a piano but still relate to each other, and "translate" into emotions, or images, etc. When a melody comes into my mind, it's hardly ever tuned to A3=440Hz and I don't "check" which notes (are closest to the ones) I'm thinking of, unless I want to write them down on a part... I happened to sing in choirs and felt uncomfortable, but also found it quite funny when all those serious, brilliant people got out of tune (that never happens in orchestras, where instrums have their pitch secured, at worst we'd hear sparse slippery notes). ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 16:46
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At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 3.9375 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 61.8% of people who took our test! Not bad, for a prog reviewing bass player I think. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 17:37
A gal with perfect pitch I'm friends with got 98.5% the first time as well. Being able to sing a note without hearing music recently, it seems you most definitely have perfect pitch, which might be the "absolute ear" you're referring to.
And I get what you mean about out-of-tune sounds sometimes adding spice to music. I particularly love gamelan music which doesn't stick to Western pitches. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: January 15 2015 at 18:54
At 500 Hz you can reliably hear pitch differences of 2.375 Hz, which means you did better than approximately 77.8% of people who took our test! So it must be mostly luck. |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: January 16 2015 at 00:30
No doubt about it, I have this ability, but don't you feel the commonly used words "perfect" or "absolute" sound, well, out of tune... It's the way we call the ability to memorize pitch, long time, but anyone who can (at best) distinguish (and thus memorize) 0,5/500Hz variations's still far from the "absolutely perfect" ear that would dectect infinitely small variations.
Gamelan devices can be a treat indeed ! though I haven't learnt to listen to gamelan without comparing its sounds to notes on a piano, as if we were saying "this gamelan note is made of a sharped C4 + a low detuned F2," etc. ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Date Posted: January 16 2015 at 07:13
That's exactly where I am, too. Interesting that we seem to enjoy similar things in music even with very different pitch discrimination abilities. When music is too perfect I often find it to feel emotionless, robotic. Not always, though.
A gal with perfect pitch I'm friends with got 98.5% the first time as well. Being able to sing a note without hearing music recently, it seems you most definitely have perfect pitch, which might be the "absolute ear" you're referring to. [QUOTE=Polymorphia] And even now A=440 Hz is just the American tuning. European orchestras keep bumping this up and up and up to make the strings sound brighter, which makes it tough on the brass. I personally prefer warmer strings and am very happy with A=440 Hz. I definitely do not have perfect pitch, only relative. If I haven't heard the note I'm supposed to sing recently, I have to take a wild guess as to where in my voice it is. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
Posted By: Star_Song_Age_Less
Date Posted: January 16 2015 at 07:15
When I do this, I get about the same result consistently. I'm wondering if maybe you changed something? Was there more background noise the first time or were you wearing headphones the second time? Curious! ------------- https://www.facebook.com/JamieKernMusic |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: January 16 2015 at 11:33
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Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: January 16 2015 at 12:27
Actually anyone not standing slight detunes would just hate vibratos on a violin, and be called a crippled autist ! ------------- http://www.digger.ch/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - Support mine-clearing ! https://bandcamp.com/machinechance/?lang=en" rel="nofollow - bandcamp collection |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 22 2015 at 13:20
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