Musical listening test

[dincz]

If you've got 20 minutes to spare, it might be interesting to find out how much better (?) bassists perform on this than the general public - although to be fair, there's probably a high proportion of show-off musicians who've taken the test so far.

http://www.delosis.com/listening/home.html

[Highfox]

24 and 26 from me lol

[mushers]

23 and 25 from me

[LemonCello]

28 and 24 from me

[barkin]

Doesn't work for me. The first 30 are OK, then it hangs after the 1st part of the 1st pair of the 2nd 30

[tommorichards]

23 and 28. Cool little experiment.

[arthurhenry]

28 and 29, with cbeebies in the background!

[TorturedSaints]

28/27 from me.

From the discussion of results and Amusia after you complete the test, it seems that the average is approx 25/25, so speaking as a nerd, a lot of bass players would have to get very high scores to show a statistically significant difference from the 'general public'.

Edited October 9, 2012 by RalphDWilson

[Oopsdabassist]

22 and 25, not as easy as I thought!

[yanto]

[b]26 & 25 for me. Quite tricky[/b]

[gapiro]

Appears the first part is tonality and the second part is rhythm? although i found it hard to concentrate after about 15 in the second part.

[b]Thank you for your participation. You scored 27 out of 30 on the first test and 26 out of 30 on the second test.[/b]

[jaydentaku]

I got rather board after the 31 test, so I stopped.

[Simon.]

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1349784088' post='1830404']
Appears the first part is tonality and the second part is rhythm?[/quote]

That's what it seemed like to me, as well.

25 out of 30 in each section, although there was a bit from around 20-25 in the second part that I lost concentration on!

Oh, and that fake piano tone they use! Jeez, could they not have picked something more palatable to listen too? It just grates on my nerves.

[bobbytodd]

kids came in so stopped

[Earbrass]

26 and 28 for me.

That rubbish "piano(?)" sound starts to grate pretty quickly though - surely they could have found something better?

[Sub_Drop]

25 for the first test and 26 for the second

[Dr M]

27 and 25. Actually pretty pleased with that - I've always thought my 'ear' was a little bit on the dodgy side!

[bassfunk]

27 and 29 for me, Interesting little test. I'd ask the wife to have a go if it wasn't so long!

[zero9]

25 & 28, but my eyesight stinks

[bertbass]

[b] You scored 26/30 and 27/30.[/b]

[dincz]

[quote name='RalphDWilson' timestamp='1349767138' post='1830111']
28/27 from me.

From the discussion of results and Amusia after you complete the test, it seems that the average is approx 25/25, so speaking as a nerd, a lot of bass players would have to get very high scores to show a statistically significant difference from the 'general public'.
[/quote]

There's not much room at the top for exceptional ability. I guess they scaled the test to focus on disability rather than ability.

[JustaBass]

25 and 25 for me surprised thought i would do better interesting though i found the first part of each piece ok to remember
but the trick was picking out the correct finish,that was my perception anyway.

[Dad3353]

27 & 28, but then again, I'm more of a drummer...

([i]I couldn't hear the bass line at all; my headphones, perhaps..?[/i] )

[mcnach]

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1349797095' post='1830660']
26 and 28 for me.

That rubbish "piano(?)" sound starts to grate pretty quickly though - surely they could have found something better?
[/quote]


26 and 28 for me too.. but at the end I was just wishing it would end...

Edited October 9, 2012 by mcnach

[ChrisB]

[quote]Thank you for your participation. You scored 27 out of 30 on the first test and 28 out of 30 on the second test.[/quote]
Wish I could re-listen to the ones I got wrong though....

Edited October 9, 2012 by ChrisB