[Dixielandjazz] Are you tonedeaf? - TEST

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Thanks Dick,  This site was certainly interesting to me even  though it 
brought as many questions as it answered.  The  first test seemed to my 
understanding to be a test of musical memory, not of  tone deafness.  Also curious about 
the reliability of the test.  I  tried it yesterday while in my usual 
rattle-brained mode, scored low normal on  the first test.  That made me mad to put it 
simply.  So tried it again  tonight in a more focused mood and scored twenty 
points higher, or in the range  that the designer says, "excellent musicians 
rarely score above".  Then for  the first time I tried the second test which is 
on pitch perception--which  is my understanding of what it is to be tone 
deaf; i.e., not to be able  to discriminate very well between pitches.  And boy 
was I surprised by  where he has the average plotted which is at 3.98 hertz.  He 
presents 16  herz as a semi-tone difference from middle C.  Then when 
musicians talk of  quarter tones they would be speaking of 8 herz difference, 
correct?  And  the population average is twice as good as that?????  Hard to  
believe.  I suppose I have listened far too long (and  indiscrimately) to bent notes. 
 Course if it works like the first test  and I try again in 24 hours, maybe 
I'll beat the average.
 
Any comments from music educators who have taken a look at this?   The site 
developer says he is a junior med student--just ask some  PhDer some time how 
good a researcher the usual junior med student is in  their eyes.  Starting a 
war and chuckling.
Ginny     
 
 
In a message dated 12/6/2006 4:11:11 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
d.sleeman at hccnet.nl writes:

Hallo  Musiclovers!

Some learned person developed a test to ascertain whether  you are tonedeaf 
or not - or just a little. In case you're not sure about your  faculties in 
said region or if people doubt your abilities, visit  

http://jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/ 

and find out!

What  will they think of next??

Dick Sleeman, Lelystad, Holland.  <d.sleeman at hccnet.nl>