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November 22, 2006
Can't carry a tune in a bucket
Want to find out if you're tone deaf? This site, put together by a medical student who worked at the neurology lab at Beth Israel/Harvard Medical School, claims to test your ability to differentiate between different notes or pitch, with scientific certainty.
According to Jake Mandell, "Excellent" musicians rarely score above 80 percent. I only managed 61 percent, but the test doesn't allow you to repeat the musical phrases, so you only get one chance to hear the A/B comparison, putting me into the possible "memory deficit" category, a distinct possibility, as anyone who knows me will tell you.
The only possible problem I can see (or hear) with the program is the inability to repeat the musical phrases, resulting in only one opportunity to hear the A/B comparison --
What?
You already said that.
I did?
Yes.
When?
In the preceding paragraph.
Oh, er, yes.
Ahem.
Give it a whirl; it's painless, interesting, and, if you're anything like me, you'll forget all about it, so you can do it again -- for the first time.
Sigh.
Posted by Mike Lief at November 22, 2006 08:39 AM
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Tried it, 69.4% Correct -- below average as I suspected. During hearing tests in the fifth grade, I was the only one left at the end of the day still listening to beeps with those giant headphones -- besides Robyn who only had one ear.
Sigh....
Posted by: Kamal at November 22, 2006 06:58 PM
Why does every kid know someone with one ear? Or the kid with the lazy eye?
Posted by: Mike Lief at November 22, 2006 08:33 PM