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balderdash111 · 02-07-2006, 02:01 PM

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

Can you correctly determine whether two musical samples are different?

Post your results! (I'll share mine once this gets going a bit - don't want to pollute the sample)

aberkok · 02-07-2006, 02:18 PM

27 out of 30...sweet!!! Beat that!!! Eat my dust!!!

O.K. maybe I shouldn't be so competitive. I'd be interested to take the test again if they changed more than just the pitch parameter.

ratbastid · 02-07-2006, 02:39 PM

28. I think early on, I didn't know what sort of "differences" to be listening for, and I made up some differences that weren't really there. If you've got any ear for music at all, the "differences" leap right out at you. I agree with aberkok--this would have been more interesting with tempo, rhythm, or dynamic variation. As it is, there's one clinker note in there, and it's almost impossible to miss.

balderdash111 · 02-07-2006, 02:51 PM

So, my reveal is a wimpy 24 correct.

I think I suffered from the problem ratbastid cited - I was looking too hard for subtle differences, when the real differences jumped right out at you (in that little run up, was the second note slightly higher the first time?).

jth · 02-07-2006, 04:35 PM

30/30

But then again I am in grad school for music so I guess I don't count

ariekitten · 02-09-2006, 01:21 AM

wow i feel lame compared to you guys....i only scored 27 outta 30. were there some rhythm differences in there? because at first i only thought it would be note differences. bleh

Martian · 02-09-2006, 10:41 AM

30/30 and I'm not a grad student. I just have a good ear for this sort of thing.

Rhythmically, the two clips were identical every time. The only difference was a slight pitch variation, usually just one note, occasionally two.

shakran · 02-09-2006, 04:58 PM

30/30. The fact that so many of us are scoring so high indicates the experiment might not be the best. The fact that the different tunes had glaringly obvious flats or sharps in them REALLY indicates the experiment might not be the best

jth · 02-09-2006, 06:06 PM

I think it's probably an elementary research test for a survey course in ear training at the school to see how a non-musician or people who might not consider themselves musically adept in error detection. You could certainly take that and make it significantly different with a few tweeks to the programing.

Either way I find that stuff interesting to hear about results

eltardo · 02-15-2006, 11:33 PM

Got 23/30 here. Which is quite a few more than I expected to get, really.

captobvious · 02-16-2006, 12:47 AM

28 ... I'm pretty disappointed in myself after everyone's perfect scores

Reese · 02-16-2006, 02:25 AM

I scored a 24/30. I expected that. I can hear fine.. but I tend to get stuck on one tune and end up not hearing the next one correctly.

albania · 02-16-2006, 07:02 AM

29/30 most of them seemed obvious there was only one i wasn't sure on, i guess that's the one i got wrong.

frankx · 02-25-2006, 02:45 PM

30/30. This was not a difficult test. Really obvious, glaring differences.

FoolThemAll · 02-25-2006, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratbastid

28. I think early on, I didn't know what sort of "differences" to be listening for, and I made up some differences that weren't really there.

Same here. 27.

Willravel · 02-25-2006, 08:33 PM

30/30, I wish it were harder.

quadro2000 · 02-27-2006, 09:06 AM

27/30. Is it just me or did the musical bits start repeating themselves at the halfway mark?

thesupermikey · 02-27-2006, 11:48 AM

24 out of 30

quadro2000: there was some that were similar

steelerz · 02-27-2006, 01:05 PM

30/30. I agree that the notes that were different were very obvious.

shoegirl · 02-27-2006, 01:07 PM

28/30 - It wasn't too bad.

02-07-2006, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	Musical Listening Test http://www.delosis.com/listening/home.html Can you correctly determine whether two musical samples are different? Post your results! (I'll share mine once this gets going a bit - don't want to pollute the sample) __________________ A little silliness now and then is cherished by the wisest men. -- Willy Wonka

02-07-2006, 02:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	27 out of 30...sweet!!! Beat that!!! Eat my dust!!! O.K. maybe I shouldn't be so competitive. I'd be interested to take the test again if they changed more than just the pitch parameter. __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."

02-07-2006, 02:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	So, my reveal is a wimpy 24 correct. I think I suffered from the problem ratbastid cited - I was looking too hard for subtle differences, when the real differences jumped right out at you (in that little run up, was the second note slightly higher the first time?). __________________ A little silliness now and then is cherished by the wisest men. -- Willy Wonka

02-09-2006, 01:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
ariekitten bAck iN aCtiOn! Location: in my imagination	wow i feel lame compared to you guys....i only scored 27 outta 30. were there some rhythm differences in there? because at first i only thought it would be note differences. bleh __________________ I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Don't hesitate to call. ~Vash, Trigun >'.'< kitty kitty, meow ^..^~

02-09-2006, 10:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	30/30 and I'm not a grad student. I just have a good ear for this sort of thing. Rhythmically, the two clips were identical every time. The only difference was a slight pitch variation, usually just one note, occasionally two. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

02-07-2006, 02:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	28. I think early on, I didn't know what sort of "differences" to be listening for, and I made up some differences that weren't really there. If you've got any ear for music at all, the "differences" leap right out at you. I agree with aberkok--this would have been more interesting with tempo, rhythm, or dynamic variation. As it is, there's one clinker note in there, and it's almost impossible to miss.

02-07-2006, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
jth Insane Location: HRM	30/30 But then again I am in grad school for music so I guess I don't count

02-09-2006, 04:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	30/30. The fact that so many of us are scoring so high indicates the experiment might not be the best. The fact that the different tunes had glaringly obvious flats or sharps in them REALLY indicates the experiment might not be the best

02-09-2006, 06:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
jth Insane Location: HRM	I think it's probably an elementary research test for a survey course in ear training at the school to see how a non-musician or people who might not consider themselves musically adept in error detection. You could certainly take that and make it significantly different with a few tweeks to the programing. Either way I find that stuff interesting to hear about results

02-15-2006, 11:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
eltardo Tilted Location: har!	Got 23/30 here. Which is quite a few more than I expected to get, really.

02-16-2006, 12:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
captobvious Insane Location: Somewhere	28 ... I'm pretty disappointed in myself after everyone's perfect scores

02-16-2006, 02:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	I scored a 24/30. I expected that. I can hear fine.. but I tend to get stuck on one tune and end up not hearing the next one correctly. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry

02-16-2006, 07:02 AM	#13 (permalink)
albania Psycho	29/30 most of them seemed obvious there was only one i wasn't sure on, i guess that's the one i got wrong.

02-25-2006, 02:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
frankx Psycho Location: The Tip of the Boot	30/30. This was not a difficult test. Really obvious, glaring differences. __________________ Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunken Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign

02-25-2006, 08:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	30/30, I wish it were harder.

02-27-2006, 11:48 AM	#18 (permalink)
thesupermikey I got blisters on me fingers!!! Location: In my stressless expectation free zone.	24 out of 30 quadro2000: there was some that were similar __________________ If you are not outraged than you are not paying attention! "Reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Steven Colbert

02-27-2006, 01:07 PM	#20 (permalink)
shoegirl Addict Location: Ohio	28/30 - It wasn't too bad.

02-27-2006, 09:06 AM	#17 (permalink)
quadro2000 All Possibility, Made Of Custard Location: New York, NY	27/30. Is it just me or did the musical bits start repeating themselves at the halfway mark? __________________ You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers

02-27-2006, 01:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
steelerz Insane	30/30. I agree that the notes that were different were very obvious.