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cosmosuave · Post by **cosmosuave** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:36 pm

While working at the music and neuroimaging lab at Beth Israel/Harvard Medical School in Boston, I developed a quick online way to screen for the tonedeafness. It actually turned out to be a pretty good test to check for overall pitch perception ability. The test is purposefully made very hard, so excellent musicians rarely score above 80% correct. Give it a try!
In our research, we were looking for neuro-anatomical correlates of tonedeafness (called "congenital amusia" in the scientific literature. We gave several dozen subjects a high-resolution MRI scan and used a statistical package to analyze the images. This technique, called VBM (voxel-based morphometry), has been used to study the changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer disease and many other neurological conditions. The test you are about to take was used as a screening test to roughly characterize patient’s pitch discrimination and musical memory abilities. Even though musical memory is strongly tested here, we have found that people who are tonedeaf tend to have normal musical memories.

About me:
I am currently a medical student at UMass. I have a musical background, having composed several electronic music albums under my own name. I formerly worked in Berlin, Germany, for Native Instruments, and was involved with the Reaktor and Absynth instruments. On the medical side of things, I am interested in using radiological technologies, such as anatomical and functional MRI, to investigate musical perception.

Flash 8 or 9 is necessary to take the tonedeaf test. It may take a few moments to load, please be patient.

http://jakemandell.com/tonedeaf/

YILA · Post by **YILA** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:51 pm

cool i got 91.7% Correct - does that make me a Very very very excellent muscian because excellent musicans only get 80%?

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:26 pm

80.6 here

Mr Man · Post by **Mr Man** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:39 pm

67%

fkn laptop speakers... it must be

Have you any advice for improving?

Jan Holm · Post by **Jan Holm** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:42 pm

88.9 %

Allthough I suck bigtime, tuning samples, vocals and such. hmm

commuter · Post by **commuter** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:53 pm

77,8%..
With my girlfriend watching TV in the background....
I should have wait....

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:30 pm

75%
normal
i am merely mormal

jesQuick · Post by **jesQuick** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:32 pm

slatepipe wrote:75%
normal
i am merely mormal

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:55 pm

Jan Holm wrote:88.9 %

Allthough I suck bigtime, tuning samples, vocals and such. hmm

Ditto

YILA · Post by **YILA** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:09 pm

Mr Man wrote:67%

fkn laptop speakers... it must be

Have you any advice for improving?

cant blame that dude - i used them too....

i think i could of got higher if my GF wasnt chattin to me through two of them....

advice to get higher? - do you play an instrament?

jngpng · Post by **jngpng** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:12 pm

91.7% first try. I was using laptop speakers too

bensuthers · Post by **bensuthers** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:27 pm

91.7 as well.

I wonder if all us 91.7's got the same questions wrong.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:28 pm

91.7% of 36 is 33.012, so yeah, you missed 3 and failed the math exam

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:38 pm

80.6%

This validates my good musicianship.

jahnlay · Post by **jahnlay** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:40 pm

91.7%, great test.