Are you TONE DEAF or MUSICALLY GIFTED? (A FUN test for non-musicians)

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A professor at conservatory said, “if you can tell one persons voice from another, you are not tone deaf.”

The fact that most questions come in pairs with alternating answers makes this test much easier than it should be

Thank you. I missed two, 8 & 10. When I was a child my mother told me to stop singing, that I was tone deaf. So I would only sing when by myself, or softly during hymns at church. About fifteen years ago a couple of music teachers in church talked me into joining our choir and now I love singing. Peeps, don’t ever say to your child not to sing!

I got all but #13 right. Your description of "answer" or "question" made me a little confused, to me it was more like the notes were either "finished" or "waiting" for more. I do play the piano and this was very interesting. I have had friends, when I was younger, able to tell you exactly what note was pressed on a piano without looking. I never have been able to do that, so felt like I just didn't have the talent that was needed. I was surprised that I got most right. Thank you

the dissonance question is really hard for musicians because even the notes that "clash" with the chord could still fit if they exist within the right context of a progression

Got 14 out of 15. Ears still working good at age 73. Fun test!

What a great idea for content! As a child, I struggled with undiagnosed ADHD which made it very difficult for me to learn to read music. I was too young to recognize that others did not struggle in the same way. So, I would have my piano teacher play the music for me and then go home and work it out until it sounded right. In fact, I never learned to “sight-read” music, but I did go on to play the cello and sing, along with play the piano. This test confirms what I was told: 15/15, and it just made my day. Thank you!

I missed the last one. Thank you! That was fun!😊

Imagine being able to hit every note perfectly and having the voice of an angel but the moment someone asks you to clap in rhythm, it's like you've never heard music in your life

For number 9, I think the melody clashing really depends on what your musical background is - it sounded quite nice to me in the context of something like jazz

I got all of them correct except the last one. I would like to share a short story: when staying with my sister and her husband it was my nephew's birthday and from another room I heard my brother-in-law singing VERY LOUDLY the happy birthday so -- but WILDLY off-key and really crazy sounding yet filled with enthusiasm. I asked my sister why he sang it like that and she said, "He is tone deaf." I thought that was SO SWEET that hey sang so loudly and proudly out of love, not worrying about how he sounded. I wish I had a recording of that. (He is no longer with us.)

It's nice to get confidence back that at 67, I still have the ability to hear music well, I spent 30 years in Choirs and as an acapella singer, sweet Adeline singer and was gifted with perfect pitch. Haven't sang much the last 25 years, so this reminded me of my music classes in high school and college so thanks for the memories!!

I’m a deaf musician. I can’t identify notes, key or chords by ear but I’m having so much fun playing bass guitar and jamming with friends in a band.

As someone who was told "you are tone deaf" by my piano teacher as a child, I was very happy with 13 out of 15. Thank you. 😊❤

The last question was the only difficult one for me! Thanks for sharing your skills🎶❤

thanks mickael. very funny. I discovered I am a " musical genius " 15/15. 😮 you made my day 😂

I got the last one wrong. I never knew the difference between major and minor. Also, I feel like the "resolved" vs. "unresolved" really explains a lot of the satisfaction we get from music. Imagine how menacing and unsettling a song would be to listen to if it was all "unresolved" melodies.

14/15, that last question tripped me up. It's particularly brutal because you need to ideally hold all 7 tones constant in your mind and then be able to quickly assess whether the new tone is one of them. I think most musicians struggle to hold more than four different tones in their head at once for longer than 5-10 seconds.

14/15 This was really fun! Thanks for sharing the test.