(Part 2) Are you 'tone deaf'? Watch this video to find out!

[@IanLeoMusic]

Got a 5, but I’m not a professional musician. But it shows if you observe and learn from listening to good music in general you can pass this test easily

[@frederclee1941]

same

[@chiva6760]

its genetics bro, nothing to do with listening to good music lol

[@dirt_xo]

Yeah, got them all. Probably why I'm such a good singer. Can't play an instrument for shit though.

[@ArdropMusic]

@@chiva6760 Your statement is not wrong but also not correct. You indeed can train your ear for this. Maybe you won't have the best ears in the world but he is right that concious listening (to music) can help you train your musical ear. :)

[@chiva6760]

@@ArdropMusic I agree, you can train it to some extent. But it has to be done actively. You can't just listen to good music and expect that you have perfect pitch al of a sudden.

[@ryanrose9829]

5 points! i play orchestra in my high school currently, we recently played in a competition and got the highest score possible. shows how much practice makes perfect!

[@3deified]

I graduated from an arts school majoring in orchestra and also got 5 😎 hearing the tuning A and B (for the band) every day really helped honestly

[@allison_mara_]

Same here! What instrument do you play? I play the violin and am first chair. I also got 5 points and oh did you guys get a superior?! My high school orchestra has gotten countless superior ratings and I just love orchestra so much. I also have played piano since elementary school so it has helped so much.

[@allison_mara_]

@@3deified omg yes! I play in a symphony orchestra for my state's county orchestra and hearing B being blasted all the time has been permanently ingrained haha

[@Suilimea]

Got a 4! Only trouble I had was question 4, mainly because I was stuck between number 2 and 4 haha. Fun to test my hearing out!

[@Vildjur]

I feel you :(

[@idealthinker101]

I also got 4 ! I got wrong in the 5th ques - major9th or minor9th 😬

[@Nick-ct9ob]

same. I thought it was 2.

[@AmtrakCitiesSprinter64]

I got 4. The only question wrong is the 4th question. The Major 9th/Minor 9th is medium because I mainly focus on the tone color

[@illagevidiot8254]

Hah, the only one i got wrong was the C and B note one. Weird I could pick out the one that was a few hz off right away but not two completely different notes.

[@mrandomz3046]

Same

[@zucced2087]

Same, I think it's because I have nothing to reference it to. Maybe we would get it right if we were musicians though.

[@playbyearsingapore]

this is strange, we tot it would be easier than the one with the hz. we will do our research !

[@illagevidiot8254]

@@playbyearsingapore im almost certain it has to do with a combination of things. The main one being i cant pick out a note if i hear it on its own without reference, and the lesser being that the instrument change is kind of jarring and makes it harder for me to discern. I think the latter amplifies the former, which is why i stumbled on this one (I don't think I would have if it was the same instrument in each). Maybe if i spent a while going through the c major scale and memorizing the tones like any other person who has taken lessons would i wouldnt have had such a hard time. I basically just dabble in music. Stumble my way through it until i find sounds that are pleasing to my ear. Thats also probably the major reason i can pick out the one thats a few cents off on-key. I'm always listening for tones and not the keys themselves, and I've grown accustomed to figuring out what isn't meshing well amongst the layers of tracks playing at the same time.

[@boguzh97]

@@playbyearsingapore same here, it was harder than hz imo

[@EriePhantom]

Whoop, got a 5!! Those 15+ years of piano lessons did pay off after all

[@ChanEdenGaming]

me too

[@shoebox9869]

Woah, 15?? You must probably be so good then

[@CattisEpic]

I got question 5 correct because of a song I used to always listen to that used a major chord

[@r.h3907]

The people who got all 5 but never had a music lesson: MOM I'm a genius 👁👄👁

[@CattisEpic]

@@r.h3907 real

[@cakekyo7]

As a person who lost her hearing partially I am glad I could identify 4/5 and the one I did not get wrong was the similar tones one 😭 this makes me feel proud.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1992]

wow.

[@hellview78]

4 on part one and 5 on part two. I am a musician but with a twist.15% hearing loss in my right ear and 30% in my left. I was pleasantly surprised that I had done so well!

[@urielgrey]

What instrument do you play?

[@hellview78]

@@urielgrey guitar, bass, drums, and I bullshit with a piano.

[@urielgrey]

That is really cool! Thanks for answering!

[@ironCondor623]

@@hellview78 i play guitar and bass at an amateur level and got 5 on 1 and 4 on 2, probably would've gotten 5 on 2 if the c/b note samples were on a more familiar instrument, but that's not the test i guess

[@islehart9996]

I got 5 points, I've never been able to pick up an instrument but I have a decent voice. Never had singing lessons though. I found myself closing my eyes and using colours in my head to help me

[@soap9656]

never too late to start singing!!! snag a singing coach, it'll be super fun!

[@spherangel]

Got a 5! I did not expect it because I’ve never taken a formal music class nor have played any instruments since I was a very young kid.

[@Matt-eb2ux]

9/10 in all test. My teachers always said that I have perfect pitch. I dont even know how I answered corretly the 4th question in this part. Is like magic, lol.

[@XXavierSin-XXs]

The 4th question I feel was a limitation of my earbuds. If I used quality headphones it likely would have made a difference. Haha

[@xxgamer999]

I got all 5 correct, I'm not a professional musician, but I have always wanted to learn the piano and the Violin and the electric guitar. I will be learning the piano through self teaching this year soon.

[@aldroegerbil8693]

5. I found it easier for the last two to picture colors. I felt reds and browns for the minor chords, angrier colors but muted. The major chord felt like greens and pinks that popped.

[@AnsaIthalSaysHi]

I pictured the weather. For the major 9ths, it looked like a sunny day, with birds chirping, while for the latter, it seemed like a cloudy day, with the surroundings looking muted.

[@neurodivergentlyblog8882]

Hello, fellow person w/ sythasesia. Every note has a color. The minor notes are usually a darker version. Same color as accidentals, actually.

[@freakofbooks]

I got 3/5, I think I was thinking about the first two questions too much and second guessed myself because I could tell the difference and distinguish, but I was doubting myself.

[@jeiido]

I got 4 score, I got wrong answer on question 5, hehe. I feel proud that I got 4/5 in this quiz. To be honest, I don't have music lessons, at all. But, I remember when I was 4 years old, my childhood friend's big sister owns a piano, and I am eager to learn how to use piano the moment I saw and hear it. I ask my parents to buy me one but, she said, “what are you going to do with that?”. We also can't afford enrolling me on music school or academy due to poverty. Until now, I'm still fascinated by piano, and other musical instruments as well. Imaging myself that one day I can also play any instruments. That's all, thank you!

[@vzjul]

Well, same problem here haha. My dream is to learn the piano, but we don’t have money or either space to one. But I’m sure that one day you and me will be able to make it!

[@DiamondZombie]

Got a 5, well I did start going to music school at some point but my hand got injured to a level where I couldn't play the instrument anymore + other ones needed for school. So that left me depressed for years after that. I coped with it after some time.

[@jpalderman26]

Got 5! That surprises me! Although I've been playing some kind of instrument for about 49 of my 52 years on this planet, I played trumpet in 4th grade, and I took a music class in 7th grade, but I never remembered scales, keys, or anything about reading sheet music. I pretty learned to play guitar at 17 from magazines and by ear. I never realized my ear was this good! I don't think I have "perfect pitch", (I don't think I could identify a random note played out of nowhere) but I'm pretty happy with how these little tests have turned out so far. I'm gonna keep on going!

[@lkpowell5349]

Fun fact, the chord in the last question is the same chord thats played in the main riff of Bennie and the Jets. I believe it's a Gmaj9, though the first chord in Bennie and the Jets (I think) is a Gmaj7.

[@AmtrakCitiesSprinter64]

Can you identify how a D#°13#11 sounds like? Edit: it’s a D# diminished chord

[@Cleve_Crudgington]

I'm a music lover and amateur musician (with no formal music theory education). I got five points but I was pretty unsure about that final question. Had to listen to the examples a few times and still was like "I think it's major but I'm not sure". Also got the last question in the previous video wrong. I thought it was 1-4-6, not 1-3-6.

[@rolsen77]

me, a music major, with a perfect score, pretending to be surprised that I'm labeled as 'a professional musician with very good ears'

[@sudakiwashi]

I also got a 5 and am absolutely no professional musician. I have casually taken music lessons over the years and know some basics, definitely do not have perfect pitch. I agree that this quiz is not as difficult as it's perhaps intended to be.

[@sandwich4384]

I got all of them! I literally love music so much

[@roverloid]

so these videos have helped me discover that im not tone deaf and can mimic any note perfectly, but i apparently have absolutely no clue how to identify notes whatsoever and couldnt tell you for the life of me what they are despite having taking music theory classes LMAOOOO

[@roverloid]

i only got 2 right, both being the most difficult questions so maybe i just got some lucky guesses 😂

[@Ascended_Spirit]

I got a 5, I’m not a professional, I’m an amateur but I’m really good at listening. I learned a song on piano just from hearing it

[@VincentSyma]

After the first part I was afraid this would be hard for me but I got all 5! I guess the major x minor is so much simpler task for me than identifying 5 notes etc. :D

[@emptythoughtz4215]

5 points, ive been able to play instruments by ear since i started playing when i was younger, didnt think it was anything special until my teachers were amazed that i picked up the song they wanted us to learn while they were playing it, i just thought it was something everyone could do 😂

[@neurodivergentlyblog8882]

Could do it, but not as quickly

[@heyjude9895_]

5! Not a professional, just a past band kid with a really good ear. My music directors always tuned to me when I played clarinet (my main instrument) and if I was playing flute it’d be my job to get everyone in tune (which…iykyk 😂). I call it “ALMOST perfect pitch” because while it’s super easy for me to pick out who’s flat, who’s sharp, wrong notes etc, replicate melodies, and sing songs from memory (in their original key!), I can’t just tell you off the bat what a note name is 😭 like if someone sings or plays a note I can go pick it out and piano and tell you but I don’t have the notes commuted to memory by name. Something I probably will be able to learn if I wanted to put in the effort….but I don’t 😂

[@skullyairsoft80]

5, I'm less professional musician and more bedroom guitarist, but basic music theory lessons and ear training by figuring songs out by ear helps tremendously with this

[@karenabela2122]

I'm not a musician, but I'm a dancer (and I do sing too). In the last one I got two wrong, but I got all of these correct!

[@shoebox9869]

Got all of 'em right yet again! But the last one was difficult

[@Aname550]

Fun quiz! I have a request, could you do 1 more quiz with some properly tough questions? I think most ordinary people can still score 5 on this one, but I want to try a quiz that would definitely be difficult for non musicians.

[@playbyearsingapore]

we hear it. ok, coming up soon.

[@Aname550]

@@playbyearsingapore thanks so much

[@adrien5568]

No way that most people can score a 5. On average, it should be between 3 or 4 points (not the questions).

[@Aname550]

@@adrien5568 there are so many (vaguely bragging) comments saying that they scored a 5 whilst having no musical training. I hate to jump on this bandwagon, but I also scored a 5, except I am sure of the fact that I am decidedly average

[@Aufeii]

​@@Aname550 i have no musical background and only got about half right, and even then I wasn't sure of my answer and I contribute it more to luck than skill. I think the reason there are so many comments saying they got full score w/o musical background is because this is a result much more worth sharing, and therefore this group is overreprestented

[@sammmmmp1455]

Got 5! Been training for almost 5 years in a choir so it's kinda expected. Love the validation tho

[@ryu4592]

5 points :) C note is engraved in my brain for some reason..

[@Vuurengeltje]

i'm not a musician but always knew i had a good ear for music 🎶💜

[@chernoboogaloo]

I had to listen quite closely to the bassy undertone of the notes on the 4th question, but got it right despite my doubts. 5/5, no formal musical training whatsoever, I have always just had a very good ear for pitch

[@Alypaap]

5! Not a professional musician, but I took piano lessons when I was a child, can tune a guitar by ear, and sing a lot of karaoke

[@fossilandplastic1]

i definitely need to learn more about major and minor chords.... i got the correct answer at first then changed my answer and got it wrong quite a few times. meaning i could have gotten a 3 or 4 if not for changing my answer

[@vijabhinav]

Got 5 but I have terrible relative pitch. But okay musical color identification. I guess.

[@playbyearsingapore]

your ears got to be really sharp to pass all!

[@moosekababs]

i got all five!!! :D this is really exciting because i always conaidered myself tone deaf...

[@kathleen2449]

both videos 100%, thanks, the test was fun lol

[@Lxnorius]

got all correct in both videos, not a professional, but a high school bass clarinetist

[@rafaelpradosbarbosa9991]

fascinating

[@babinhasp]

🎻🎶

[@bringme1kscrubscribers10]

I got a 5. I guess I could start making music I got all the stuff on the last test right too. Who knows

[@zyphedits6298]

when it said “name a B note, and a C note”, i didn’t know it was going to give an example so i sang a C out loud right before it gave an example, for reference.

[@muhammadghur]

I got 5 pts. I've been playing guitar since '97, before that I couldn't even tell a different note/chords/harmony, even my parents said they couldn't stand my singing voice lol

[@toricastroalves5334]

How the heck did I score 5/5? As an amateur pianist I'm so scared but also pleasantly surprised

[@ThatDumbDoge]

5/5, I guess playing clarinet in an orchestra paid off haha

[@rhimorse9]

I did good up until the 5th question in the part1 (failed the 3 questions of the 6th point) then in this part2 i got 4 points (failed the 3rd question). I'm a professional listener lol Edit: the 5th question... it's slightly easier than the 3rd, the only reason i got it right is bc of how the sound kind of "lingers" (for lack of a better word), and that helped me "see" it sounded very slightly lower towards the end of it.

[@okaayushi]

I got 4! i didnt get the 3rd question but i was able to figure out the 4th one easily! its probably because i didn't have a direct reference/comparison for the C and B

[@harmansssss]

those 5 years in orchestra really helped me

[@astrouphel]

I got full marks on both videos. I've never seriously learned to play, but maybe something is beckoning me to learn...

[@donutguardian25]

Yay I got 5 points! I'm a pretty good pianist, I've been learning since I was 7 (so around 8 years now).

[@corvid_gremlin]

5/5, i'm not a professional but i've been a musician for years

[@Vogelgangg]

5 points! Absolutely no experience with musical sheets (i find em actually kinda hard to understand) just a profound love for background instruments like guitars. 4 was easy if you listen to the vibration, 4 was the only outlier with how short and quiet it was

[@mariamcu84]

i got 10 as and this is such a big surprise for me cus I haven't even picked up an instrument in my entire life, just observed music a lot damn

[@og_dumpster_fire4482]

i passed with flying colors awesome!

[@melimistaken]

this was actually pretty easy. i dont play instruments or do music or anything like that, and I never have. i just assigned each sound a colour then decided whether the sound was one colour or the other. 5/5

[@blacksky492]

5/5 it sure helps to listen to music

[@eeeeeeee8731]

Mans really posted part 2 a whole year later

[@playbyearsingapore]

u are right! now, we r back

[@lololololol1342]

as a person who doesn't really play instruments nor actually take singing lessons (I do just sing random songs I remember) I am really happy to get a 5/5 my family is saying I have perfect pitch though lol and I don't get the people having trouble with the C note vs B note because I instantly got it and was having difficulty with the Hz question lol I needed to feel all sorts of vibrations in my ears to get the Hz question right XD

[@Novotny72]

Actually surprised how simple this was. I don't know how anyone who has to tune their own instrument (in my case, guitar) could not immediately answer these. I accept that for those who do not - piano players, for instance - they may never have had the opportunity to train their ears in the same way.

[@greennwood]

all true including the previous video, i don't know if this test is any good but i did feel happy

[@OnyxGD1]

0:40 my brain immediately thought of "At the speed of light" and just laughed my socks off

[@MythxicalSky]

I got a 3, I love listening to music, any genre. I also play a lot of rhythm games, I might switch to piano soon!

[@stutyaaa]

I'm a guitarist and I got a 4, I did train my ears a bit, but its all the practice I do on my guitar (and sometimes my keyboard). Guess that pays off!

[@wiz3660]

i got 4 points!! ive been doing piano for 6 months now i rly hope i can improve

[@playbyearsingapore]

Practice makes perfect! :)

[@algorithm_and_blues]

5 points. I have perfect relative pitch but not quite perfect pitch. I’m not a professional musician.

[@TheVitoriaArantes]

I've got a 5, which is very surprising lol i have what i consider a superficial understanding of music, i know more than the average person, but a lot of music theory just flies right over my head. it's nice to know i do have somewhat of a good ear tho 😁

[@morfonicas]

5 points!!! i have never taken music lessons ever so i think im fine

[@xKryptonik]

I can't even read music and got a 5 hmm

[@playbyearsingapore]

its likely u play by ear!

[@AmtrakCitiesSprinter64]

You cheated (probably)

[@JoelCortez-zv7ho]

5! Played orchestra in 5th grade and listen to a lot of music

[@nashi.hemara]

Not a professional but not a beginner either… however been singing in the shower since before 10 with a couple actual lessons and realised i’m super good at recognising, organising and participating in harmonies, but no good at main vocals hahaha

[@mayaluna9479]

i love when a youtube video tells me i am a professional musician

[@ineffablemars]

I got 5 but I'm not a musician. But I like to sing and I love music.

[@jaylynn7493]

Wow, I got a 5! Not professional but sing in a hospice choir.

[@olisolives]

I got 4! Only failed the identifying the minor chord lol. They sounded very similar and both had a similar pitch but I should have focused on the mood and tone it gave more. X definitely gave more sadder and like mysterious vibes. Y gave inspirational music feels lol. Nice to know I got good ears as a current high school band kid!

[@mgtnquasar8092]

5/5 on both tests lets goooo!

[@autoingrement]

I don't know anything about music or play any instruments and I still got 5!

[@BenjaminScottCampbell]

Bach: I am a professional musician. Me: Hey, wow! I also scored a 5.

[@taesko9494]

I got 4 correct... I've been playing music for about a year and had the impression I suck at ear or rhythm skills. I did have 0 when I started for sure though.

[@Log-On-Line]

cool i got all of these right and the ones from the last video they were pretty easy

[@tmg2564]

5 points, but for q4 i couldn't hear the pitch difference but i could hear a tone difference, it sounded like "oo oo oo ao oo" to me

[@Rikeloldaboss]

i got 5 and i only did singing for like, a choir thing and i was in a band for 5 months i sang. not piano. i have done piano things before, but nothing like WOWZAS!

[@Nick-ct9ob]

4, but I always found that I could play the song from what I heard.

[@awooga2577]

3/5 good enough for me honestly i got the easiest and the hardest questions wrong so i think i just lucky to get the other 3 questions right

[@steveboltonPG]

Note that 'happy' and 'sad' sounds can be culturally realtive. For example, funeral music in Bali has very major tonality, but sounds sad to the Balinese.

[@ran97396]

The 4th question is just straight up testing your micro-tonality 😂 being 5hz off isn’t really that easy unless you play on a low octave where you can really hear the difference.

[@frostburn3730]

despite playing the drums, a *pitchless* instrument, i still got a 5

[@Mightyheart1999]

2:21 That C-note sounds like the piano has been worn out.

[@rogue9537]

5/5 So... You're telling me there's a chance I'm not tone deaf...

[@TequilaSunset31]

I don't know much about music theory stuff. I got 5 points so it really makes me even more motivated to learn some. Is this test really accurate?

[@brothebys]

Accurate for being able to differentiate between pitches and maybe the relative dissonance between major and minor chords yes. If that's a reason to study music and you already want to then absolutely do it. But regardless of that, it doesn't mean you need to learn theory and it doesn't mean the sound you want will directly translate to music theory, but a good rule is to learn up to interval and modes and then branch out from there or just keep that knowledge and focus on your actual audible music and not what you read. But if this is a perfect pitch test, it's not, and most people will get most of these. You need to have various examples to know, but in reality it's trained to children by ear (which could imply that the parents are choosing their childs career path). You don't need perfect pitch, and you don't necessarily want it either.

[@TequilaSunset31]

@@brothebys I see. Thanks for the information :)

[@moadot720]

2:40 This one just sounded like a slightly different instrument, not any lower, but I still got 5/5 😅😅😂😂

[@timelessperspective]

It's interesting I got all 5 easily.

[@AwanntADD004]

Got 4 The second question confused me

[@PRNB716]

Got 5/5. I am not a professional but i do play the guitar :D

[@arielorthmann4061]

For question 3, we can hear a loud harmonic B, so it makes it hard xD

[@bijalt_]

oh man 5/5 I'm starting to believe I'm Jacob collier lmao

[@qorymij37]

I got 4, just couldn't tell the different hertz. However, I do deal with microtonal music, so it piques my curiosity.

[@c.ulater]

I got 4! The B or C one got me lol

[@playbyearsingapore]

focus on the pitch :) not the sound of the instrument

[@c.ulater]

@@playbyearsingapore :))

[@Hi.Its.J]

Got a five, I was floored that i got question 4 right. They are so similar and i felt like i was just fooling myself lol