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@vanilaaw4 жыл бұрын
Of course :^)
@JohnZakivio4 жыл бұрын
Yes I do enjoy the video 😃
@susius42114 жыл бұрын
Very nice editing Ray!
@christaherwig04044 жыл бұрын
Very brave, good performance, as always with a lot of humor, thanks for that👌👏
@prometheus85674 жыл бұрын
yes, Asians do ace everything, I would know. This post was made by Asian gang
@marusaslibrary4 жыл бұрын
We've seen Roomie do it, we've seen Brett and Eddy do it and now we'll see Ray do it... Hilary Hahn should do it next
@preciousjewelamor4 жыл бұрын
Marusa_ adam neely look
@vanilaaw4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@faithnibbe79724 жыл бұрын
YES!!
@caitlin59304 жыл бұрын
Marusa_ yeeeessss
@quartz_9364 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@mkawosz4 жыл бұрын
Ray: *has higher music IQ than 98% of people* Also Ray: I did kinda alright.
@chapstikcrazy4 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha I loved that, made me laugh so hard. Uh, yeah Ray, you rocked it!
@elmo76084 жыл бұрын
But the higher % are all Asians
@BrljoMrljo4 жыл бұрын
I totally do not wanna reveal my score. :((
@angelDanJonathan3 жыл бұрын
I got 116 on this test and I don't even play an instrument. I just listen to Spotify with my trash headphones. Does this mean I have hidden listening abilities?
@nick462852 жыл бұрын
@@angelDanJonathan nah, 11x is like normal ppl
@oceanrains47754 жыл бұрын
“Not because of my prestigious musical background but because I am Asian, and Asians ace everything” -Ray Chen 2020
@manishsigdel8244 жыл бұрын
I'm Nepalese.... kinda sucks that I'm from Asia.. but am not an Asian. :(
@valeaves4 жыл бұрын
Manish Sigdel Wait, what?
@tryfail_failbetter4 жыл бұрын
And he did.
@quartz_9364 жыл бұрын
Please. Im asian and I suck at math
@susius42114 жыл бұрын
Wait until someone gets offended by this lol.
@mohdwalidmazlan67974 жыл бұрын
This is the highest score I've ever seen.. Roomie, Adam Neely and Twoset all scored about 120
@preciousjewelamor4 жыл бұрын
Mohd Walid Mazlan Curtis paid off ah nope he’s just super Asian
@feb5th4 жыл бұрын
Because he is lingling
@drewsu85704 жыл бұрын
Just have to wait for Jacob collier now...
@alephbunchofnumbers4 жыл бұрын
Lmao I feel less bad about my score of 110 then
@Mili-bt8wp4 жыл бұрын
I got 139 Prozent in this test :D
@hahaaha55944 жыл бұрын
Ray: “Not because of my prestigious musical background but because I am Asian, and Asians ace everything” Brett and Eddy: *Cries*
@thejokingwizard4 жыл бұрын
Is ling ling asian
@syfou7254 жыл бұрын
@@thejokingwizard ling ling is all nationalities and no nationalities *at the same time*
@yumpikamdak22214 жыл бұрын
Even amongst Asians, there is one who is better than you.. Lol🤣
@Grace-ec5hb4 жыл бұрын
Me: cries in asian
@hugnboba3 жыл бұрын
Bruh Brett and Eddy scored better than like 85% of the people that took the test. Ray was just REALLY good, and Breddy were good.
@LG-fn4sk4 жыл бұрын
when you're in the top 2% "eh, not bad" so humble uwu
@XMansive4 жыл бұрын
Not every musician took the test so 2% doesn't mean you're top 2% in the world, but it's definitely "not bad"
@AndySaenz4 жыл бұрын
L G uwu?
@Waddaa064 жыл бұрын
@@XMansive You don't need every person in the world to take a test to make a statiscal assumption. Also, I bet there's more musicians taking this test than non-musician people, so the normalization could be biased. I agree with the previous comment, he probably is at least in the top 1%.
@agamaz56503 ай бұрын
but ray is probably the best living violinist, he should have had 100
@cherryau96824 жыл бұрын
Ray: 133 Brett and Eddy: 115 and 118 Why? Because geniuses are born, not created. Just kidding. Go practice!
@moosh27904 жыл бұрын
damn i got 126
@nauka75654 жыл бұрын
@@moosh2790 okay
@月白-t4y4 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure brett will cry when he see this.
@antonsupalov38554 жыл бұрын
@@月白-t4y why, he will go practice more!
@el-ps7fy4 жыл бұрын
OMG I have 122
@PlugInKali4 жыл бұрын
Does better than 98% of people. He still says his performance is "not bad" and puts a test graded with an F on the thumbnail... Seriously, Ray...?
@lunacraftcrochet4 жыл бұрын
He's using the Asian scale.
@MagisterialVoyager4 жыл бұрын
@@lunacraftcrochet big mood
@fengpost4 жыл бұрын
Click bait
@yeah21523 жыл бұрын
100% or higher is Asian standards
@aalegalfocus2 жыл бұрын
@@fengpost yeah, I was going to say the same thing! I clicked & watched.
@bobbywu77014 жыл бұрын
Ray: *literally better than 98% of the players Also Ray: "its not bad...."
@norkrabiengnaisuanlungban4 жыл бұрын
I watched twoset do the test before and when your score shows up it makes me laugh. They could have heart attack when they see your score. 🤣🤣🤣
@quartz_9364 жыл бұрын
There will always be an asian better than you even if you are also an asian.
@Luumus4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that the researchers at Harvard University must be super happy with all the social media hype about their IQ test. Usually you have to force/pay people to answer your research surveys, must be pretty weird having thousands of people excited about it instead
@claytonr.young-music9124 жыл бұрын
Luumus Volunteering makes the survey not random, though.
@frostykittens2 жыл бұрын
Itll be the best you can get within irb standards tho
@mikevicsmff99464 жыл бұрын
I’d really love to see Hilary answer this test
@theingabo2123 жыл бұрын
yeh
@studioaperture4 жыл бұрын
I find it interesting that he's also mentioned that beep "wasn't crisp enough" on the beat alignment test. Adam Neely also mentioned on his video that beep "doesn't have a sharp transient". Might be something worth writing to the test developers about. Anyway, Ray, awesome video as always!
@wakingtheworld3 жыл бұрын
Maybe to make the test harder. Got 100% in this section (but hasten to add, one big fat zero for the other two)
@gabisrluna4 жыл бұрын
I suggested this to TwoSet and now you’re doing it!
@jakubkrticka98264 жыл бұрын
I think they already did it
@AliciaMarie-pianoplayer4 жыл бұрын
TwoSet did this about 2 weeks ago!
@valeaves4 жыл бұрын
Twoset‘s video even is in this video :D 0:12
@MegaPagliacci4 жыл бұрын
My musical IQ seems to be negative 5. That can’t be good, how do I break the news to my piano?
@ViolinLover3654 жыл бұрын
through careless whisper
@MegaPagliacci4 жыл бұрын
@@ViolinLover365 i tried that and I ended up honking like a goose. That negative 5 music IQ is showing.
@lukasdon00074 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, you don't need musical IQ to play piano. You just press buttons and sound comes out.
@ankavoskuilen17254 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter as long as the piano is tuned (well tempered)
@ViolinLover3654 жыл бұрын
@@MegaPagliacci Careless whisper 40 hours a day, I guess. And your piano will beg for more.
@elainewu49554 жыл бұрын
98! Wow! Boy Brett and Eddy dishonor their famiry! 😂
@KF-zb6gi4 жыл бұрын
Elaine Wu hahaha
@eddyshair78804 жыл бұрын
lol
@anonymoussecret59484 жыл бұрын
they got a 98? Seriously? I'm happy with my melody (130) but my beat was 98. That section was definitely hard.
@elainewu49554 жыл бұрын
Anonymous Secret Ray got a 98, Twoset got 80-something
@YeahPerdonen774 жыл бұрын
jaja i got 101, i won😎😎
@Annie-og3hl4 жыл бұрын
These results actually make a lot of sense. Violinists are especially good at mistuning perception because their instruments don’t have frets. And Ray is a soloist, so it makes sense that his rhythm perception isn’t as good as his pitch perception.
@lil_weasel2192 жыл бұрын
brett and ?? (i dont remember the pther one's name) one of them got 97 on mistuning, as a violinist. So nope
@aalegalfocus2 жыл бұрын
@@lil_weasel219 Eddy.
@Belfreyite2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Trombonists too?
@berkecan40694 жыл бұрын
btw professional musician and soloist uses Wii music in his background.
@rubyzlan4 жыл бұрын
So Ray used to be a Viola King 👑
@MagdalenaHelen4 жыл бұрын
This is the highest score I've seen on the internet whaaaa! Funny how you weren't sure about when you sing out of tune yet your tuning perception score was through the roof! I think you'll know when you're singing out of tune :)
@Mili-bt8wp4 жыл бұрын
My Score is 139
@MagdalenaHelen4 жыл бұрын
@@Mili-bt8wp nice 👀
@resourcedragon4 жыл бұрын
I know when I'm singing out of tune: any time I try to sing. For me the problem is not that I can't hear whether or not I am on the note but I don't have the throat/larynx/whichever part of the anatomy is involved control to get the note to where it should be.
@MagdalenaHelen4 жыл бұрын
@@resourcedragon That's interesting. I think we all have this to some extent (for example, I have this with low notes; it's like I reach my limit and it won't budge another note; however, you can practise and extend your range (and I've done this too)). It's probably similar to this - you need to practice and it takes time for the mind and body to sync up (unless there are medical/ other problems of course)
@ysf-d9i2 ай бұрын
@@MagdalenaHelen it's very hard to hear yourself singing out of tune when you're singing. it's easy to hear if if you record it and then listen back to a recording.
@sophiajia29724 жыл бұрын
warning: don't take the test if you don't have much musical background. you will cry. i cried. but I've been playing piano for 10 years welp
@toncatsu46914 жыл бұрын
Just practice 40 hours a day
@Heldor1004 жыл бұрын
Studied music for three years in middle school (compulsory here) but never kept on practicing, yet I scored 129 :/ maybe I just have a good ear, or maybe it's cause I listen to all kinds of music all day
@beldawilliams32823 жыл бұрын
I've been playing violin for 3 years, and I got a little over average on this test.
@Squisky2 жыл бұрын
I play nothing. No musical training at all. But I love music and wanted to test myself. Got 107.... ☹️
@resourcedragon4 жыл бұрын
The melody test is a killer because the "melodies" they used don't make any actual melodic sense to me, so that trying to remember 3 random (but similar) selections of notes defeats me. Like you, I could manage to spot that "2 and 3 were different" (well, some of the time) but I could not remember whether 1 was the same as 2 or 3. (I'm basing this on watching other people do the test.)
@vieven79644 жыл бұрын
Late reply but it'd probably be easier to remember the progression of the notes instead of the notes themselves. For example, 1) up up up down down up, 2) up up down down down up, 3) same as 1. So odd one out is 2. That said I only scored 113 in melodic discrimination so I dunno if it helps 😅
@nojegieg3 жыл бұрын
I guess it's probably even more difficult with absolute pitch because you have to transpose everything in your mind and can't just go for the relative structure of the melody?
@achan41423 жыл бұрын
I scored 129 on melodic discrimination 🙂
@Biditchoun2 жыл бұрын
@@nojegieg It's actually easier with perfect pitch, as you just add a # in front of each note to get your next melody or transpose one note up, which is not hard at all either
@lulusun10862 жыл бұрын
Man Ray's reaction during the 2nd section was EXACTLY ME, confused af but at the same time still kinda knowing the answer but so puzzled by how edgy they are going with the audio clips
@clairetsui86044 жыл бұрын
when ur past a point and they all start to sound the same
@steamedbryce4 жыл бұрын
I feel this on an emotional level
@kattysaclayan12334 жыл бұрын
OMG that “Ling Ling 40 hours” cameo gave me so much JOY 🤣
@manelmij3 жыл бұрын
Ray Chen's voice is really therapeutic.
@averyesmith4 жыл бұрын
“I don’t discriminate melodies?” Oh ray I adore you
@monolog4694 жыл бұрын
I like the fact that Ray is producing content on his channel!
@melanielee69444 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, my EXACT thoughts about 2020: this year just shouldn't even count, so I can stay 30 and not turn 31, right? 😩 I want to submit a petition to invalidate quarantine birthdays in particular, haha. Then I'd be covered. This test messed with my brain, though! Once I got one wrong, it was hard to recover, because it was hard for me to "recalibrate" my brain for the next question. Once I saw that my answer was incorrect, I instinctually wanted to recall what I could in my mind's ear and try to figure out where I went wrong, so then I really wasn't listening properly to the next one until a couple seconds had passed. Oh well.
@manishsigdel8244 жыл бұрын
I turned 24 today. Just as sad as everyone else ;(
@melanielee69444 жыл бұрын
Manish Sigdel I'm sorry your birthday is falling during such a somber time! I meant more that I just want my birthdays to stop in general so that I can take a little time off from getting older 🙂, but you're right that this is a difficult time for people all over the world who have a reason to celebrate but can't (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). I hope your friends and family reach out to you today and make you feel celebrated, even if you can't really do anything!
@pao62074 жыл бұрын
Age is natural there’s nothing wrong with getting older! Embrace it!
@da961034 жыл бұрын
Actually at the end of 2020, you should add 2 years to your age in 2019, because this year makes you age twice as fast.
@melanielee69444 жыл бұрын
PA O You're right that it's better to embrace it... There's a popular quote that I like about aging being a privilege that many don't get the chance to experience.
@sophiajia29724 жыл бұрын
so ray has perfect pitch. good luck brett
@pkd79274 жыл бұрын
he just acquired perfect pitch with a weird youtube video. Lol :)
@jacopereira4 жыл бұрын
" that sounds ray-cist" 😂😂😂😂😂
@miguelberganza61934 жыл бұрын
I wanna see a Ray Chen + Adam Neely collab
@itismeanttobe4 жыл бұрын
Ray's accent: im something of an american myself
@Kevster74 жыл бұрын
I tried this test before the twoset video and got a 111 overall. Honestly, I agree with Brett and Eddy that some of the questions were subjective and no one would have gotten them "technically" correct.
@vaughnhale79034 жыл бұрын
Hey he’s doing the twoset thing! (That’s the only other time I actually saw it)
@UnshavenStatue2 жыл бұрын
Honestly it's as much or more a test of short term memory and endurance of focus as actual musical skill. They could do a couple of things, such as giving testtakers a "continue" button between questions like Ray mentioned, that would remove the memory and focus from the equation and zoom in on the music skill alone.
@sofiaeleanore4 жыл бұрын
*war flashbacks to twoset screaming their lungs out*
@quaintleaf12084 жыл бұрын
this was so entertaining to watch! thank you for sharing! nice to see others of taiwanese descent on youtube (and in the music world)! sending love and appreciation from Boston, USA!
@XavierFoley4 жыл бұрын
Ray Chen you probably don't remember me, but we met briefly when you sat next to me in the computer room in the 1726 locust st building my first year at Curtis. Anyways great content, keep it up!
@archie98694 жыл бұрын
enjoy ray's reaction in the second test so much😂
@reaganb60134 жыл бұрын
"And 'melodic discrimination'... That sounds racist" 😂
@j.a.89924 жыл бұрын
One of the premier violinists in the world with perfect pitch is close to but not in the 99th percentile. This is one ridiculously strong pool of test-takers.
@chrisk81874 жыл бұрын
I'm sending this to my son who is a senior music ed major. Major instrument clarinet minor instrument sax My mother was a Northwestern University honors graduate in choral conducting and piano (at one of her piano juries her professors actually applauded (unheard of in the back in the late '30s and even now), toured Europe as a featured vocal soloist with the Dr. James Allen Dash All America Chorus including singing for Queen Elizabeth. My sister won a full tuition scholarship to the Eastman School of Music, was the harp faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver, first call union harpist and played with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra-Denver. Her husband earned a master's and doctorate on cello from Northwestern University, retired a few years ago after 34yrs in the Denver Symphony and after 25yrs as principal cellist in the Colorado Central City Opera Orchestra. I had a successful clarinet/sax studio for forty years and sang for thirty years in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Chorus including three sold out concerts. The test was very interesting. Thanks
@lololyoo50914 жыл бұрын
Cover: fails Actual: 133
@smamspalele85664 жыл бұрын
Can we just appreciate the background music song choice?
@jsung80704 жыл бұрын
World-level soloist: "I'm pretty confident in my music skills" ._.
@Jeni4 жыл бұрын
Ray is accidentally just the funniest person on KZbin
@gertruderachelle4 жыл бұрын
That violin case behind him....
@gerrykan34374 жыл бұрын
Hi Ray: I learned of the test from Adam Neely today and took it. For pros like yourself I am not surprised with your results! Mine, although still lying on the right half of the bell curve, were much less impressive. Personally I also find the melodic discrimination test more difficult, mostly because I cannot remember all three synthetic 'melodies', especially when they are long. On the other hand, except for a very few close calls, the other two tests are relatively straightforward.
@superbanks33114 жыл бұрын
"this is the reggae dream"
@danipar73884 жыл бұрын
“¡Is like question what is more in tune, a Eminem or a rhap!” I died
@jiawenm.62994 жыл бұрын
the "odd one out" test is killing me, like don't they all sound different??? *cries in perfect pitch*
@koopalovetoast24092 жыл бұрын
Ray: "I can't sing" Also Ray: * Sings and hits the notes perfectly *
@madisonwelch1054 жыл бұрын
My score was 111 and it was the first round that got me. I realized at the end that I wasn't looking for pitch discrepancy, but rather differences in patterns.. Oh well- it is definitely a neat test and I want my students to try it soon!
@jar13lucky4 жыл бұрын
His facial expressions always gets me 😂😂😂 love it! Never change!
@nickdubya12153 жыл бұрын
Ray's faces of torment are great. But the real winner here is that cardigan/jacket thing.
@garbijcan1814 жыл бұрын
“hm... not bad 🧐” ok 98th percentile headass ok
@sophiajia29724 жыл бұрын
no one: ray: tHaT sOunDs rAciSt
@dubhlinn26 ай бұрын
I love how he thinks with his emotional support air violin
@mizoka434 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I don't even dare sharing my score. I love you!
@MagdalenaMantler3 жыл бұрын
How cool is that, to find out that Ray Chen did the same as a kid when realizing to want to play violin?! O,O I did the same as a kid: I took a (children plastic) guitar, put it under my chin, took a pencil and pretended to play the violin. :D
@risingunity6446Ай бұрын
The identification of off and in-tune singing is definitely wayyy difficult! Because sometimes, singing off key just adds to dissonance, which might fit better depending on the musical accompaniment, than that of singing in tune ... 😅
@leecha34444 жыл бұрын
Ray's test actually made me want to take the test fr 😂
@SmileyStudiosable4 жыл бұрын
Harvard: Melodic discrimination. Ray with perfect pitch: That sounds Raycist
@yosoykibbles4 ай бұрын
I learned that Ray is a musical genius and needs practice on reading skills. 😂✌🏼 that part were you almost thought you did the same as 98% of people just cracked me up. the disbelief in your eyes that you were not special and everyone who took it is just the same as you😂😂😂😂😂 peace!! and you are a genius!❤❤❤✨✨
@davidfleming8436 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! :)
@silvera11099 ай бұрын
Loved this - I know it's a long time ago - but thanks for sharing
@johanortiz1634 жыл бұрын
Ray is 133 Eddy is 118 Brett is 115 I am 113 after finishing middle school and high school orchestra without any private lessons
@pkd79274 жыл бұрын
way to go!
@ankavoskuilen17254 жыл бұрын
As some people say: not bad!
@月白-t4y4 жыл бұрын
I love how Ray put Breddy's thumbnail first
@risasekine10932 жыл бұрын
Ray using the wii shop music in 2020, he was so ahead of the time
@yuanl37484 жыл бұрын
wow you’re so *amazing*
@sinner_v_4 жыл бұрын
damn bro thats crazy I got 122 IQ BA: 119 MP: 116 MD: 129
@陳柏安-q5k2 жыл бұрын
very interesting video :> ty so much for sharing ;) good to see u there
@joannnamgung7974 жыл бұрын
His face expressions during the whole test are so funny omg😭
@LarryLynx4 жыл бұрын
Wow, 131! That beat alignment was torture for me. Usually rhythm is my strong suit, but when lacking a proper percussive start and an organic decay I just couldn't associate it to the music at all. Lowered me to a 121 total, think the rhythm was like a 98 or something. Fun test though. Musical IQ as a phenomenon is such a weird concept though, sort of like trying to put a numerical value on love. I guess it can be done, but does it really mean anything?
@MikaSato4 жыл бұрын
If you prepare a paper and pencil mark down the notes and beat of the first option for sure you can get much higher score. You can't remember how the first one sounds otherwise.
@MiriMeMotiff4 жыл бұрын
When he clicked on 31... I felt that lol 😂
@Jonathan-ij2mw2 жыл бұрын
The Reggae Dream track is awesome
@murphykc2 жыл бұрын
98% = "overall not bad." You're not wrong, Ray. You're not wrong (Tho I think the words you were looking for were bloody fantastic)
@ingeschumann372 Жыл бұрын
Good to know you were unsure in some cases too.
@jameskhan8573 Жыл бұрын
Ray be like "I GUESS I'm an expert at violin" like he's no sure or something
@sla78892 жыл бұрын
The fact that I had to click on the music that was out of tune and not the one that sounded best made get at least 2 tests wrong
@roryhartong-redden66124 жыл бұрын
Curtis is the Harvard of music performance.
@reekova78322 жыл бұрын
Now i know what i would like to become someday, a harvard IQ test singer, because i am naturally born with that voice.
@i_eat_concreate14113 жыл бұрын
I'm 12 years old and my music iq is 117 Medoldic discrimination: 115 Mistuning perception: 124 Beat alignment: 113
@gabymsowa4 жыл бұрын
Ray is amazing
@veralouiseph4 жыл бұрын
14:37 Best save of the video! 😂
@metteholm48332 жыл бұрын
I went to an ambitious music school - and I know every bit of this - and got very high points at the consetvatory (behind the curtains).
@tango80114 жыл бұрын
I just did mine and got 91%. Considering I played piano very intermittently throughout my childhood I think it's not too bad. I didn't do well on beat perception though.
@basiaszendrei16034 жыл бұрын
Awww Ray! I did the same with my brother’s when I was 5.
@michaelheliotis52794 жыл бұрын
0:12 Looks like someone couldn't be bothered watching all of the TwoSet video even though it's the shortest... 😂
@cecilia72594 жыл бұрын
That violinist wince whenever something is 1/1000000 out of tune.
@luci40872 жыл бұрын
all i hear is blah blah blah and a uh blah on these tests. i tune out so fast, and i’m blaming it on my adhd. 😂
@dylanplaying85504 жыл бұрын
Ray: "Asians ace everything" Me: Why thank you!
@carolinefriend30074 жыл бұрын
the twoset appreciation is astronomical
@RayaWhisse3 жыл бұрын
This was so fun to watch, i laughed a lot :D
@TheJgood1232 жыл бұрын
for someone with no musical training or anything(i just like to listen). not even like a class in school other than like elementary school recorder karate i got a 100 even. 99 melodic Discrim. 101 beat allignment and 98 mistuning perception. I will take it.
@sissilu69854 жыл бұрын
When you get 97.72% but you quit music two years ago because you don’t think you are good enough... 😞
@flutesgalaxy4 жыл бұрын
Ray please come Turkey again I couldn't meet with you :( You played Mendelssohn Violin concerto in front of me and we were so close but!! I couldn't hug you :( And in the meeting you said:There's young people in there and I was there İt was a really amazing feeling..I love you :) btw I mean 17.10.2020 concert in Turkey I say again PLEASE COME AGAİN!!