A test for musicians

[Mightymags 1,053]

While I was messing around on Stumbleupon I found a test called the "Musical Visual Intelligence Test" that tests something called your Associative Musical Visual Intelligence (AMVI). It basically tests your ability to correlate music with shapes and symbols. 

 

I thought it was really interesting because it was something I had never heard of before. The test is a little confusing at first because I didn't understand what I was supposed to be doing so I restarted it after the first question when I figured out what was going on. 

 

Here are my results: 

 

Pitch discrimination: 71.0%

Musical memory: 70.0%

Contour discrimination: 67.5%

Attention: 59.1%

Musical/visual abstraction: 78.5%

 

OVERALL: 70% - High Normal Performance (This is surprising considering I took the test on 35 minutes of sleep last night. But that would explain my low attention score.)

 

Take the test  then post your scores and your thoughts on the test. Anyone can take the test but I would assume people that play instruments or have studied music will do better than those who haven't. 

Edited April 6, 2013 by MissDerpy

[Ragland Tiger 3,415]

Total Score: 95%

Pitch discrimination: 92.8%

Musical memory: 92.5%

Contour discrimination: 95.2%

Attention: 92.5%

Musical/visual abstraction: 94.3%

 

No surprises here, since I am a hobbyist musician, and I enjoy listening to and playing music.  I'm not sure about what it says about my musical abilities.  

[Music Chart Fan 819]

Here are my results:

 

Total Score: 100%

Pitch discrimination: 100%

Musical memory: 100%

Contour discrimination: 95.2%

Attention: 97.8%

Musical/visual abstraction: 100%

 

I did usually listen to the music sample 2 or 3 times to make sure I heard it correctly; I'm not sure if that's supposed to be allowed or not. But once I figured out the form of the questions and potential answers, I didn't find it particularly difficult. I have played French horn and a slight amount of self-taught piano, and I listen to a fair bit of music from various genres (mostly popular/adult-oriented music from the '60s-now); maybe you could say that that helped, but I don't know.

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

I listen to music more almost everyday for hours a day, I also play guitar . 

 

Total Score: 35%

 

Pitch discrimination: 39.1%

Musical memory: 33.0%

Contour discrimination: 33.7%

Attention: 38.7%

Musical/visual abstraction: 26.0%

 

This test was a total waste of time and a pile of horse menuer. I don't break down music using shapes. Half the time I had no idea what I was doing. 

[Meirno 550]

Pitch discrimination: 82.6%

Musical memory: 85.0%

Contour discrimination: 85.5%

Attention: 81.7%

Musical/visual abstraction: 85.3%

 

Total Score: 85%

 

 

That was actually really fun

 

[DJRainbowDash 724]

Pitch discrimination: 76.8%

Musical memory: 85.0%

Contour discrimination: 72.3%

Attention: 76.3%

Musical/visual abstraction: 85.3%

 

Total Score: 80%

 

That was actually pretty fun. 

[Pixel Mouse 84]

Got a total of 80%

Pitch discrimination: 87.0%

Musical memory: 82.0%

Contour discrimination: 88.0%

Attention: 78.5%

Musical/visual abstraction: 62.7%

 

It wasn't really that hard, it was just patterns. Once you understand what you are doing it's easy.

[MrMammal 157]

Pitch discrimination: 88.4%

Musical memory: 91.0%

Contour discrimination: 88.0%

Attention: 86.0%

Musical/visual abstraction: 89.8%

Total Score: 90%

[Acoustic Cloud 2,202]

Pitch discrimination: 84.1%

Musical memory: 80.5%

Contour discrimination: 79.5%

Attention: 83.9%

Musical/visual abstraction: 88.7%

Overall: 85%

 

I see no reason for this to be a considerable test toward your natural music abilities.

[Mightymags 1,053]

Pitch discrimination: 84.1%

Musical memory: 80.5%

Contour discrimination: 79.5%

Attention: 83.9%

Musical/visual abstraction: 88.7%

Overall: 85%

 

I see no reason for this to be a considerable test toward your natural music abilities.

It's not supposed to be a test toward your natural music abilities. It's your associative musical visual intelligence, which basically tests your ability to associate music with shapes and relate those shapes to pitch and rhythm. It has nothing to do with how good of a musician you are. 

 

Now that I think about it, I probably should have played each track more than once. I just did it once then tried to remember what it was. 

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

It's not supposed to be a test toward your natural music abilities. It's your associative musical visual intelligence, which basically tests your ability to associate music with shapes and relate those shapes to pitch and rhythm. It has nothing to do with how good of a musician you are. 

 

Now that I think about it, I probably should have played each track more than once. I just did it once then tried to remember what it was. 

I still think this test was a load of crap. What do shapes have to do with the rythm of a song? How exactly does it make you any "smarter" to be able to match a song with the correct shape? 

[Mightymags 1,053]

I still think this test was a load of crap. What do shapes have to do with the rythm of a song? How exactly does it make you any "smarter" to be able to match a song with the correct shape? 

 If you've ever spent any free time researching music theory, like I have, you'll realize that music is more than just listening to a rhythm. Music is very mathematical and uses patterns. The point is not that a certain song makes a square. It's to be able to recognize when there are multiple rhythms and how they're put together. 

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

 If you've ever spent any free time researching music theory, like I have, you'll realize that music is more than just listening to a rhythm. Music is very mathematical and uses patterns. The point is not that a certain song makes a square. It's to be able to recognize when there are multiple rhythms and how they're put together. 

Hey, I know that. I know about time signatures, I'm not stupid. Sometimes when I listen to music I like to count "one, two, three, four" in my mind. 

Edited April 7, 2013 by Neighvana666

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Total Score: 50%

 

Pitch Discrimination: 47.8%

Musical Memory: 45.9%

Contour Discrimination: 55.4%

Attention: 52.7%

Musical/Visual Abstraction: 42.3%

 

I should try it again with my speakers turned up louder,so I can hear it better

Edited April 7, 2013 by Moog Phatty

[EndtheRaven 161]

Total Score: 90%
Pitch discrimination: 89.9%
Musical memory: 92.5%
Contour discrimination: 90.4%
Attention: 86.0%
Musical/visual abstraction: 87.6%

It was pretty confusing at first. Took me a minute to figure out how the test worked and what the symbols were intended to represent. 

[Mightymags 1,053]

Hey, I know that. I know about time signatures, I'm not stupid. Sometimes when I listen to music I like to count "one, two, three, four" in my mind. 

That's not quite what I meant though. There's more to music than counting and time signatures. Composing is about working with several different elements and being able to fit them together. A good composer will see all the different parts as different shapes and colors and can fit them together like puzzle pieces until something recognizable begins to form. 

[Moog the Kvlt 1,460]

Well now that I found my headphones I did this thing with better sounding audio, and I was able to leave it at a good volume

So now here's the new results:

 

Total Score: 65%

Pitch discrimination: 65.2%

Musical memory: 61.0%

Contour discrimination: 62.7%

Attention: 64.5%

Musical/visual abstraction: 68.3%

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

That's not quite what I meant though. There's more to music than counting and time signatures. Composing is about working with several different elements and being able to fit them together. A good composer will see all the different parts as different shapes and colors and can fit them together like puzzle pieces until something recognizable begins to form. 

I found the test to be confusing. I thought the an arrow pointing up ment it was higher pitched and an arrow pointing down ment it was lower pitched. But what really confused me was how some shapes were black and how some were red. What was that supposed to mean? 

 

Well I took it again, this time I took my time and replayed the songs and this what I got.

 

Total Score: 40%

 

Pitch discrimination: 33.3%

Musical memory: 31.5%

Contour discrimination: 53.0%

Attention: 34.4%

Musical/visual abstraction: 43.0%

 

Looks like it hardly helped at all, fuck this test.

[TheSupremeLeaderOfChaos 1,206]

Pitch Discrimination: 85.5%

Musical Memory: 81.1%

Contour Discrimination: 94.0%

Attention: 86.0%

Musical/Visual Abstraction: 71.3%

 

Welp, that was fun! I enjoyed that a lot. I liked how they put the shapes and music together. I love thinking of music in shapes and patterns!!!  Thanks for recommending the test! 

[Mightymags 1,053]

I found the test to be confusing. I thought the an arrow pointing up ment it was higher pitched and an arrow pointing down ment it was lower pitched. But what really confused me was how some shapes were black and how some were red. What was that supposed to mean? 

 

Well I took it again, this time I took my time and replayed the songs and this what I got.

 

Total Score: 40%

 

Pitch discrimination: 33.3%

Musical memory: 31.5%

Contour discrimination: 53.0%

Attention: 34.4%

Musical/visual abstraction: 43.0%

 

Looks like it hardly helped at all, fuck this test.

The arrows indicated the direction in which the pitch was moving. The black shapes were the lower bass sounds while the red shapes were the higher more soprano sounds. You read the shapes from left to right as the music plays and see if they match up. 

 

 

Pitch Discrimination: 85.5%

Musical Memory: 81.1%

Contour Discrimination: 94.0%

Attention: 86.0%

Musical/Visual Abstraction: 71.3%

 

Welp, that was fun! I enjoyed that a lot. I liked how they put the shapes and music together. I love thinking of music in shapes and patterns!!!  Thanks for recommending the test! 

No problem! I love learning about music in unconventional ways, and I thought this was cool because I had never thought of visualizing music as shapes and patterns. 

[Le Kvlt Dawn 2,364]

 

The arrows indicated the direction in which the pitch was moving. The black shapes were the lower bass sounds while the red shapes were the higher more soprano sounds. You read the shapes from left to right as the music plays and see if they match up. 

I understood the arrows and reading the music from left to right but, why did I end up failing it again? This time, I think it was the triangles are what confused me the most.   

[sxp 404]

Total Score: 100%

Pitch discrimination: 100%

Musical memory: 100%

Contour discrimination: 95.2%

Attention: 97.8%

Musical/visual abstraction: 100%

 

I play guitar and I used to play saxophone.

[An Old Head 4,816]

Even though I got 95%, this isn't an accurate measurement of your synesthesia. I should know because I actually have synesthesia, but it's not a link between music and shapes; it's between music and colours. I see the colour red in the C major key for instance, blue in F major, purple in D major and all that jazz.

[Viscra Maelstrom 3,718]

while i admittedly restarted the test on the first two questions, i then got the hang of it and got 80% on it.

 

Pitch discrimination: 81.2%

Musical memory: 83.5%

Contour discrimination: 68.7%

Attention: 79.6%

Musical/visual abstraction: 83.0%

 

fun test.

[Harmonic Revelations 8,835]

I'm an amateur musician, and here are my results. I did pretty bad, actually. The test itself was quite interesting and was harder than it looked.

 

I have ADHD so my attention was naturally low.