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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?
It's more complicated than that. Chan can be used to both genders too. It's cuter and more casual, like to close friends or family. San is used as respect, to your not-so-close friends, older people, colleagues, someone you just met, etc. For example: I would call my little brother a 'chan' because we are close (and I think he's cute). I can call him 'kun' too because he's younger than me, I just choose to call him a 'chan'. On the other hand I will call @cFatoss a 'san', because we never met, but I respect you anyway. Simple explanation: they are all honorifics. What you want to use depends on what you wanna choose and your relationship to the other individual. But here the editors use it merely to call themselves with something, not because of the complicated rules like above lol
@@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%.
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
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!
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.
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 :)
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.
@@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)
@@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.
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
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.)
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 😅
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?
@@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
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
When I did it I scored pretty awful at the melody comparison test. They're SOOO LOOOOONG! I couldn't fricking remember them by the time all three had played, let alone compare them.
In a way you have to remember the second melody. I mean that you listen to the first, you compare it to the second. If they are the same then the third is the odd one out. If they are different you only have to concentrate on the second melody and compare it to the third. My memory is lame so that's what worked for me. That one note that was different showed me the way. (and I think it worked because I wasn't under pressure 🤪)
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.
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!
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.
Really respect how at the end you tried to tell people not to get too hung up on this test without totally dissing the test and it’s worth. You’re a great guy.
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.
For the question where it ask you "Can you tell if your singing is out of tune" it's basically asking you are you tone deaf which is definitely a no for you! So you should have chosen yes for that question.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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
Great video Ray! It was super entertaining and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos! Going to film myself taking this harvard iq test now haha
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.
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!
The face you made at 7:50 is exactly my face when I heard that yowling or the first time 😂😂 the out of tune test is even painful for people without perfect pitch lol
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
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 ... 😅
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!❤❤❤✨✨
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?
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.
