The BBC are running an experiment on their Labs site regarding one's relationship with music.

The quiz looks at the ability to classify music (after hearing a .5s snippet), keep time, identify when an element is off beat, compare two tunes at different pitches and asks general questions about the relationship with music.

To take part in the experiment, visit the BBC's site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/musicality/ (or click on the provided link in the 'Related Links' section)

The results are broken down into five categories, and mine are as follows:

• Enthusiasm for Music - 94% (High)
• Musical Perception - 98% (High)
• Emotional Connection - 76% (High)
• Social Creativity - 70% (High)
• Musical Curiosity - 65% (Medium)

I am broadly pleased with the results, although I have to admit to being mildly disappointed with the latter. I thought my 'musical curiosity' would be higher but I feel that is probably let down by my lack of attendance to live gigs and what I consider to be an unconscious limit in my favourite musical styles to Alternative/Indie Rock/Pop. Perhaps this should be a wake-up call for me to broaden my horizons and embrace a wider range of styles and attend more live events (something that I've been meaning to do for a while).

The results of the specific audible tests are also provided at the end of the quiz, and I scored as follows:

Group the Music

• 1st Group: POP/JAZZ/POP/POP
• 2nd Group: ROCK/HIPHOP/ROCK/ROCK
• 3rd Group: HIPHOP/JAZZ/JAZZ/JAZZ
• 4th Group: HIPHOP/POP/ROCK/HIPHOP

This test is the ability to identify a musical genre after hearing only a .5s snippet of a track. It seems I didn't too terribly but there is clearly room for improvement. Although Group 4 was a bit discouraging, all of the other groups I managed to put three tracks of one genre together.

Match the Beat

• Correct: 15
• Incorrect: 3

This is a test to identify whether a beep was played in time with the music or not.

The results here I am very happy with, although for those that were incorrect I would have liked to have known if the tones were subtly off or clearly off. I presume subtly since I got them wrong.

Tap to the Beat

• Medium Accuracy: 5
• High Accuracy: 4

In this test, you are asked to tap the space-bar to the beat of a playing track.

I'm really quite disappointed here. I didn't think I'd get perfect results, but perhaps one or two more in the High Accuracy category. Would it look like sour grapes if I said perhaps using a laptop space-bar doesn't provide for good accuracy in it's own right?

Melody Memory

• Correct: 8
• Incorrect: 4

Here, a tune is played twice. The second time is in a different pitch to the first and may or may not have some differences. The task is to identify whether it does have differences or not.

During this test I thought I'd do really badly. Some tunes I couldn't be entirely sure at all. To see these results then, is quite pleasing.