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NIDCD Distorted Tunes Test

Position in Sequence Accurate Tunes    
       
2 Yankee Doodle (14)    
5 America the Beautiful (14)    
6 Daisy, Daisy (15)*    
8 Fuer Elise (17)    
12 Silent Night (14)    
15 My Country Tis of Thee (16)    
18 London Bridge (13)    
22 La Cucaracha (16)    
25 Auld Lang Syne (14)*    
* Included in Kalmus and Fry's version of the Distorted Tunes Test
       
Position in Sequence Distorted Tunes Positions of Wrong Notes Semitone Deviation
      (+=higher, -=lower)
1 Turkey in the Straw (14) 12,13, 14 +2, +2, +2
3 Oh! Susanna (15) 4, 11, 12 -1, +1, +1
4 The Star-Spangled Banner (25) 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 -2, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1
7 Clementine (23)* 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 18, 19 +1, +2, +2, +2, +1, +2, +1, +1
9 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (15) 7, 14 -1, +1
10 The First Nowell (13)* 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 -1, -1, -2, -2, -2
11 Jolly Good Fellow (24)* 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 +1, +1, -1, -1, -2, -2
13 La Marseillaise (18) 9, 12, 13 +1, +1, +1
14 The Battle Hymn of the Republic (14) 5, 6, 8, 9 -2, -2, -1, -1
16 Silent Night (14) 11, 12, 13 -2, +1, +1
17 Adestes Fideles (12)* 6, 8,10 +1, -1, +1
19 Auld Lang Syne (14)* 9,10,11,12,13 +1, -1, -1, -2, -2
20 Daisy, Daisy (15)* 10, 12, 13, 14 +1, -2, -2, -2
21 America the Beautiful (14) 9,10, 11, 12 ,13 +2, +,1, +1, +1, +2
23 Pop Goes the Weasel (16) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 +1, +1, +1, +2, +1, +1
24 Aloha Oe! (19) 9, 10, 11, 12 -1, -1, -,1, -1
26 Yankee Doodle (14) 9, 10, 11, 12 -1, +1, +1, +1
* Included in Kalmus and Fry's version of the Distorted Tunes Test

Last Updated on 8/25/00
By Ani Manichaikul

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