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The Music Room => Name That Tune? => Topic started by: alch on May 15, 2013, 08:56:25 AM

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Question: Did you like CQuiz game?
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Title: CQuiz: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on May 15, 2013, 08:56:25 AM
Hello!

Let me introduce you a "Guess the composer" game CQuiz, created by me:
http://composerquiz.sourceforge.net

You need to register first (large blue link on the first page).

You can play in one of the common modes (Easy, Normal, Hard, Insane) or choose any composers that you want for the quiz. For example, you can choose only Bach and Handel and try to guess. After each of your questions system will show you correct answer and information about the piece, that was played.

Easy mode includes 15 greatest composers, Normal mode adds 35 known composers and so on. You can change your mode from the Preferences tab.

Ratings makes competition interesting.

NOW ISLANDS MODE IS ADDED! COMPETE WITH OTHER PLAYERS TO CAPTURE THE ISLANDS OF COMPOSERS! Discuss how to differentiate between composers in the forum for each island!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1350128/cquiz/cquiz-isles.png)

Please feel free to report any bugs or problems!

Best regards,
Alch.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: BobsterLobster on May 20, 2013, 04:21:21 PM
Cool game, very addictive!
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: North Star on May 20, 2013, 09:54:56 PM
QuoteYou selected: Cage, John [1912-1992] USA (Contemporary)
Incorrect. 407 years difference. Wrong period.
Right answer: Tallis, Thomas [ca. 1505-1585] ENG (Renaissance) - Track name: (01) [Hilliard Ensemble] The Lamentations Of Jeremiah - Incipit Lamentatio.mp3

That static noise really threw me...
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on May 21, 2013, 08:02:29 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 20, 2013, 09:54:56 PM
That static noise really threw me...

If you hear some noise in the track, please report the broken track (with the red link in the right bottom corner).
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: ibanezmonster on May 21, 2013, 08:31:25 PM
Quote from: North Star on May 20, 2013, 09:54:56 PM
That static noise really threw me...
This is too funny.  :D

That was weird to see the WOT trust warning for the site, but strangled.net is a site that lets people use their own domains, so I guess just don't visit the other domains of the site.

Really liking this quiz...
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Brian on May 22, 2013, 09:10:05 AM
Hahaha I just got an email asking how I'm doing so well at the quiz. It reminds me of the time when we played "Mystery Violin Concerto" and I guessed Tchaikovsky's from a clip lasting 0.5 seconds.

Gotta admit, pressing "Chopin" before the first chord was over was completely stupid - even if it was right...

EDIT: FYI, I switched to "All Composers" mode between question 37 and question 38.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Brian on May 22, 2013, 09:21:02 AM
Quote from: Brian on May 22, 2013, 09:10:05 AM
Hahaha I just got an email asking how I'm doing so well at the quiz. It reminds me of the time when we played "Mystery Violin Concerto" and I guessed Tchaikovsky's from a clip lasting 0.5 seconds.

Gotta admit, pressing "Chopin" before the first chord was over was completely stupid - even if it was right...

EDIT: FYI, I switched to "All Composers" mode between question 37 and question 38.
After switching to "All Composers" mode, I've gotten maybe 10% right. This is a loooooooooooot harder than just guessing!
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Obradovic on May 27, 2013, 10:09:29 AM
Quote from: alch on May 15, 2013, 08:56:25 AM

Please feel free to report any bugs or problems!


Interesting but rather too easy. In the Insane level I scored 85% after some 200 questions. If one can't tell Perotin from Schoenberg... then... we've got a problem here pal... 8)
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on June 03, 2013, 08:00:57 AM
Quote from: Obradovic on May 27, 2013, 10:09:29 AM
Interesting but rather too easy. In the Insane level I scored 85% after some 200 questions. If one can't tell Perotin from Schoenberg... then... we've got a problem here pal... 8)

Hello! For experienced players there is possibility to increase difficulty and go much further by selecting checkbox "Show all composers" in Preferences. Also, this gives much higher rating!
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on June 03, 2013, 08:03:38 AM
Quote from: Greg on May 21, 2013, 08:31:25 PM
This is too funny.  :D

That was weird to see the WOT trust warning for the site, but strangled.net is a site that lets people use their own domains, so I guess just don't visit the other domains of the site.

Really liking this quiz...
Thank you Greg! :)
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on June 14, 2013, 08:38:41 AM
Hi! I added photos to all composers.
Now when choosing composer you can train your visual memory too.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Sean on June 17, 2013, 01:13:21 PM
This is very pleasant for idle moments- I just started playing: I got the Khatachurian VC correct but took Bernstein's Facsimile for something by Barber...

Then chose Shchedrin instead of Schnittke, and Glass instead of Nyman...
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: TheGSMoeller on June 17, 2013, 02:06:58 PM
Fun quiz, thanks!!

And super addicting. Just went through over 30 on the insane level. My lack of Romantic era composers got the best of me, but I'm pleased with my stats.

(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/18/uquzatu7.jpg)
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Sean on June 17, 2013, 07:18:03 PM
Very impressive GS, you sound like a serious listener who knows their stuff. I'll look out for your posts...

I don't care for the historical periods on the quiz- the cut-offs are arbitrary.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Sean on June 19, 2013, 06:23:51 AM
Hey, Gibbons on piano??

And slow movements are always harder...

Well done to the creator alch though, not a bad effort at all, must have taken a great deal of effort and thought.

No points for the correct work? It's just a wider idiom-identification test?
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Carnivorous Sheep on June 20, 2013, 03:55:35 PM
Cool site, thanks for setting this up.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on September 24, 2013, 04:56:30 AM
Hi all!
Now islands mode is added! Compete with other players to capture the islands of composers.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1350128/cquiz/cquiz-isles.png)
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on September 26, 2013, 08:36:11 PM
Hi! I have added some thorough graphs, they are accessible by clicking on the rating or on the level in stats:

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1350128/cquiz/cquiz-graph1.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1350128/cquiz/cquiz-graph2.png)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1350128/cquiz/cquiz-graph3.png)
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on January 17, 2014, 08:55:27 PM
Hi all!

50 new composers and new tracks added to the game!
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on February 01, 2014, 01:44:00 AM
Hi! I added tracks for Xenakis and Stockhausen.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: EigenUser on February 15, 2014, 03:45:34 PM
This is awesome. I wasn't expecting the computerized voice, though. I heard someone say "one" at the beginning of the music and my first reaction was to look for Philip Glass ("Einstein on the Beach"). :D
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Madiel on March 01, 2014, 03:48:10 PM
I tried to register an account and it didn't work. No clue why.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: Ken B on March 01, 2014, 04:05:00 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on February 15, 2014, 03:45:34 PM
This is awesome. I wasn't expecting the computerized voice, though. I heard someone say "one" at the beginning of the music and my first reaction was to look for Philip Glass ("Einstein on the Beach"). :D
It could be very fresh and clean.
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on March 22, 2014, 10:03:12 PM
Hi!
I added 36 film composers to the game!
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: jimkita on August 08, 2014, 03:38:23 AM
Hi . I really like CQuiz game, awesome game !
Title: Re: Guess the composer!
Post by: alch on February 11, 2015, 09:13:13 PM
Hi! CQuiz has gone a long way of development and now we have a forum for each island, where we can discuss how to distinguish particular composers. Also, a lot of short descriptions have been added to composers, which help to grasp their music fast.
Title: Re: CQuiz: Guess the composer!
Post by: Moonfish on February 12, 2015, 01:14:49 AM
Fun and addictive for sure! Thank you!  I noticed that when I do "all composers" that I get a huge list of composers on the left side and just a few portraits on the right side (i.e. I cannot answer the question as the correct portrait doesn't show up). Is this a setting, an error in the program or my Mac?   :o 

Can one answer questions without using portraits of the composers?