An interesting musical ear test

Here is a nifty online test that lets you tell how good your ear is. If the samples changed, it would be interesting to repeat this test at various hours of the day (and before and after meals, coffee, etc.). I have always thought that my ear was best in the mornings and late at night. Theory lab was always most difficult in the afternoon, especially after lunch on a warm day.

Anyway, on this afternoon, after a big lunch in a warm kitchen, I got 86.1%, which is acceptible, considering that I have not done any sort of critical listening for awhile (although I have a couple of CDs that I should review, so things like this are a good warm up). I am going to wait a couple of days, and then will try this again at an hour that I have always thought my ears worked best at.

If you do this and want to do the experiment that I am doing, wait a couple of days before repeats and note the hour, food, caffeine, alcohol, and medication consumption. Should you wish to post this information anonymously, in the comments box, that would be fine, and I will put everything in a spreadsheet and see if there are any interesting conclusions.

For others who want to track and manipulate the data themselves, here is mine from this test:

86.1% November 15, 12:30pm, following a big lunch (meat and carbs). Had two shots of espresso at 7am, so I am two shots lower than usual at this time of day.