Yes, these are the sort of questions that most people would resent being asked. (“Why are you making me do this?”) The intent was to submit so many such questions as to overload an LLM’s thinking capabilities. It worked on the 2025 models but not on the current ones.
I should have included the answer sheet for anyone who wanted to test their own knowledge. Here it is:
Oh yeah, if someone put one of those on a test I’d be extremely grouchy. One of those on a lead sheet would have me cursing (unless I personally knew the author to be a troll, in which case I’d still be cursing, but I’d be smiling in spite of it).
Yes, these are the sort of questions that most people would resent being asked. (“Why are you making me do this?”) The intent was to submit so many such questions as to overload an LLM’s thinking capabilities. It worked on the 2025 models but not on the current ones.
I should have included the answer sheet for anyone who wanted to test their own knowledge. Here it is:
Answers
(1) C𝄫, E𝄫, F♭, A𝄫
(2) B, D♯, E♯, G♯♯
(3) A♭, C, E♭, G♭, B𝄫
(4) D♭, F♭, B𝄫
(5) A𝄫, C♭, E𝄫, F
(6) E♭, G♭, B𝄫, D♭
(7) D♯, E♯, G♯♯, B
(8) B♯, D♯♯, F♯♯♯, A♯
(9) F♯, A♯, C♯, E♯
(10) G♭, B𝄫, D♭, E♭
(11) D♭, F♭, G♭, B♭
(12) A♭, C, E♭, G♭, B♭
Oh yeah, if someone put one of those on a test I’d be extremely grouchy. One of those on a lead sheet would have me cursing (unless I personally knew the author to be a troll, in which case I’d still be cursing, but I’d be smiling in spite of it).