Lost Instrument

**Lost Instrument** is a challenge of musical intelligence on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Lost Instrument takes this aural ability to the next level. Competitors hear a tune that features eight different instruments. Then they hear it a second time but as the song plays four of the instruments stop playing. The challenge is to identify which instruments dropped out and in what order.

An ability to keenly differentiate between multiple instruments in a musical arrangement is the key to success in Lost Instrument.

## 2012 Special

Lost Instrument was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the eighth challenge overall. Gerry Dee explained to the contestants the instructions and that the contestant in 1st place would earn 10 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 6, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 4, and the contestant in last place would earn 0. He also explained to the viewers how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

The eight instruments used in the music sequences were a glockenspiel, drums, a bass guitar, an electric guitar, claves, a saxophone, a violin, and a piano. In the second sequence, the instruments that dropped out, in order, were the saxophone, the electric guitar, the violin, and the claves.

Contestants were awarded a point for every time they correctly identified one of the missing instruments and were awarded another point every time they also identified the correct drop out position of one of the missing instruments. Marshall Carroll earned 2 points, Peter Dyakowski earned 6, Greg Frankson earned 4, and Laura Suen earned 5. Therefore, Peter was awarded 10 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Laura was awarded 6 for finishing in 2nd place, Greg was awarded 4 for finishing in 3rd place, and Marshall was not awarded any for finishing in last place.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Peter Dyakowski** | 6
 **2nd** | **Laura Suen** | 5
 **3rd** | **Greg Frankson** | 4
 **4th** | **Marshall Carroll** | 2
 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 On the screen, the word "claves" was erroneously written in the singular form, "clave." Similarly, Gerry Dee and the contestants incorrectly referred to the claves as "the clave."

## Episode 103

Lost Instrument was the sole challenge of musical intelligence and the first challenge overall. Jeff Douglas explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1.

The eight instruments used in the music sequences were drums, bongos, a bass guitar, an accordion, a piano, a trumpet, an acoustic guitar, and a vibraphone.

The first instrument to drop out of the second sequence was the trumpet. Both Mith Das and Lisa Preston chose the correct answer while Melanie Martin and Norm Odjick erroneously chose the drums and the accordion, respectively.

The second instrument to drop out of the second sequence was the accordion. None of the contestants chose the correct answer. Melanie and Norm both erroneously chose the trumpet while Mith and Lisa erroneously chose the bongos and the drums, respectively.

The third instrument to drop out of the second sequence was the acoustic guitar. Both Melanie and Lisa chose the correct answer while Mith and Norm erroneously chose the accordion and the bass guitar, respectively.

The fourth instrument to drop out of the second sequence were the bongos. None of the contestants chose the correct answer. Mith and Norm both erroneously chose the acoustic guitar while Melanie and Lisa both erroneously chose the accordion.

Contestants were only awarded a point for every time they correctly identified one of the missing instruments and that instrument's correct drop out position. Mith earned 1 point, Melanie earned 1, Norm earned 0, and Lisa earned 2. The tie between Mith and Melanie was settled by how many missing instruments they correctly identified regardless of their drop out positions. Since Mith correctly identified all 4 of the missing instruments and Melanie correctly identified 3, the former finished in 2nd place and the latter finished in 3rd place. Therefore, Lisa was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Mith was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Melanie was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Norm was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the demographic of individuals aged 17 and under and the demographic of individuals aged 18-49 performed the best with an average percentage score of 32% and the demographic of individuals aged 50 and over performed the worst with an average percentage score of 24%. Also, it was revealed that Jeff himself had received a percentage score of 82%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st** | **Lisa Preston** | 2
 **2nd**

 **3rd**

 **4th** | **Norm Odjick** | 0
 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 1, Mith correctly identified more of the missing instruments than Melanie did in the challenge. Therefore, Mith and Melanie placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/testing-intelligences-episode-3
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ofUJ\_9e18&t=5441s
3. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2553849234 (6:07)