Questions tagged [music]
A puzzle centered around tunes, melodies, operas, famous song texts, composers, orchestras, and/or musical instruments. General music questions are off-topic here but can usually be asked at the Stack Exchange sites for either Music Practice & Theory or Music Fans.
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An awesome but unusual concert
Some times ago, I went to a concert, somewhere south of where I lived.
Security had canines, but those were very unruly and attacked each other.
When setting up my tent, I wanted to use a stone to ...
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The Rime of the Final Girl
This is the second puzzle I have written, and am looking for the title of a song...
While sleeping I heard a knock upon my cabin door;
I sat up, gripped by fear at once,
My body turned to ...
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What am I: Song
Beside the place, where water flows,
Where flora at the surface grows,
Something is there, or is it really?
All I can say, my rhymes are silly
What song am I?
Hint 1:
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I'm Back…!
To: My Mods! (and the community)
Note: The following is a letter enclosing the details of what's going on. It's more for "story" and humor, but does have some information that you might want. To save ...
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Jazz and all that
Across
1/4/9. Isn't Satchmo sad during the final parts of Miles Davis song? (5,5,5)
7. Baron von Richthofen's rank above the king? (3)
10. Assistants have a bit of chlorine added to aqua regia ...
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Three Tongues of Rock #2
Inspired by my last riddle: Three Tongues of Rock
One is round
He sings of dark art
One with lips
He gently caresses
The third he sings
Of men who wear dresses
This one ...
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Ode to the Emergence of a Hikikomori
Note: Hikikomori is a Japanese term for "reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from society and seek extreme degrees of isolation and confinement. The affected individuals refuse to leave ...
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If you have to ask what the answer is, you'll never know!
A pattern of lows and highs
In groupings of ones, twos, and fives
And when I appear
The masses may cheer
But those in the know roll their eyes
0 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 3 + 0 - 4 + 2
Or, ...
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A Puzzle for You and Mi
Several weeks before final exams were to commence, the enigmatic Dr. Noteworthy issued a challenge to their music theory students.
"Each year, I like to test my senior students with a brain teaser," ...
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Hoping for a satisfying conclusion (a musical connect wall)
Hoping for a satisfying conclusion
In this puzzle, the melodies of 16 songs are given in musical form. You first must identify the 16 songs from the melodies. Then, arrange the songs into four ...
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The state of the art in music puzzles
Group 1
No offense to old moms or pops, I would think I'm too young to know your folk record.
With lots of fun fluffy pillows, vid shows flirty girl with mauvish hair in hot outfits.
No frills ...
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Ode to the Lassitude of 88th Street
This glancing blow,
In freezing snow,
Of a cat woman,
In faux platinum,
Dedicated to bonneted lassies,
Elegant ladies so classy,
Boy loving Mona Lisas,
Dressed like fashionistas,
...
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A quick music puzzle
What am I, and what is the next note?
Some call me unemotional and austere, but I will bring the sunshine into anyone's life.
I am my next note, though we are not the same.
I'm a common ...
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Beware Little Red
With my iPhone on shuffle this afternoon I’ve once again drawn inspiration from music. As always I wish you all the best of luck and I hope you enjoy the puzzle.
Guitar starts playing: Bm, Bm, G, F#...
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My name, my name, it's a guessing game!
I needn't be late, that would be bad
As a man with a job, I must get to work
I must travel quickly now, so I go
I travel by the underground train
I have bills that I need to pay
I need that money to ...
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A pet rabbit called Belle
I have a pet rabbit. Her name is Belle. Most people think she is French (because Belle means "beautiful" in French, and my, this rabbit is beautiful) but she is not. Her fur was also painted Rainbow ...
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A Study in Entomophobia
When love take make the times love going sad just
Comes you is better you of be get into old
And sing forever can sugarplum darkness nothing eyes better read
In you see afraid boy words ...
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Deciphering a piece of music
For a puzzle I am trying to solve, I have to find a certain artist which should be derived from a piece of 'music'.
The only thing I am given is this image:
The other puzzles were all code related, ...
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Random dates turning into Christmas
These days, I saw a rebus on the net that shows a calendar of December, with some random dates turning into Christmas. I feel very puzzled about this. Can you help me?
Edit: I found that rebus on ...
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To solve a simple heist
It happened by chance really. I was walking out from the bank when a man ran into me while rushing out. During our collision a piece of paper fell from his pocket.
I quickly picked it up and tried ...
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Where does the emperor sit and why the earplugs?
The Emperor is annoyed that the crowd routinely chant out of step at the Empire's largest circular amphitheatre. For example, they are supposed to shout phrases in unison such as "Hail to the Emperor, ...
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Songplay (no.4)
Okay, so since the last few were easier than I expected them to be; this Songplay riddle will head over to another genre to try and stump some of you up! Good luck ...
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Songplay (no.3)
I have another simple Songplay riddle for you! Good luck to you all!
Babe you're just like candy,
Lips of yours divine.
See you've got me thirsty,
...
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Songplay (no.2)
I believe the previous Songplay riddle was too easy, today I'd like to share another great song and as with the previous Songplay...
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Songplay (no.1)
This took a while to write so I hope everyone enjoys it! The idea is for you to figure out what song it is and who it’s by. Good luck to you all!
The Rules
The riddle has to match the original ...
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The Perfect Date
I decided to take my new girlfriend Fey out on a nice all-day date. This is how it happened.
She doesn't like surprises, so I started by telling her what the day would entail.
We went downtown ...
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Eon Blue Apocolypse
I'm beginning to feel a little better today and had quite the energetic morning. I got up, worked out, ate breakfast, sped to work; you know, the usual. On the way to work, I enjoyed listening to the ...
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Cooking by the (black magic) book
...Now, for this alchemic recipe you will need the following ingredients:
Liquid ones:
A bottle of ■■■■. If you can, you shouldn't choose the strongest one - you'll need a plenty of it, ...
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Guess the Beatles songs from the initials number 1
Guess which beatles song this is as I give you the initials to the first few lyrics.
I O H A G
O S I S
S O H M
S S M H R
I I G
N W
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Guess the Disney song from the initials number 9
Guess the song from the initials of the lyrics.
I N T H E
T C A U P
B M T G A G O P
I A T M V A B
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Guess the Disney song from the initials number 8
Guess the song from the initials of the lyrics.
Y T I A I S
A Y B S M P
I G I M B S
B S I C S
I T S O I M
H C T B S M T Y D K
Y D K
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Guess the Disney song from the initials number 7
OK this on should be easy.
I G B A M K S E B
W I N S A K O B W Q S L H
I G B A M E L N K W B
I B U O L D I W O M R
T F A R U T
O I J C W T B K
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Guess the disney song from the initials number 6
You know what to do.
T S G W O T M T
N A F T B S
A K O I
A I L L I T Q
T W I H L T S S I
C K I I H K I T
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Guess the Disney song from the initials number 5
Try and guess the disney song from the initials of the first verse's letters.
I C S W H W
A T D H A C W
T F I L A H T B L O T D T T
Z S C O T
T M E
A W A T R A
D I T A
C Y F T L T
T P T E B
T W F O I ...
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Guess the Disney song from the initials number 4
Try and guess the disney song from the initials of the lyrics.
T A O A T
T A I C B
B E F
T S B
U
J A L C
S T S T L
B A L S
N O P
B A T B
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Guess the disney song from the initials number 3
I will give you the initials of the words in the first verse of a disney song and you have to guess which song.
H A Y D T
I A M C
I I L
Y D Y D W G F A R D Y
W C G O O T P S T W
I I S
S D Y T M
W
D ...
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Guess the Disney song from the initials number 2
I will give you the initials of the lyrics to the first verse of a disney song and you need to try and guess which song it is.
L A T S I I N
W Y T M C C
W Y T I T G T G W H E
L A T T T U
H M W C O C H
...
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Guess the disney song from the initials number 1
I will give you the initials of the lyrics to a disney song and you need to try and guess which song it is.
W Y W U A S
M N D W Y A
A Y H D
W C T Y
I Y H I I Y D
N R I T E
W Y W U A S
A D D
F I K
S ...
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Who is Pete's favourite composer?
Pete had a conversation with his shy friend Dave from his old concert band "Plain Inspiration"
Pete: Do you like classics?
Dave: Absolutely!
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Pete: Is there any chance you would ...
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D, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2005
Red Prysock. 1955, 2002.
The Beach Boys, Heart. 1967, 1970, 1972.
Walter Egan. 1970, 1978, 2008.
Dead Milkmen. 1967, 2010.
For all you dads out there, here's a puzzle for you!
What is the ...
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Heaven Can't Wait for The Angel And The Gambler
Soon you will be in another life, the twilight zone,
for I am a total eclipse and shall shatter your still life.
While you perceive the aftermath when two worlds collide,
I will still reap the ...
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According to String Theory
In addition to being quite similar to my previous puzzle in construct, this puzzle has the dubious honor of being another hint for this hintless question.
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Worst Band Name Ever
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1.
My friends and I started a band! The problem is, we've had a lot of trouble coming up with the name.
We each suggested a few names, ...
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Some band/musician rebuses
Here's a bunch of rebuses for you. Each represents a band or a musician.
Hope you'll enjoy :)
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Retroprophetic mondegreens
In the misheard lyrics below, after finding out about the relative chronology, I found myself briefly wondering how the song authors knew what they were singing about years ahead of time. Then, I ...
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Mondegreen Jobs
Everyone loves a good mondegreen (or misheard song lyric), but sometimes they make me think that the artist should chuck in singing and take up a different job.
The challenge - From this list of ...
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A piece of weird music!
As a new recruit of your favourite intelligence service, you are out enjoying a rare bit of time off at the theatres. You are laughing with the rest of the crowd when you feel a tap on your shoulder ...
