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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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 ...
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Seven strange souvenirs
Whilst sorting through the junk under my bed,I found these seven strange souvenirs,all of which give a clue to the lyrics of a popular song-just work out which song is referred to in each clue. ...
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Paraphrased lyrics 2
A sequel to Paraphrased song lyrics.
Each entry in the list below represents a paraphrase of lyrics from (hopefully) well-known songs. Identify the original lyrics, along with the song they occurred ...
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Who is the Greatest Classic Rock Band of All Time?
This is not a "normal" crossword, but the clues are pretty normal, i.e. they're not cryptic-clues. The words you put into the boxes, though, aren't the answers to the clues, they're just related.
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A Musical Mystery: Part 1
I need your help.
I'm a physics grad student, but I've always really loved music. So for the past few months, I've been interning with this Italian piano maker - I don't want to say his name here. He'...
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Paraphrased song lyrics
Each entry in the list below represents a paraphrase of (hopefully) well-known song lyrics. Identify the original lyrics, along with the song they occurred in and original performers.
The person in ...
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Musical Rebus Challenge!
These rebuses are rebuses of songs. Most of them require lateral-thinking, however, some are clear cut logic. Give the name of the song, and the band/artist, plus the album (or single) and release ...
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A, seemingly binary, bizzare array
Your friend in band class has been writing on a piece of paper, then hands it to you. On the paper reads:
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Hidden message in musical notes
Can you find it? The message might be a self-fulfilling prophecy
Here's a hint:
Original hint:
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Name That Song!
A homeless man and a rich billionaire are discussing music.
The rich person exclaims suddenly "OK, if you can name a song that includes my daughter's name, I will give you one million dollars. Her ...
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Alternative lyrics
I've been listening to some Alternative music but the lyrics on my album booklet seem to have some printing errors. Can you help figure out this verse?
+2203 166 127 +2282 29.9, -90
(79 75) +...
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Find an iconic movie title with these 8 numbers…!
Here is a code with symbols as hints (Note: The footnote on the second page has nothing to do with the puzzle, it's just there for copyright purposes):
I am psyched to find out if or how somebody ...
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Flying fortresses departed from me
Flying fortresses departed to "roam" the Stratosphere from me, but I'm too small to host even a 727.
No one owns my tree, not even me.
I've induced far reaching hysteria and caused the most famous ...
