Questions tagged [music]
A puzzle centered around tunes, melodies, operas, famous song texts, composers, orchestras, and/or musical instruments.
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The Security to the Party [12] (now with party soundtrack!)
This party is so popular!
So just like before, you want the spaghetti recipe yada yada yada... basically, you want to get in to the party.
The first guest arrives, the security guard says "6". The ...
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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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"The Unfinished ________ Waltz"
This puzzle can be solved as puzzle on its own, but its solution is also part of Deusovi's Community Metapuzzle.
Above is the sheet music for the universally acclaimed "The Unfinished ________ ...
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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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The Musing Of the Eggs
The other day, I was working on decorating eggs for the upcoming holiday, and I was humming appropriate music to myself, while I worked. When I was finished, I was very amused to find that I had ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 7): Don't forget the lyrics!
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In the ...
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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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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 14): Let's decorate the tree!
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If you ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 3): Okay everybody, from the top!
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My brother ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 9): 🎄Christmas songs in emoji🎅
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Below are 40 ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2022 (Day 21): Color of the Bells
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A Motley ...
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PSE Advent Calendar 2023 (Day 17): FA-LA-LA-LA-LA LA-LA-LA-LA
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Mr. Slant, ...
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Songs & Artists from Haikus
The goal is to determine the song title and artist from these haikus. All the artists will have received mainstream success in some form.
Haiku #1
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The Music Grunniens
Clues:
[Contextual image: music notes, two +1 markings]
Instructions:
Name that actor
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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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My Uncle's Music Box
Unfortunately, my favorite uncle just passed away. He's the one that taught me all about puzzling, and supposedly found Davey Jones' treasure in his youth. I miss him very much, however, I just ...
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Musical message from a long-lost uncle
Can you help my friend figure out how the message below from her long-lost uncle indicates anything?
(I should mention here: The actual message was lost, and the text below is the best that could be ...
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Nice song, pity about the words
There's a song I really like but I can't remember the title and I certainly can't remember the words. Perhaps you can help me.
I've summarised the lyrics as best I can, but in a rather literal way.
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Preparing for the end of term performance
It's the first full week of term at Farthingbottom School and Portia, Felix, Primula and Randolph have arrived in the music room for their lesson. Professor N. Igma is nowhere to be seen, but he has ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #14 (Entertainment 3/4): Integration by Parts
This is part 14 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
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FLON ERE INCEL ANY DOT HUE MANC HINGE
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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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Help me with our discovery!
Recently, the grandfather of one of my friends died, and I helped him clean up the storage room he used. We found a lot of cool stuff there (well, he was alive during the occupation time in the second ...
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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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When I met her in June
You know, I had a girlfriend once.
I met her in June, following the sound of my heartbeat.
We became deeper in love, as the seasons changed, from summer to fall.
I knew that we'd be ...
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