One Word Wonder

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One Word Wonders are puzzles where the answer to the puzzle is exactly one word. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle see an example

One Word Wonder

SydneyHeart

wants to try to stump you with this puzzle that was published on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:00 PM

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CWarrior

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:11 PM |

How do you get that many beats in the piano measure? (Just a sample question ... you could ask a few more like this.)

scoutmom

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:10 PM |

Nice puzzle!

dduensing

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:13 PM |

Ugh!. Too bad there wasn't any time for me to write my signature. It certainly doesn't work if you rate it 6/8.

dajagr

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:16 PM |

[3] Nor does it work if you try to cut the time it takes.

jgf

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:33 PM |

I think, depending the notation convention used, it needs to be in 4/4 time to be read properly.

bcgrote

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:18 PM |

I can always count on Tanga to give me a neat puzzle! Nice!

martinp13

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:26 PM |

[1] I think that's a big clue!

Philana

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:27 PM |

Different, and well done.

j15bell

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:35 PM |

double ugh! never retained this stuff. always have to go looking.
I can't carry a tune in a bucket!

osmium

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 07:47 PM |

DO a deer a female deer....

jammer1001

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 08:11 PM |

Interesting to be reminded of that system of nomenclature...

Cardzmaster2004

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 08:43 PM |

Yeah, I'd prefer a time signature on this, but it was intuitive enough for me (yayes Common Time!).

jjcool

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 09:16 PM |

[5] agreed, or common time.

Anyone else read the solution and not have any idea what it was talking about. There are some terms that are unfamiliar to me and my 25 years of reading music. Perhaps they are a regional thing, as judging by the puzzlemakers avatar he/she is down under.

dagibbs

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:10 PM |

Wow, still only 86 solves? I didn't expect to get any bonus points his late in the evening especially on one that I found fairly easy.

dagibbs

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:13 PM |

And, I don't think you do actually need a time signature. I think the nomenclature is indepedent of the time signature.

(And, in fact, this music isn't in any time signature.)

pandapal

Posted on Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:27 PM |

sure glad I know a little bit about music (very little, but enough for this puzzle!)

septober

Posted on Wed Nov 12, 2008 04:37 AM |

I guessed her name through trial and error, though there are enough clues to spell it out. She has a sister named Harmony.

John

Posted on Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:11 PM |

[17] Thanks for that. Now I don't have to do any bothersome puzzle solving...

aurnivi

Posted on Wed Nov 12, 2008 01:03 PM |

Enjoyed the puzzle...creative.

dagibbs

Posted on Wed Nov 12, 2008 02:35 PM |

Talked to my piano instructor... time is relevant, partially. It has to be x/4 time, but the x doesn't matter -- 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, etc -- they all would work.