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STRU musical MENTS
Can you decipher the musical instruments represented below?
1. P O
2. BA BA
3. ECLART
4. @ # $ %
1. P O
2. BA BA
3. ECLART
4. @ # $ %
Answer
1. Piano (P and O)2. Tuba (Two BA)
3. Clarinet (CLAR in ET)
4. Cymbals (Symbols)
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Very good. I really enjoyed this one
Yes, very good. For BA BA I was thinking Bass (Ba's).
Really cute...that symbol/cymbal one through me off.
I really enjoyed this one!
May 09, 2003
this is a good one..... i got some of them but over all i really didn't get the right idea on how to figure them out until AFTER i read the answers!!
-Reza #44
-Reza #44
May 09, 2003
That was fun--- easy one though Thanks )
I thought BA BA was double bass (double Bas). Good one! Loved it!
This one is awesome =)
May 10, 2003
Arrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhh! Symbols/Cymbals! Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhh! I got all of them but that one! Thought you got mad when you were trying to figure out what other one to add! LOL
I am DaRealestDon.
Quite clever! Very fun!
good one. Fun!!!!!!
I really enjoyed this one! Excelent thinking!
very inventive
I love this one! Even the titles a rebus!
The cymbals really had me stumped. However I think you have too many "E"'s in your clarinet question. I think it should have been ECLART, by my logic your answer based on your question would be clareinet.
ur absolutel right canary... i dont know how that extra E crept in |(its not in the answer)... thanx 4 pointing it out! :-D
Quite clever. Reminds me... I need to practice my piano!! (But I won't! not when there's this site!!!)
Very Very Very Good
This one was fun. Rebus' are fun to do, would like more of them.
Jasper293
Jasper293
Excellent puzzle j_m. I got all of 'em!
I thought dis was quite easy however i also thougth dat it was double bass
Actually, a bass and double bass are the same instrument. Everyone just says bass to shorten it.
I enjoyed this teaser! Great one!
I enjoyed this teaser! Great one!
Easy and nice work!!
I liked it!!!
I liked it!!!
Thanks guys!!!!!!
lol, that was kinna smart!!!
EXCELLENT²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²² TEASER!!!!!
I luffed it but it was easy--I got all of them right....clever though.
I love these!!!! Give me more please.
This is great! I got them all, though the first one took a while. I think it's funny that the last one oughta be the hardest, but I got it in a flash. I really enjoyed this one, keep 'em coming!
great teaser and very clever!! Keep them coming just_moi!!!!!!!!
Kind of easy but I like the last one
Great Teaser! Got them all but the last one.
Well, I got one.
Jan 28, 2005
THAT IS GREAT! Wow....I loved it!
Ill have to show it to my band director!
Ill have to show it to my band director!
That is a great 1. I loved it. We need more like that.
wow..that was REALLY clever..great job! it was easy enough so that i was able to get all of them fairly quickly..but still very enjoyable
This is a great puzzle. I actually figured it out!
nice one! i like the title too
Saw the title and thought ho hum, but it was VERY enjoyable. Gave it medium dif, and ALL smilies!!!
Funsensible -- good daily choice -- heres a ovastandtion
This one was add to my fav's list. I totally like this one. Keep um coming.
great one! Title fantastic.
I got Clarinet but then got stumped I love these though. Keep them coming and I'll try harder next time.
I got Clarinet but then got stumped I love these though. Keep them coming and I'll try harder next time.
Loved this one. Helps get the brain in gear. The 'BA BA' stumped me and I just finished with my trumpet, ??. Send more!! plz
Yes Yes Yes!!!!
This is one that r o c k s ...
I am a musician so
I heart U 4 this 1!
keep up the GREAT work!
This is one that r o c k s ...
I am a musician so
I heart U 4 this 1!
keep up the GREAT work!
super cute!
Awesome puzzle! I couldn't really figure out why clarinet but it was pretty obvious that was the answer.
I really enjoyed this one. I would love to see more like this. Great Job!!!
i got the cymbols and the clarinet but not the others ....very good teaser
very fun. good one. i want more............
love love love
love love love
Hey! This was a rather enjoyable little brain teaser. I answered all of them correctly in less than 5 minutes but I felt challenged and inspired. What do you think this one is my dear friend
(Cnl) (Cnl) (Cnl)
and this one
"tishoes"
(Cnl) (Cnl) (Cnl)
and this one
"tishoes"
Good one! I got all but the 4th, and via a different route. But it worked.
Good one! I got all but the 4th, and via a different route. But it worked.
good one.
that was ok
That was good!!!!!
that was a really good one! i really didn't get it till after i read the answer!
I know it was probably the easiest one, but I didn't get the Piano.
good teaser, though!
Very good...I finaly got one! Go me!
too funny, the only one I didn't get was tuba...and I played it for two years in band...silly me
I liked that one!
fun and easy
but I also thought that BA BA was double bass,
but I also thought that BA BA was double bass,
yes! i got #3 right.
Another 2 you could of had are:
SPGLOCKIEL (Glockinspiel)
AND
XY
PHONE (Xylophone)
Good teaser.
SPGLOCKIEL (Glockinspiel)
AND
XY
PHONE (Xylophone)
Good teaser.
Let's just say we're glad that you didn't choose Glock -in- spiel and xy- lo- phone
Great teaser!
I thought that it was double bass also and i didnt get cymbals either. Whoever said that the double bass and the bass are the same instument is not correct. The bass can refer to bass guitar, bass drum, bass saxaphone, double bass, etc. But the double bass can only be a larger cello. Just wanted to let you know.
Once again, great teaser!
I thought that it was double bass also and i didnt get cymbals either. Whoever said that the double bass and the bass are the same instument is not correct. The bass can refer to bass guitar, bass drum, bass saxaphone, double bass, etc. But the double bass can only be a larger cello. Just wanted to let you know.
Once again, great teaser!
great teaser! i noticed the title after i'd already figured out the answer...nice touch!
i'm a pianist, so this one is definitely on my "fave" list!
i'm a pianist, so this one is definitely on my "fave" list!
u must be a band kid or definitely know a few.
These are exactly the kind I love!
i only got piano very fun
Cool one!! easy but fun
that was pretty challenging, i like it!
this is a pretty good teaser, actually. i added it to my favorites. good job!
that was really fun and cool.
HOW COOL!!!!!!
Made my fav list. Good job
Made my fav list. Good job
Man, now that's what i call a great teaser! Great title as well! This one made my fav also !
Good Teaser!!!
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII like it!!
omfg that was insane mang it was my 1st one n i like it
As a musician (a ECLARTist), I had to vote a full smiley on this one.
This was great, I loved it
Good one! I only got clarinet But this was fun!
Nice teaser. I got them all except for the last. You've got quit a skill.
Awesome! Very nice! Loved it.
now i get it, that is the coolest i ever heard, i'm addin it to my favorites!
YES! I L-O-V-E these types of teasers! this is so cool! I like the title too: musical IN stru ments
Great job, I didn't get "Ba Ba", because I was thinking of the sound goats make
Nice teaser
Nice teaser
Good one, got them all but the last and I shoulda known!!
Thanks, that was a goodie
Thanks, that was a goodie
i didn't get any of these !
it doesn't matter because when i saw te answer i loved it !!!!!!!!
definitely a favorite !
it doesn't matter because when i saw te answer i loved it !!!!!!!!
definitely a favorite !
i am in band so i got them all ex. last 1 b/c i thought they stood 4 something
P.S. I ♥ the way u made the title a rebus
Love it!!!
going in my favs
I'm not a musical type, but this one was a lot of fun. Thanks.
TOO EASY!
WHERE'S THE CHALLENGE THEY WERE ALL SO OBVIOUS.
WHERE'S THE CHALLENGE THEY WERE ALL SO OBVIOUS.
A cute teaser. I dont know much about musical instruments and so could get only one! Thanks for the educative teaser.
EXCELLENT! I loved it.
Very good teaser.
Great teaser, and I love the teaser title as well!
I concur with the majority of comments. I really liked the teaser and the Title was really great too. I managed to get all the instruments quickly
Thanks for a great teaser. Judging by the number of comments others liked ot too.
Thanks for a great teaser. Judging by the number of comments others liked ot too.
Great teaser. Got me with those symbols!
Thanks--- loved it and am saving this one.
Didja hear me laughing?!?!?!?!?!!!
very clever!!!!
I enjoy these teasers!
I got them all!!
But it was still really cute
But it was still really cute
I loved it!! That was awesome, 'cause I usually don't get rebuses...But it still wasn't really really easy. Keep it up!!
Clever title, clever puzzle! thank you!
Those were great - hadn't seem them before!
And once, at band camp, I shoved a ECLART in my @ # $ %
Cute and clever and fun.
sooo much fun!!! loved it!!!! going in5to my favs.
XCELENT teaser!! do not stop, do not pass go, do not collect $200
go straight into my favorites
go straight into my favorites
good teaser.... I got the first 3 instruments easily but because the 4th clue was totally different from the other 3 it got me
AWESOME! these r my favrite types of brain teasers! i thought u were swearing on that last one! lol
very good. i loved it!
Good I enjoyed . I missed two though, More of these.
Well I must still be sleepy this A. M. as I didn't do too well on this one, but it was an excellent teaser. I have to learn to read the titles as I felt like I needed a hint on what the subject was. Duuhh! Had I looked at the title I'm sure I could have done better. Really a good job.
I got them all. I guess that music appreciation class I took to become a nurse paid off after all. Yeah ME
Really good. Great thinking and TOTALLY different!!!!!!!!!!
A classic, I'm sure.
Jun 09, 2006
wow... I just must say wow... lol that one was great I got them all (because I'm in band) but it took a while before I got the last one... This is a really good riddle! I hope to see many more like this from you It was great!!
coooooooool
wicked cool. not too tough!
Nice. Thought BA BA was Bass, like a lot of other people. Can't believe I didn't get piano...
I like this one i also like band
I'm usually TERRIBLE at rebuses (rebi?).... but I GOT this one!! Well.... except for cymbals... That one made me laugh!! Good job!
Very nice! I am one of the many that was a double bass guessers. Great rebus, and first one I've seen of instruments:-D
I loved this, especially the cymbols part but only because I play percussion in marching band and I was looking to see if one of them was mine
GREAT JOB!!!
GREAT JOB!!!
Pretty good!
Ugh! I'm probably the only one who didn't get piano. I kept thinking "hmm, p pre o? Peprio? Is that an instrument?" Oh well though, nice teaser! It was a fun one!
I love it! good one, ty!
I QUESTION THE JUDGMENT OF THE WHOMEVER ALLOWED THIS TO SEEN MORE THAN ONE TIME, FUN THOUGH IT MAY BE FOR OBVIOUSLY MANY, IT CERTAINLY CANNOT BE CONSIDERED ANY TYPE OF A CHALLENGE THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME AROUND.
INCREDIBLY EASY!
INCREDIBLY EASY!
I didn't think it was TOO EASY. I actually enjoyed figuring them out. I couldn't get the last one for anything. Great job!!!
Keep 'em coming.
Keep 'em coming.
GOT THREE .. WE LIKEY......
L8TR G8TRS
L8TR G8TRS
i guess if you had a museical background it would be a good teaser but in acktuality how many of us are?so for the aveage joe this teaser is a thums down...
For those of us who have't see it before, it was fun. I got the last two.
Sorry I lost a couple "N"s.
Fun teaser, and nice title, too, by the way!
I figured it out perfectly this time, and wondered why it was so hard last time.
I had to use my brain to figure these out.
very clever teaser. i got all but cymbals.
love these kind of teasers.
love these kind of teasers.
Found it just as hard this time around. I got a couple , but cymbals eluded me.
The Piano was a bit of a strech (You don't say pee-and-oh, you say pya-no), but the rest were good. Got all but the Piano.
Good one. They were easy enough that I didn't give up when stumped, but made me think a little harder.
Thanks.
Thanks.
should have had a 2nd cuppa before trying this. When I read the answer I thought it was way clever!!
Could Ba Ba be Babaloo?
Showin' my age again
Could Ba Ba be Babaloo?
Showin' my age again
I got them all but cymbals--and I'm a percussionist! Lots of fun--I will use these with my music classes as we are studying the instrument families right now.
I thought it was very clever, and I liked it. If any of you who missed it are musicians (or musician wannabes) shame! LOL
Thats great keep up the good work.
Excellent - lots of fun. Of course, this was my first time seeing this puzzle.
That was a good one. I couldn't get four. My only guess (and this was farfetched, based only on the fact that the symbols were the numbers 2,3,4,5 when pressed using the shift key) was that it was "keyboard".
Very cute. I enjoyed it alot!
Wow that was brilliant!!!!! you are one smartical person!!
bravo, bravo. encore. encore.
Nice and easy and most of all FUN
very fun!
And then there are those of us who don't remember we saw this a year or two ago And loved it all over For being so entertaining I'll probably love it all over again next year
Fun one! It was the first time to see it for me and I got 2/4 right. Sounds like the right mix of difficulty.
Thats great.
Great teaser! Couldn't get "symbols," so I just looked at the symbols, saw "2,3,4,5," figured counting, and wrote metronome. Not an instrument, but the best I could do. Thanks!
Great teaser!
I thought , for sure, that #4 was per-CUSS-ion!
I thought , for sure, that #4 was per-CUSS-ion!
I don't really like that one
Shouldn't it be tubas?
(one ba, two ba(s)?)
great teaser!
(one ba, two ba(s)?)
great teaser!
loved this one
Still cute the third time around, but would have preferred a fresh one today.
only got piano..but it's Friday and almost time to go home better luck next time.
I loved it!! the title was very clever too. I couldnt get number four though. My mind was going in the complete wrong direction.
Very good teaser!
Kudos!
Kudos!
great teaser, got them all but clarinet!
Good one, got all but the last one.
How cute!! And I like it when a rebus is fun and not too tough, because the tough ones kinda bug me.
Anyways, for the last one, I was wondering to myself out loud.. maybe those symbols mean something... OH! CYMBALS!
and in defense of PIANO ... I got it by saying P an' O.
Anyways, for the last one, I was wondering to myself out loud.. maybe those symbols mean something... OH! CYMBALS!
and in defense of PIANO ... I got it by saying P an' O.
Clever, funny, cool, exellent, wonderful, hard, fun teaser
I thought No 2 could also be double bass
i am banging my head as i type!!!!!! no duh!
AGH I GOT THE LAST ONE WRONG!
very clever!!
omg rebus are sooo hard
that wuz real good, but hard. i really liked it!!!
Awesome teaser! Really easy. I got all of them.
A cute quiz but not really a rebus. Merriam- Webster defines rebus as a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound; also : a riddle made up of such pictures or symbols. This being the case, with the exception of @#$% = cymbals this is not truly a rebus. Unless of course, one argues that letters of the alphabet are really only symbols
But Braingle's definition is "Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases." So, no, it works. √
Great teaser! Got them all except for #4. Oops.
I got them all, even the title.
if you like Rebus puzzles, check out the daily picture puzzles (rebus puzzles) @ www.KlooDoo.com
what about:
o o
oo oo
ooo ooo
oooo oooo
oooooooooo
oooooooooo
oooo oooo
ooo ooo
oo oo
o o
oboe.
("O" bow)
o o
oo oo
ooo ooo
oooo oooo
oooooooooo
oooooooooo
oooo oooo
ooo ooo
oo oo
o o
oboe.
("O" bow)
aghhh!!! stupid spaces
cool this is one of the best brain teasers on the site. the symbols got me stuck though
I loved it Very well done
Nice one. I got two and missed two.
I got only #1 and #3 - Since it's way past my bedtime and I didn't want to wait until tomorrow to try to figure out the answers, I went ahead and looked. Very clever! Now I will go to sleep dreaming about music! Nice Teaser!!
I obviously should be more awake when taking a quiz like this one - didn't get any of them! Probably didn't try long enough! Thanks for a good one!
Missed one of them. This one is older than me, well almost.
I, like a couple of other posters to this site, submit that a reasonable answer for # 2 would be "double bass" (double ba's).
Except that:
(a) when you use "double" to indicate that something is repeated, you don't also pluralise it. E.g. double-six, not double sixes when rolling dice.
(b) BA is pronounced BAH, not BAY.
(a) when you use "double" to indicate that something is repeated, you don't also pluralise it. E.g. double-six, not double sixes when rolling dice.
(b) BA is pronounced BAH, not BAY.
Which, incidentally, suggests that the answer to #2 should, in fact, be tubas, since you should use a plural with 'two'.
easy, but fun...and well done
Cute teaser! I got two of them this time. Thanks for posting!
Great teaser!! I got the first three pretty fast, #4 made
@ Gayle Wolf HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Agree: Easy and fun!
Nice one! Got two missed two
really great but I was starting at the symbols, and I was thinking in my head, "Symbols?? What instrument could that possibly relate to?" and then I gave up and felt stupid when I saw the answers.
nathanwwdd you aren't stupid It's totally okay to get a couple wrong because that makes you smarter! I got tuba and piano, but I was lost on cymbals and clarinet. I kept thinking ECLAIR.
Nice, easy fun teaser, thanks!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got all of them very quickly.
I got three. Because one was just a bunch of symbols. LOL!!
excellent teaser!
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