Music Riddles

Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.

What word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?

What is a Mummy's favorite type of music?

What comes in many varieties and can't be seen or touched, but it often makes you move?

What instrument does a skeleton play?

I count time, but have no end. Tick tick, but I am not a clock. What am I?

Who works when he plays and plays when he works?

John Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.

Spies and detectives do this to phones and musical shoes make this sound.

What must take a bow before it can speak?

My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play.
Yet wherever I go, I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say.
What am I?

Something you carry while singing.

My first is an insect; my second is a border; my whole puts the face in a tuneful disorder.

What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?

It is not your enemy, yet we still beat it. What is it?

What has a bell but isn't a church. Is full of air but is not a balloon?

A beautiful succession of sounds.

It's equally comfortable in an orchestra and a geometry textbook. What is it?

What has 88 keys but can't open a single door?

I look like a tiny trombone. What am I?

I am black and white. I have strings I have keys. I make sound without my lips. I make dough with no flour. What am I?

Why did they let the turkey join the thanksgiving band?

Although my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes!

I am fun and sad. I am fast and slow. I get louder and I get softer. And I am created by great geniuses. What am I?

I have eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door? What am I?

A move made popular by the King of Pop. What am I?

I am a box who holds keys but not locks. With the right combination I may unlock your soul. What am I?

What dance was very popular in 1776?

I have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud, sometimes soft. What am I?

What do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?

It stands upright and can be quite grand.
Its secret is not hidden but right at hand.
What is it?

A DJ does this to records. I do it to mosquito bites.

I am an insect, half of my name is another insect. I am similar to the name of a famous band. What am I?

What can be played with no rules and no winners or losers?

Tickle with your fingers and a song it will sing. Be careful, though, you may break a string. What is it?

At the sound of me, you may stomp your feet, but you may also dream or weep. What am I?

My sides are firmly laced about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin.

What do angels sing in the shower?

A dark-colored creature serenaded by Lennon and McCartney.

Men in skirts blow into these.

If someone offers you one of these, they had a successful fishing trip or their band just broke up.

The profession of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

When the horse strokes the cat, the wood begins to sing.

Which march would you play at a 4th of July jungle parade?

What kind of music does the Easter Bunny like?

It is a symphony of noise,
It can produce both grief and joys,
It is inspiring and grand,
Made by a person or a band.
What is it?

If a lion had a Christmas music album, what would it be called?

An office supply that's shaped like a trombone.