If you love music and puzzles, this is the perfect place for you. We've collected some of the best music riddles out there. See if you can solve them all.
Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.
See answerWhat word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?
See answerWhat is a Mummy's favorite type of music?
See answerWhat comes in many varieties and can't be seen or touched, but it often makes you move?
See answerWhat instrument does a skeleton play?
See answerI count time, but have no end. Tick tick, but I am not a clock. What am I?
See answerWho works when he plays and plays when he works?
See answerJohn Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.
See answerSpies and detectives do this to phones and musical shoes make this sound.
See answerWhat must take a bow before it can speak?
See answerMy 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.
See answerMy first is an insect; my second is a border; my whole puts the face in a tuneful disorder.
See answerWhat instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?
See answerIt is not your enemy, yet we still beat it. What is it?
See answerWhat has a bell but isn't a church. Is full of air but is not a balloon?
See answerA beautiful succession of sounds.
See answerIt's equally comfortable in an orchestra and a geometry textbook. What is it?
See answerWhat has 88 keys but can't open a single door?
See answerI look like a tiny trombone. What am I?
See answerI 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?
See answerWhy did they let the turkey join the thanksgiving band?
See answerAlthough my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes!
See answerI 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?
See answerI have eighty-eight keys but cannot open a single door? What am I?
See answerA move made popular by the King of Pop. What am I?
See answerI am a box who holds keys but not locks. With the right combination I may unlock your soul. What am I?
See answerWhat dance was very popular in 1776?
See answerI have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud, sometimes soft. What am I?
See answerWhat do you get if you put a radio in the fridge?
See answerIt 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.
See answerI am an insect, half of my name is another insect. I am similar to the name of a famous band. What am I?
See answerWhat can be played with no rules and no winners or losers?
See answerTickle with your fingers and a song it will sing. Be careful, though, you may break a string. What is it?
See answerAt the sound of me, you may stomp your feet, but you may also dream or weep. What am I?
See answerMy 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?
See answerA dark-colored creature serenaded by Lennon and McCartney.
See answerMen in skirts blow into these.
See answerIf someone offers you one of these, they had a successful fishing trip or their band just broke up.
See answerThe profession of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
See answerWhen the horse strokes the cat, the wood begins to sing.
See answerWhich march would you play at a 4th of July jungle parade?
See answerWhat kind of music does the Easter Bunny like?
See answerIt 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?
See answerAn office supply that's shaped like a trombone.
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