I hated this one- I love math (sometimes), but I do not have the musical notes memorized. And the dots were like. invisible! I definitely cheated just a little bit.

yep. Don’t attempt this one in dim light

So, when you THINK you’ve got it but it’s not entirely making sense… put some glasses on and make sure you are reading all the notes right. The dots are very hard to see in my copy.

Then you’ll make some sweet sweet music.

This was a fun one! Knowing nothing about music notes, I learned a lot with regards to reading music!

I was in the exact same boat. Had to use 2 hints cause I kept getting gibberish and thought I was doing something wrong

As a musician, I kept thinking way too hard about the coding method. It ended up being a huge barrier! This was the toughest one yet for me.

The hints and solution sort of get at why it was done this way -- the math operations you do are analogous to the corresponding musical features. For example, a "chord" is when two or more notes are played at the same time, kind of like getting "added" together. And the number of "beats" a note or chord gets determines how long it's played for, which is kind of like "multiplying" the note's duration. And rests are pauses in music, kind of like spaces between words.

Really disliked this one. After reading up on musical cipher, the solution was not arrived at in any way similar to that. How were we supposed to arrive at the steps to get the solution?

I don’t understand why a half note would get 3 beats. Any help?

Now I see the dots. Need stronger glasses!

The musically inept part of me can't help but be upset with this puzzle, though I think this one is very clever.

Ha! I loved this one! My inner music nerd just went out on a date with my inner math nerd.

The key is C major not A minor... I disagree that A=1. C should =1. It is a large assumption to make the 1st note equal to 1***

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This is my favorite one yet!

OMG I LITERALLY didn't see those with my new glasses! Thank you very much!!!

I think those notes are actually dotted half notes, which would make them 3 beats. it’s small but there’s a tiny dot next to them

I'm not getting where the 3 count comes in for two of the letters. The letters U and O are half notes, which should be held for 2 beats in 4/4 time, but the solutions is calling for them to be 3 beats. The "O" cipher has a rest before it, so I guess I could count that as the 3rd beat in that case, BUT the "U" cipher does NOT have a rest immediately before it, and the M cipher has a rest before it but is not impacted. This isn't making sense to me--I get all of the other letters, just not why these two letters are 3 beats. Also, there are no bars on this staff separating the measures, which I don't get. Can anyone explain?

are you aware that there are 42 theorems? Or are you still working on that one? You seem to be very intelligent so I'm sure you could do it.

I actually came up with the answer before solving the puzzle. I correctly deduced a few of the letters, but still hadn't figured out the encryption method. Using what I had, I thought of a phrase which suited the theme. It turned out to be correct. Then, when I looked at the puzzle again, the method instantly became apparent.