Name That Tune
Song-guessing competition
Name That Tune is a game show format where contestants compete to identify songs from brief musical excerpts.
The title has become shorthand for any informal guessing game about music: We played Name That Tune on the road trip.
The phrase also describes the general skill of recognizing songs quickly: She can name that tune in three notes.
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- guessEstimate without certainty
- songMusical piece with words
- humLow steady sound
- buzzerElectric signaling device
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Name That TunePictionary
Word-guessing drawing game
charades · visual puzzles · reading comprehension · photo identification · spot the difference
Name That Tunecomposing
Creating musical works
karaoke · musical performance · lip sync battle · American Idol · jam session
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