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by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 5:31 pm

Hi puzzlers, this is my first puzzle here in ages.
Please be warned that the solution is really silly…

Herbert the band leader was not happy with the new member, Chris.
„Why were you playing completely out of tune? You have been recommended as a skilled Tuba player.“
„I thought it was sounding strange. But I was just following Mike‘s scoresheet - look!“
„Why has Mike written false instructions into the score? That‘s a real silly prank!“
Paul stepped in, laughing uncontrollably: „That wasn‘t Mike, it was me. Mike had asked for it. But these are definitely not false instructions. I could have been more precise, but you wouldn‘t have liked that.“
He wouldn‘t. Really not so.

What was going on?

by **GalFisk** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:16 pm

All named characters: HAM? When miske asked for it, did he literally request it? Or was he "asking for it" in a metaphorical sense, as in only getting what he deserved? Are the instructions dissonant? Could they have been made to sound good? If so, would that be the "more precise" thing? Did Herbert understand why he wouldn't have liked it? If so, at once? Later? Did the out-of-tune playing cause a desirable result? Avoid something undesirable?

by **Sundowner64** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:25 pm

Is the wording Mike used when he asked Paul relevant? Did Paul misunderstand Mike? deliberately?
Was Paul pranking Mike?
Relevant that Chris played the tuba? would it also work when he played another instrument? when he sung?
Relevant what style of music they were playing? was it a famous piece?
Any jokes or stereotypes about tubists relevant?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:15 pm

GalFisk

All named characters: HAM? yes, not that relevant When miske asked for it, did he literally request it? YesOr was he "asking for it" in a metaphorical sense, as in only getting what he deserved? No Are the instructions dissonant? They are not meant to be Could they have been made to sound good? Possibly, Hard to answer If so, would that be the "more precise" thing? But no Did Herbert understand why he wouldn't have liked it? Possibly, irrel If so, at once? Later? Irrel Did the out-of-tune playing cause a desirable result? Avoid something undesirable? No

Sundowner
Is the wording Mike used when he asked Paul relevant? Did Paul misunderstand Mike? deliberately?
Was Paul pranking Mike? No to These
Relevant that Chris played the tuba? Somewhat Would it also work when he played another instrument? A few would work When he sung? No
Relevant what style of music they were playing? Yes was it a famous piece?
Doyd, Wikipedia says yes
Any jokes or stereotypes about tubists relevant? No, maybe ish for stereotypes

by **GalFisk** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:29 am

Would it work with a trumpet? Other brass instrument? Other wind instrument? Are the instructions for other band members relevant? Relevant how many they were? Which instruments they played? Would more precise instructions have sounded even worse?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:41 am

GalFisk
Would it work with a trumpet? Very unlikely Other brass instrument? possibly
Other wind instrument? possibly
Are the instructions for other band members relevant? No
Relevant how many they were? Which instruments they played? Only for context
Would more precise instructions have sounded even worse? More precise instructions, as Paul meant, would not have sounded worse

by **GalFisk** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:00 pm

Would more precise instructions have sounded: better? Just as bad? Exactly the same? Would it work with another instrument playing bass notes? Are the instructions in the form of notes? Is the bass clef relevant? Some other clef? Does the purported additional dislike of more precis instructions have to do with the music that was produced? With the instructions themselves? With something else? Relevant where they were playing? For whom? Were they practicing? Are more people relevant than the named ones?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:53 pm

GalFisk
Would more precise instructions have sounded: better? probably this Just as bad? Exactly the same? Would it work with another instrument playing bass notes? Yes, good question Are the instructions in the form of notes? Yope
Is the bass clef relevant? But no other clef? No Does the purported additional dislike of more precis instructions have to do with the music that was produced? No With the instructions themselves? Yes, thisWith something else? Relevant where they were playing? Generally, yesish. In this particular Situation, no For whom? Same Were they practicing? Assume yesAre more people relevant than the named ones? No particular other person is relevant

by **GalFisk** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:05 pm

Yopenotes: tones? such as B, F, C and so on? Other alphabetical writing? Other symbols? Would it work with a bass guitar? Another instrument that can play more than one note at once? WAG: Would the more precise instructions spell out something? A naughty word? Is religion relevant?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:58 am

Yopenotes: tones? such as B, F, C and so on? yes these Other alphabetical writing? Other symbols?
Would it work with a bass guitar? Another instrument that can play more than one note at once? yes
WAG: Would the more precise instructions spell out something? A naughty word? No YES! But not just one…
Is religion relevant? No (this would be an interesting twist, though

We are close now, but there is one more point to be found out…

by **Sundowner64** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:57 am

Was the score sheet written for tuba? did Paul adapt it for tuba?
Would Chris have been able to play the music without Paul's instructions? would it have sounded better?
Did Paul use words for his instructions? in English? French? Italian? Latin? a mix of languages? one word? more than one word? abbreviations? acronyma? symbols?
Did Chris understand Paul's instructions correctly?

by **GalFisk** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:31 am

Is the name "Ass" which some languages use for A-flat relevant?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:04 pm

Sundowner
Was the score sheet written for tuba? Yes did Paul adapt it for tuba? No
Would Chris have been able to play the music without Paul's instructions? Yes would it have sounded better? Yes
Did Paul use words for his instructions? Yope
in English? ThisFrench? Italian? Latin? a mix of languages? one word? more than one word? Thisabbreviations? Thisacronyma? Yopesymbols?
Did Chris understand Paul's instructions correctly? Not at all...

GalFisk
Is the name "Ass" which some languages use for A-flat relevant? Not in the context of A-Flat, but OTRT

by **GalFisk** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:12 pm

Would the precise instructions have the word "ass" in them? some other rude word? Several different rude words? Did the less precise instructions have any: changed letters? Missing letters? Separated letters? Moved letters?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:30 pm

GalFisk
Would the precise instructions have the word "ass" in them? Yes
some other rude word? Yes...Several different rude words? And Yes. Three of them. But the particular words are not really relevant...
Did the less precise instructions have any: changed letters? Missing letters? This
Separated letters? Moved letters?

by **GalFisk** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:43 pm

Were the entirety of the rude words removed? The beginning? End? Some bit in the middle? did the removal of the rude words change the notes played? The tempo? Make some notes silent? Edit: were the rude words removed by software? By Paul? did the composer know that there would be rude words? Intentionally put them there?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:04 pm

GalFisk

Were the entirety of the rude words removed? The beginning? End? This Some bit in the middle? Ans this did the removal of the rude words change the notes played? Yes-ish The tempo? Possibly (Google tends to yes) Make some notes silent? Same
Edit: were the rude words removed by software? No By Paul? Yesish
did the composer know that there would be rude words? No Intentionally put them there? So No

by **Sundowner64** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:59 pm

Was Mike the composer of the piece?
Did the composer write these instructions on the sheet? using words that sound rude in English? is English his native language? did he use standard musical terminology, just the words happen to form an expression that sounds rude in this case?
Did Paul remove part of the words to make it sound less rude?
Were words abbreviated in a non-standard way? Does the rude expression also appear as an acronym or abbreviation? (like ACAB, which also can be a sequence of tones)

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:57 am

Sundowner64
Was Mike the composer of the piece? No, but learning more about Mike would be a good idea.
Did the composer write these instructions on the sheet? using words that sound rude in English? is English his native language? did he use standard musical terminology, just the words happen to form an expression that sounds rude in this case? No/irrel to all. The composer is innocent.

Did Paul remove part of the words to make it sound less rude? Yes
Were words abbreviated in a non-standard way? Does the rude expression also appear as an acronym or abbreviation? (like ACAB, which also can be a sequence of tones) No to these

by **GalFisk** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 6:42 pm

Did Mike adapt the piece for the instruments used? Did Mike deliberately add rude words? Are different languages relevant? Different proficiencies in a specific language? Is there a particular reason rude words would be bad? Such as Chris being underage? Or religious? Or were they just bad in general? Were there bad words in instructions for any other players? Did Mike ask Paul to remove the rude words? Did Mike add them by mistake? Without thinking that they were rude? Without thinking that they spelled out words? Would the result, had the rude words been kept, that Chris would take offense? Not play? Quit the band? Done something else relevant?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:26 pm

Did Mike adapt the piece for the instruments used? No
Did Mike deliberately add rude words? See below
Are different languages relevant? Yes Different proficiencies in a specific language? And yes
Is there a particular reason rude words would be bad? Such as Chris being underage? Or religious? Or were they just bad in general? the only relevance is that they are Dirty words
Were there bad words in instructions for any other players? not relevantly
Did Mike ask Paul to remove the rude words? Did Mike add them by mistake? Without thinking that they were rude? Without thinking that they spelled out words? Mike asked Paul to write the words into the score, and we can assume that Paul censored them on his own initiative. The extent of Mike knowing that the words constitute dirty language is not relevant.
Would the result, had the rude words been kept, that Chris would take offense? Not play? Quit the band? Done something else relevant? all irrel

by **Sundowner64** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:57 am

Were Mike's instructions on the sheet necessary for Chris? Would he have been able to play it without any of these instructions? Would this have sounded better?
Is there a relevant reason why Mike did not write the instructions himself? was he physically unable? was he not present in this place? did he give his instructions to Paul over the phone?
Did Mike ever see the score sheet?
Were the words Mike used for the instructions proper English words? French? Italian? Latin? musical jargon? a mix of languages? acronyms? abbreviations? symbols?
Was there a relevant misunderstanding between Mike and Paul? Did Mike use a different language but Paul thought it's English?

by **GalFisk** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:12 am

A person being bad at a language the others were good at: Herbert? Chris? Mike? Paul?
A person being good at a different language: Herbert? Chris? Mike? Paul?
Or is it more complicated than this? Were the bad words in English?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:00 pm

Sundowner
Were Mike's instructions on the sheet necessary for Chris? Not at all Would he have been able to play it without any of these instructions? Yes Would this have sounded better? Yes
Is there a relevant reason why Mike did not write the instructions himself? Yes was he physically unable? was he not present in this place? did he give his instructions to Paul over the phone? No to all (Mike being present is relevant, but also gets an ish)
Did Mike ever see the score sheet? Yes
Were the words Mike used for the instructions proper English words? French? Italian? Latin? musical jargon? a mix of languages? acronyms? abbreviations? symbols?
Maybe FA, you might want to rephrase the question
Was there a relevant misunderstanding between Mike and Paul? Definitely Not
Did Mike use a different language but Paul thought it's English? No

GalFisk
A person being bad at a language the others were good at: Herbert? Chris? Mike? Paul? Mike (this language is German, answering the obvious next question. Not particularly relevant)
A person being good at a different language: Herbert? Chris? Mike? Paul? Mike and Paul, relevantly. This language is English.
Or is it more complicated than this? Were the bad words in English? The written bad words were in English

by **Biograd1** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 12:24 am

I think we need to pause to clarify what we know so far. So as I get it:

--There was a piece of music written for tuba, but not by any of the relevant people in this puzzle. The band in this puzzle merely wanted to perform this existing piece of music.
--At the point this music was written (by the composer), NEITHER the note names (A, B, C, etc.), NOR any other parts of the musical notation, formed any naughty words.
--Mike prepared a sheet containing the music for this piece, and added something to it/changed something in it. Sans censoring, this alteration would have coincidentally formed a series of naughty English words, and this at least in part involved note names.

Assuming these are all correct, I have some questions here. Did this "adding/changing" amount to putting the parts for different instruments together on the same sheet? providing more detail as to how the music should be played (tempo, etc.)? or, going along with the fact of German being involved, was the original piece in German, and Mike attempted to translate certain parts into English so the rest of the band could understand better? If this last part is true, is that why the changes were unnecessary for Chris--he could have understood the original German just fine?

Ok, now back to the facts.
--So Mike couldn't write the sheet himself. Is this because he lacked some knowledge?
--Instead, Paul wrote it, based on information conveyed by Mike, which would have spelled out naughty words but was otherwise OK. He kept the alteration introduced by Mike in some form, but modified it further to remove the "naughty" words, which also ended up changing the meaning, musically speaking.
--Chris saw only the final version written by Paul, thus playing the piece wrong.

If this is true, did Paul misunderstand Mike and think that the "naughty words" were deliberately added to be naughty, as opposed to being Mike's serious best attempt at conveying the music as he understood it?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:47 am

Biograd
I think we need to pause to clarify what we know so far. So as I get it:

--There was a piece of music written for tuba, but not by any of the relevant people in this puzzle. The band in this puzzle merely wanted to perform this existing piece of music. Yes (tiny ish)
--At the point this music was written (by the composer), NEITHER the note names (A, B, C, etc.), NOR any other parts of the musical notation, formed any naughty words. Correct

--Mike prepared a sheet containing the music for this piece, No, FA
and added something to it/changed something in it. Yope
Sans censoring, this alteration would have coincidentally I wouldn't say coincidentally
formed a series of naughty English words, and this at least in part involved note names. Yes

Assuming these are all correct, I have some questions here. Did this "adding/changing" amount to putting the parts for different instruments together on the same sheet? No
providing more detail as to how the music should be played (tempo, etc.)? No, small ish
or, going along with the fact of German being involved, was the original piece in German, Noish or Yope
and Mike attempted to translate certain parts into English Yes
so the rest of the band could understand better? FA (Mike was the only one not fluent in German)
If this last part is true, is that why the changes were unnecessary for Chris--he could have understood the original German just fine? N/A

Ok, now back to the facts.
--So Mike couldn't write the sheet himself. Is this because he lacked some knowledge? Yes
--Instead, Paul wrote it, based on information conveyed by Mike, No, FA
which would have spelled out naughty words but was otherwise OK. He kept the alteration introduced by Mike in some form, but modified it further to remove the "naughty" words, which also ended up changing the meaning, musically speaking. Yesish or Yope
--Chris saw only the final version written by Paul, thus playing the piece wrong. Yes

If this is true, did Paul misunderstand Mike and think that the "naughty words" were deliberately added to be naughty, as opposed to being Mike's serious best attempt at conveying the music as he understood it? No

by **Sundowner64** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:12 am

Was Mike a member of the band? did he play an instrument?
Were the band members Germans? and Mike the only non-German?
Did Mike want to give instructions to Chris? but because he was not good at explaining things in German he asked Paul to do it?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:30 am

Sundowner

Was Mike a member of the band? Yesish did he play an instrument? Same Yesish
Were the band members Germans? Yes and Mike the only non-German? Yes
Did Mike want to give instructions to Chris? No but because he was not good at explaining things in German he asked Paul to do it?So No

by **GalFisk** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:14 pm

Yesish member: former member? Potential member? Owner? Manager? Hired by the band? Paid by the band?
Yesish instrument player: singer? Player but only on recordings? Only in concerts? Assistant to a player?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:47 pm

Yesish member: former member? Yope (timeline is relevant). No to rest. Potential member? Owner? Manager? Hired by the band? Paid by the band?
Yesish instrument player: singer? Player but only on recordings? Only in concerts? Assistant to a player? No, he played an instrument when on the band

by **GalFisk** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:10 pm

Member who had a break from the band and then came back? Dead member?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:12 pm

Member who had a break from the band and then came back? Dead member?
It's easier than that. He was on the band at one relevant point in time, and he wasn't at another relevant time.

by **Sundowner64** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:31 pm

Is Mike a guest musician? a stand-in for a band member who became sick?
Relevant what instrument Mike played? did he also play the tuba? another bass instrument?
Did he play together with Chris? or was it planned this way?
Did Mike think the instructions are necessary for Chris fitting better into Mike's play?
Is the word "bass" relevant at all? Differences between German and English pronunciation of the word?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 1:17 pm

Sundowner
Is Mike a guest musician? No, small ish a stand-in for a band member who became sick? No
Relevant what instrument Mike played? Yes did he also play the tuba? And Yes another bass instrument?
Did he play together with Chris? or was it planned this way? Relevantly No to both
Did Mike think the instructions are necessary for Chris fitting better into Mike's play? No
Is the word "bass" relevant at all? No (but interesting idea), the relevance of bass instruments is something else Differences between German and English pronunciation of the word?

by **Biograd1** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:09 am

Did Mike try to translate something into English for his own later reading/comprehension? Was his translation incorrect?

Did Mike actually intend the naughty words to be read as such (What I mean is, did he actually know he was asking Paul to add these words--as opposed to asking him to write completely different words/symbols that just so happened to look like naughty words when misread)?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:18 am

Biograd
Did Mike try to translate something into English for his own later reading/comprehension? Yes (but beware FA) Was his translation incorrect? No, beware same FA

Did Mike actually intend the naughty words to be read as such (What I mean is, did he actually know he was asking Paul to add these words--as opposed to asking him to write completely different words/symbols that just so happened to look like naughty words when misread)? The words that got translated were exactly what Mike wanted to be translated

by **Biograd1** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:48 am

Oh, so Mike asked Paul to translate something from German into English? which Mike couldn't do because he didn't know German? And the purpose of this was so that Mike could understand it in the future?

Were the German words part of the original music (as written by the composer)? If so, we've established that the original music did NOT contain naughty words--so then the naughty words would have been introduced by the translation process, correct? which means that they would have entailed some degree of misreading of the translation (since a correct reading of a correct translation should have the same meaning as the original, non-naughty words)--also correct?

Or possibly were the "translated" words never actually German words to begin with, but Mike misinterpreted them as such? and had no idea that when misread as German words, they had naughty meanings?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:45 pm

Biograd
Oh, so Mike asked Paul to translate something from German into English? yes which Mike couldn't do because he didn't know German? Yes And the purpose of this was so that Mike could understand it in the future? Yes

Were the German words part of the original music (as written by the composer)? No If so, we've established that the original music did NOT contain naughty words--so then the naughty words would have been introduced by the translation process, correct? which means that they would have entailed some degree of misreading of the translation (since a correct reading of a correct translation should have the same meaning as the original, non-naughty words)--also correct? N/a

Or possibly were the "translated" words never actually German words to begin with, but Mike misinterpreted them as such? and had no idea that when misread as German words, they had naughty meanings? No, they were actual German words

by **GalFisk** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:13 am

Were the actual German words naughty? Did they look naughty to someone who only understood English?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:06 am

GalFisk
Were the actual German words naughty? Yes
Did they look naughty to someone who only understood English? irrel, probably not

by **GalFisk** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:01 am

Who wrote the German naughty words: Mike? Paul? Chris? Herbert? Someone else? Relevant? Is a previous tuba player in the band relevant? Were they written as a prank? For fun? To annoy someone? For sabotage?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:28 am

GalFisk
Who wrote the German naughty words: Mike? Paul? Chris? Herbert? Someone else? Relevant? None of them (including "Someone else"), and this is relevant
Is a previous tuba player in the band relevant? Only Mike and Chris
Were they written as a prank? For fun? To annoy someone? For sabotage? A bit of all of them, I guess, for svv of "written", but see above

by **GalFisk** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:03 pm

Did nobody write the German naughty words? Were they assembled? bu cutting letters out of newspapers?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:39 am

GalFisk
Did nobody write the German naughty words? Right
Were they assembled?
bu cutting letters out of newspapers? no, nothing like this

by **GalFisk** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:05 am

If they weren't written, were they: spoken? Recorded? Encoded? Shouted? Nonexistant? Hallucinated?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:42 am

GalFisk
If they weren't written, were they: spoken? sort of Recorded? Encoded? Shouted? Arguably Nonexistant? Hallucinated? No or irrel to rest

by **GalFisk** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:31 am

Were they sung? Were they lyrics? Alternative lyrics? Parody? Mockery?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:40 pm

Were they sung? Yes!
Were they lyrics? Sort of Alternative lyrics? Parody? Mockery? Mockery is closest

by **GalFisk** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:43 am

Close to mockery: teasing? Bickering? Satire? Comedy? Malice? Flyting? Battling? Mondegreens?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:41 pm

Close to mockery: teasing? Bickering? Satire? Comedy? Malice? Flyting? Battling? Mondegreens?
Teasing, or off-colour humour...not that relevant how you call it.
More interesting is, how Mike came across these words, and why he wanted to have it translated.

by **GalFisk** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:07 pm

Did he hear them? If so, live? Recorded? Online? Did he think they were funny? Did he think they were serious? Did he think they were the original lyrics? Or a German translation of the original lyrics? Were there any original lyrics? Was the composer German? Edit: if there were original lyrics, did the composer write them?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:26 pm

Did he hear them? Yes If so, live? This Recorded? Online? Did he think they were funny? probably this Did he think they were serious? Did he think they were the original lyrics? possibly, at one point Or a German translation of the original lyrics? also possible Were there any original lyrics? No Was the composer German? No but irrelevant Edit: if there were original lyrics, did the composer write them? n/a

I think we have everything, does someone want to put the pieces together?

by **Biograd1** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:12 pm

So, Mike heard a performance of the relevant piece, that had some German words added to it? The singer(s) were satirizing the piece by adding these extra lyrics? but Mike didn't realize this, and liked the sound of the lyrics, so wanted his band to incorporate them into their version of the song(*)? He asked Paul to translate them into English? and Paul, understanding the German, realized that they were naughty words, and modified/censored them?

(*)Or alternatively, was it his own German bandmates who added the satirical naughty words to the song? and he wanted a translation to understand what they were saying?

by **BitterLemonCurry** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:42 am

Biograd
So, Mike heard a performance of the relevant piece, that had some German words added to it? The singer(s) were satirizing the piece by adding these extra lyrics? but Mike didn't realize this, and liked the sound of the lyrics, so wanted his band to incorporate them into their version of the song(*)? He asked Paul to translate them into English? and Paul, understanding the German, realized that they were naughty words, and modified/censored them?

(*)Or alternatively, was it his own German bandmates who added the satirical naughty words to the song? and he wanted a translation to understand what they were saying?

Ok, the rest does not require any lateral thinking, so here we go:

**** SPOILER ****

Mike is a music student from another country spending some year in Germany, as he is interested in German folk music.
He wants to learn as much as possible about German folk music culture, so he joins the local brass band with his tuba, touring with them around village festivals and the like. Local band member Paul is very impressed with this, and in the early days of Mike's stay, when Mike is still struggling with the German language, he offers to write an English translation of all the lyrics for the pieces the into Mike's score.

How about the lyrics for Na Golici, Mike asked one day.
"But Na Golici has no lyrics"
"There must be some sort of lyrics. Remember the crowd last week? They have greatly enjoyed themselves. And I think they've sung it a few months earlier as well."
"Do you really want me to write THAT down?"
"Yes please, it could be useful for my thesis some day."

Now, Na Golici, also known as Trumpet Echoes, does actually not have lyrics. It's a polka written by Slovene folk music legend Slavko Avsenik for his Oberkrainer quintet, but very popular in arrangements for brass band across German speaking countries (and, I guess, anywhere else).
However, due to the abundance of this piece, the influence of lots of beer, many people who don't like polka music, and with the help of an obscure punk band, some, eh "unofficial lyrics" to this polka (actually only the first part, but anyway) have evolved via oral tradition. These "lyrics" consist of repeating the word for...certain parts of the body, and not the medical terms.

Paul was considerably embarrassed for his compatriots, but then Mike might use that for his thesis...
So he wrote into the score, below the bass notes:

D___ C___ D___ C___ D___ C___ A__ (repeat 8 times)

which is very much a literal translation of said "lyrics".

When Mike was off the band for some time for an exam, he was replaced by Chris. Chris was using Mike's notes - and promptly mistook the D___ C___ A__ thing for the bassline.

Congratulations and thank you for everyone who contributed. It was fun hosting a puzzle here again - the hardest part of setting up the puzzle was to find out the name of that piece (you don't want to google those "unofficial lyrics"...)

by **GalFisk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:08 am

Haha, good one! I hate Swedish "dansband" music, mostly due to its insipid lyrics, and have come up with spicier ones on several occasions.

by **Sundowner64** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:50 am

Ah yes, the Wacken Spirit. Great puzzle, thank you BLC!