Braingle: 'Beethoven's Teaser' Brain Teaser

Beethoven's Teaser

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Puzzle ID:	#24040
Fun:	(3.11)
Difficulty:	(1.8)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	tissue

Beethoven was a lover of teasers of all kinds, and often submitted the following to his friends.

What word can be created when following these directions?

1) Start at D.
2) Go up Eight.
3) Go down Eleven.
4) Go up Five.

What word is it?

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Comments

gummbypal Jun 26, 2005	I love it. Thanks. I read music at an early age. Band nerd I guess.
gummbypal Jun 26, 2005	It is kinda strange funny if you misstep the last note you come up with dead, which could be apropo
amc7996 Jun 26, 2005	I Did Not Get It But Now I Do. Nice Teaser
Therulerofthem Jun 26, 2005	I got it, great teaser
superben Jun 26, 2005	BORING
livingjuice Jun 26, 2005	Alright. It was good, but I didn't know it had to do with music notes. I knew Beethoven was deaf though.
Dustar90 Jun 26, 2005	i thought it was the alphabet VERY SHARP
kgripp Jun 27, 2005	Good job, easy but cute.
naughtyangel Jun 27, 2005	It was really hard. But it was funny at the end.Great teaser
Javian Jun 27, 2005	easy; I play WAY too many instruments. nice teaser.
(user deleted) Jun 29, 2005	Beethoven didn't speak English, duh. He spoke German and spatterings of French and Latin, but NOT English. I was a band nerd too, 25 years . . . Good teaser though.
tissue Jun 29, 2005	This is fictitious. Beethoven probably did not write teasers either, but that did not stop me from writing it.
sassy_101 Jul 06, 2005	it was easy and fun!!!
smarty_blondy Oct 02, 2005	Very clever and creative. Keep them coming, i really liked this one.
doehead Sep 17, 2008	I don't know music notes, so I was out in left field.
gaylewolf Sep 17, 2008	Good one, tissue - Amazing the music this genius created and he was deaf - obviously his other senses were very acute. No, Beethoven probably didn't make up this teaser, but it's clever! Give up the criticisms!!
blacklotuspetal Sep 17, 2008	Good one, easy once I figured it was music notes and not the whole alphabet...Thanks!
bradon182001 Sep 17, 2008	Nice teaser, easy if you know anything about music. I played violin for 9 years during my school years, so I got it right away. Thanks for posting.
Valic4 Sep 17, 2008	Nicely done and very easy for this musician! By the way, since your clue said to start at D, I actually started in the KEY of D. Following your directions in the key of D major actually lands us on D-SHARP (which is in the key signature). The technical answer to your teaser is DEAF#
Valic4 Sep 17, 2008	WHOOPS! I meant F-SHARP! Guess I blew my own correction!
katamaster Sep 17, 2008	Simple for anyone that can read notes.
bestgirl Sep 17, 2008	Am I the only one that thought it started at C? Meaning cdefgab?
emu77alu02 Sep 17, 2008	I liked this one a lot! It took me a second to realize that it was talking about the music scale, after that it was simple. Beethoven is my favorite composer of all time!
jcann Sep 17, 2008	I really enjoyed this one--got it right away, but I thought it was clever. I'm going to use it on my music classes (I teach) at school. Beethoven is one of my favorite composers, too. I love "Moonlight Sonata"and his 5th symphony.
MurfQ Sep 17, 2008	Very cute I didn't really have to think about it, but I'm sure it stumped some people who have never played an instrument or learnt the elementary rudiments of music. Quite cleaver actually!
megabreath Sep 17, 2008	Very easy and good fun. Learnt to read music years ago and that made this teaser obvious. Enjoyed it. Gooden
volkanoman Sep 17, 2008	This is cute but the numbers are all wrong. To go from D to E would either be a major 2nd (2) or a 9th. Going 8 would be an OCTAVE and would be another D.
UptheHill Sep 17, 2008	TOO TRUE, TOO TRUE!!!
jcann Sep 17, 2008	Volkanoman, you are correct in terms of musical intervals, but if you put your finger on C and then move up 8 notes you will land on D. C to C is called an octave, but the first C is then counted also. When you play board game and are told to move 8 spaces, you do not count the space you are on. So on the keyboard, going up a fifth and going up 5 keys would give different results. I was thinking as you were at first, also. But the directions as worded are correct.
kp52 Sep 17, 2008	I knew Beethoven was a composer, but I don't no much about how musical notes work. With that in mind it was pretty difficult for me.
Jazzy_Sammy_13 Sep 17, 2008	I got once I read the hint Lovely!!
phyllisa Sep 18, 2008	Fun & interesting teaser!!!!!
scallio Sep 19, 2008	Very interesting teaser! Loved it! Of course, I didn't get it... I know music, but still ran up and down the alphabet, landed on B and assumed the word was Be or Bee.
abrain Sep 19, 2008	Clever- lot's of connections!
doehead Sep 17, 2011	AROB or AWOR, whatever you prefer.
gaylewolf Sep 17, 2011	I loved this teaser - just the right amount of challenge for me this morning! I would like more teasers like this one! Thanks. And, dear doehead, I'm sure your new signature (AWOR) stands for a wise old romantic! Have a great day, Sir!
HABS2933 Sep 17, 2011	Was fairy easy, I assumed immediately it followed the music scales. Still a good idea and may have challenged some.
phyllisa Sep 17, 2011	Again, a fun teaser!
auntiesis Sep 17, 2011	I like that Gayle. A wise old romantic.....but is doehead old? Depends on where you are looking from. And the teaser was pretty good too, but easy.
Mandy7 Sep 17, 2011	thats funny awsome teaser