Dotted Eighth Note
(Published on 8. August 2022, 17:05 by haligonian)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
This musical puzzle is delivered in common (4/4) time.
Digits in cells separated by a white dot must be consecutive. **Note that a negative constraint applies**: once this given pair is found, those two digits cannot be orthogonally adjacent anywhere else. The title of the puzzle contains an important musical clue as to the [beat] value of this pair.
Adjacent digits on a green line must have a difference of at least 5.
Digits on a grey palindrome line must read the same forwards and backwards.
Digits in a cell with a grey circle must be odd.
Adjacent cells marked with an X or V must contain digits summing to 10 or 5, respectively. Not all X's or V's are given.
SPOILER ALERT: Only read this next part if you do not know how to resolve the musical clue or don't want to look it up...
In 4/4 time, an eighth note has a value of a 1/2 a beat. Adding a dot to any note adds an additional 1/2 of that note's value. For example, a half note is worth 2 beats. Adding a dot is equivalent to adding 1 (being half of 2) to that half note's value.
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I think this puzzle is 1/5 for most, but anyone unfamiliar with German Whispers rules may find it more of a 1.5 or 2 star difficulty.
Solution code: Row 1, then column 4
Comments
on 19. August 2022, 15:26 by Schesam
Didnt need the music clue and the negative consecutive constraint just for one cell. Was pretty fun tho.
on 9. August 2022, 18:33 by sacklunch
Fun puzzle, thank you!
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Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it :) --haligonian
on 8. August 2022, 20:04 by kikanya
I'm also not sure about the music clue and didn't need it to solve. Either way it was a nice puzzle, thanks for setting!
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Thank you! I think next time I will up the difficulty and allow the theme to be more important to the solve. Still getting experience setting puzzles :) I appreciate your feedback! --haligonian
on 8. August 2022, 19:37 by Guillem98
I don't understand the music puzzle, I studied music, not at the school, but I don't see where the puzzle is. And you can resolve the puzzle without knowing music. That's what I think, if you can explain I'll be pleased
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@Guillem98 I'll add a hidden comment with the explanation. After creating it, I realized it may be too alienating to *need* the musical clue, now it just allows some to get digits in the grid faster. --haligonian
on 8. August 2022, 17:58 by Harold
Nice puzzle to solve!
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Thank you, @Harold! Appreciate the kind words :) --haligonian
