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->"Rhythm is the key\\
as you open up the door"

->"Rhythm is the key / as you open up the door"

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* ''MSPaintAdventures'' has the same puzzle as a ShoutOut. It also [[ZigZaggedTrope plays with]] this trope by occasionally ''literally'' using musical instruments as security measures (eg. wedging a door shut with an oboe) - at one point "security measures" is even {{Pot Hole}}d to a Google Image Search for "woodwind instruments".

* Such a puzzle exists in SilentHill1, the only clue being a poem about birds.
* You don't actually have to solve a puzzle, but in ChronoTrigger playing an organ always reveals hidden doors.
* In ChronoCross, each element has a unique tone. Playing [[spoiler: the Song of Life]] with these tones is what unlocks one of the endings when fighting the FinalBoss.

* The ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Cat And The Claw" featured one of these where the keys of a piano had to be pressed in the right order (I think it was the first few bars of Ode to Joy) to open a secret door.

Subtrope of SolveTheSoupCans.

* ''BatmanBegins'': the Batcave is accessed from Wayne Manor by use of this trope.

-->'''Klang:''' [[IncrediblyLamePun "She said 'B', not 'B Flat'!"]]

* In ''TheGoonies'', a creepy pirate piano opens a door or collapses the floor.

--> '''Hive''', ''Ultrasonic Sound''

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* Towards the end of ''RichieRich'', Richie's parents open up the family vault by singing a duet. The BigBad was not amused.

* The film adaptation of RichieRich had this with the parents unlocking the family vault singing along with the code tune, "Side by Side".

* This was done in the season 3 finale of ''Lost'': Charlie had to enter a code to the tune of a Beach Boys song to unjam the signal going out from the island.
* In an episode of CSI they investigated the robbery of a safe. At the end Grissom realises that [[spoiler: the tone of the beeps when the passcode was entered were the same as the notes of a tune that would be familiar to the thieves; the manager was co-operating with them to carry out an insurance scam]].
* In one episode of KyleXY Kyle and Jessie called Kyle's girlfriend to get her to play a song that opened a lock.
* In ''DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWho The Five Doctors]]", the fifth Doctor played a harp to get into the villain's lair. The tune itself was HiddenInPlainSight.

* TheSeventhGuest has one [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSDedyBnzg&feature=search shown here]] involving a piano.

* The BatmanTheAnimatedSeries episode "The Cat And The Claw" featured one of these where the keys of a piano had to be pressed in the right order (I think it was the first few bars of Ode to Joy) to open a secret door.

* In [[DoctorWho The Five Doctors]], the fifth doctor played a harp to get into Borusa's evil lair and stop his evil plot to gain immortality. [[spoiler: He failed. It worked out okay anyway.]]

* The BatmanTheAnimatedSeries episode "The Cat And The Claw" featured one of these where the keys of a piano had to be pressed in the right order (I think it was the first few bars of Ode to Joy) to open a secret door.

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* Sort of happens in the first ''HarryPotter'' book with Fluffy, the three headed dog. He guards the trapdoor to the stone and music is the only way to subdue him.

* The calling-out code for the Looking Glass station in ''{{Lost}}'' is supposedly "Good Vibrations" (the system was designed by a musician, apparently).

* To exit the Tranquility Lane simulation in ''{{Fallout}} 3'', you have to play a specific tune on random items in an abandoned house.
* ''UltimaV'': playing the song "The Stone" ([[CopyProtection score provided in the game menu]]) on Lord British's harpsichord will open a secret chamber that contains an essential {{Macguffin}}.
* The final puzzle of ''{{Machinarium}}'' involves finding and playing a tune that lets you access the escape route.
* The PS1 horror/RPG Koudelka has a puzzle that's solved by stepping on sections of floor, producing notes that correspond with a music box.
* In ''{{Aquaria}}'', you have to sing a 12-note sequence to open the door to the boss in the Sunken City -- those who have sharp ears will recognize this sequence as a {{Leitmotif}} of the soundtrack.
* In ''{{Ceville}}'', playing the sequence C-E-F-E will open a secret door at the bottom of the well.

* The BatmanTheAnimatedSeries episode "The Cat And The Claw" featured one of these where the keys of a piano had to be pressed in the right order (I think it was the first few bars of Ode to Joy) to open a secret door.
* The first ''DarkwingDuck'' episode has the color-coded arming sequence of the doomsday weapon discovered in a musical mnemonic device.
* ScoobyDoo did it: In the one about the green phantoms, a clue they found said, "[=FEED=] the organ," so playing the notes F-E-E-D opened a secret door.

* The BatmanTheAnimatedSeries episode "The Cat And The Claw" featured one of these where the keys of a piano had to be pressed in the right order (I think it was the first few bars of Ode to Joy) to open a secret door.

--> Hive, ''Ultrasonic Sound''

* Towards the end of RichieRich, Richie's parents open up the family vault by singing a duet. The BigBad was not amused.
* ''{{Startropics}}'' has a giant organ with eight keys, representing the notes of a musical scale. The solution comes from a parrot that says "Do me so far, do me?" This, of course, means playing "Do Mi So Fa Do Mi" on the organ.

* ResidentEvil has a piano you play the MoonlightSonata on to unlock something.
* MSPaintAdventures has the same puzzle as a ShoutOut. It also [[ZigZaggedTrope plays with]] this trope by occasionally ''literally'' using musical instruments as security measures (eg. wedging a door shut with an oboe) - at one point "security measures" is even {{Pot Hole}}d to a Google Image Search for "woodwind instruments".

* At one point in TheNeverhood, you have to open a door by spitting into a SeriesOfTubes to make them whistle the same tune as another series of tubes.
* TheLegendOfZelda Ocarina Of Time, taking from a few earlier games, has several dungeons that you unlock by playing different songs on your ocarina.
* PrinceOfPersia The Sands Of Time. In the GBA version, there are several levels that are passed by playing a certain tune in a certain sequence.
* In [[FinalFantasyX FFX-2]], there is a puzzle involving repeating notes.
** FinalFantasyVII has the final Limit Break for Tifa that is obtained by playing the right notes on the piano.

* BrutalLegend Has various Guitar riff sequenced that activate certain powers, up to and including opening new areas.
* In 'Outcast' (the (old adventure) game) you had to put the right pipes (as in flute pipe) into the right sockets on an altar (or something) to play a certain melody. After accomplishing this, you'd get another key for something else...

* The drawbridge passtune in NetHack. You find it out by playing Mastermind.
* {{Loom}}'s MagicMusic starts you off with the "Opening" draft, which works as a universal one of these (where [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish The Password Is Always]] E-C-E-D).

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