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* Level Upper from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'''s spinoff, ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. The only real trial is finding out what it is ([[spoiler:a sound file that works using synthesia]]) and, after the protagonists do that, it serves no purpose anymore.

** Oddly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'', which is the only game in the series so far to lack an instrument of some shape or form.

* Queen: The eYe is about collecting these. Given that it's based on a band, that's hardly surprising.

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The TropeNamer is the Sound Stone, a plot-critical key item in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' which collects and records eight melodies from around the world.

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->''Take a melody...''
->''Simple as can be...''
->''Give it some words and sweet harmony...''
->''Raise your voices''
->''All day long now''
->''Love grows strong now''
->''Sing a melody of love''
->''Oh, love''

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* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' has "All Along the Watchtower" as its musical macguffin.
* In the ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}'' episode, "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon", Arthur accidentally released his father's ghost into the living world. The only way to force Uther back into the world of the dead was for Arthur to blow an enchanted horn by him.

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* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' is the TropeNamer. Ness carried an object called the Sound Stone, which recorded eight melodies from a series of Sanctuaries around the world to allow him to channel the Earth's power. The preceding installment, ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'', had an ocarina which Ninten used to play eight different melodies from memory.

* The ''VideoGame/DaymareTown'' platformer spinoff ''Daymare Cat'' has you collecting records, each of which contains one instrument or vocal line from the Cat Jahnke song "Better". When they're all assembled, you've won.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' had a Recorder that could reveal secrets. ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' had a magic flute that helps you unlock one dungeon. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' had its own Ocarina which could be used to summon a neato bird that significantly cut down on travel time across the map, but most of the dungeon-opening puzzles were handled by the elemental medallions.

** ''VideoGame/SpiritTracks'' uses a pan flute with very simple musical tunes (from two to five notes) that are represented by colored spheres emanating from a Sound Stone, each color corresponding to a tube in the flute. Their use is much more situational that other games, even considering one song replaces the ''shovel''.

->''all day long now''
->''love grows strong now''
->''sing a melody of love''
->''oh, love''

->''"Take a melody... Simple as can be... Give it some words and sweet harmony... Raise your voices, all day long now, love grows strong now, sing a melody of love, oh love."''

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicII'' had a variant where the player has to duplicate a man's voice to access a computer system that he had voice-locked. One method is to run around with a sound recorder, gathering pieces of the code from various logs and transmissions; the other is to trick a protocol droid (which can mimic voices) into doing it for you.

** Other installments used different instruments in the same manner. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]] had a conductor's baton [[TitleDrop called the Wind Waker]]. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]] had pan pipes. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]] had the Harp of Ages.

[[caption-width-right:256:After all of the [[FetchQuest work]] I went through, [[PreciousPuppies this song]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic better be good...]] ]]