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UPDATE: Craig has opened the bidding w/9 notes.
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THE CLUE: This Grammy winning song got its title from a best selling, non-fiction book (of the same title) the recording artist had read. The song, in fact won MORE THAN ONE Grammy!

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The RULES:

Like w/classic "Name That Tune" you will get a clue (see directly above). If you think you've got the answer, you can bypass the bidding process and say some version of "I can name that tune in zero notes" and then you can immediately give one song title as your answer. If you are correct, YOU WIN! If you are incorrect, you are DISQUALIFIED from further play!!!

Otherwise, name a number of notes you believe you need to help you name that tune (Craig has opened the bidding w/9 notes), and I will upload a solo, melodic piano of the songs melody the following afternoon (3 PM Pacific Time), based on the LOWEST BID (2 being lower than 3, 3 being lower than 4, etc.) The LOWEST BIDDER is then given 'til Tuesday 3 PM PST to respond. If he/she doesn't respond, a little after 3 PM PST I will prompt the NEXT HIGHER bidder to give an answer, adding the corresponding number of notes to the musical cue/clue.

The bidding can start with as many as 9 notes and as few as zero notes, zero notes getting to make an immediate guess, albeit w/consequence of being eliminated from play, if wrong. Realize certain strategies might be bad, such as saying you can name the tune in one note, since the next player can "name that tune in zero notes" and simply blurt out an answer with no need to wait for the musical cue/clue, beating you to the punch. After the first bid, a different person can make a bid with any smaller number, any fewer number of notes they think they need to get the answer correct.

Responding w/answer, bidding, etc. will proceed 'til Monday afternoon, specifically 3 PM PST, at which point I will post a musical clue, and that lowest bidder who gets to answer should be aware that they have 'til Tuesday 3 PM PST to respond with their answer, before the next lowest bidder will then have a chance to hear the melodic clue (with extra notes) and try to solve the puzzle .

Game is ON as we have two players: Craig opened the bidding with 9 notes, John Schick thinks he can name that tune in 7.

The bidder with the LOWEST number of notes bid will have FIRST CHANCE to solve the musical cue/clue. Everyone else should PM their answers in the case that the winning bidder answers incorrectly or is stymied. The winning bidder has until 3PM PST Tuesday to answer. At that time, I will look to see if the NEXT HIGHEST bidder had the correct answer, and if not, the bidder with the next highest bid, etc...

If, at that point STILL nobody has gotten it, I will add a written clue every two hours, until someone names the tune.

Remember, responses/answers/bids in by Monday @ 3 PM PST, A musical cue/clue will be posted minutes later.

Feel free to have me clarify anything you are not understanding.

For me, this is an exercise in "can a game be successfully played in a chatroom that was made to be played with the immediate feedback of people-together-in-a-room?" I am finding I'm having to modify the classic "Name That Tune" rules as I go to make it work.