Would You Rather Music Questions

Vote on playing, singing and listening choices, from a guitar strummed with a spoon to a tiny choir.

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All 60 questions

Playing an instrument 10

  • Would you rather keep perfect time or stay perfectly in tune?
  • Would you rather play a piano with ten dead keys or play a guitar with two strings gone?
  • Would you rather play drums with chopsticks or strum a guitar with a spoon?
  • Would you rather play one tune perfectly for life or play any tune with a few wrong notes?
  • Would you rather play the loudest instrument in the band or play the quietest one?
  • Would you rather play the melody everyone hums or play the bass line everyone feels?
  • Would you rather play the solo in the middle or play the big chord at the end?
  • Would you rather play triangle in a great orchestra or play lead guitar in a garage band?
  • Would you rather practice bagpipes in a tiny apartment or practice drums beside a library?
  • Would you rather spend an hour tuning up first or play right now a little out of tune?

Singing 10

  • Would you rather forget the words mid-song or sing the right words to the wrong tune?
  • Would you rather go first at karaoke night or go right after the best singer?
  • Would you rather have a voice that makes people cry or have one that makes people dance?
  • Would you rather sing a duet with your best friend or sing a duet with a grandparent?
  • Would you rather sing a sad song in a happy voice or sing a happy song in a sad voice?
  • Would you rather sing a song you make up on the spot or sing one you learned a minute ago?
  • Would you rather sing lead with the microphone off or sing backup with it turned way up?
  • Would you rather sing to a full stadium or sing to one person looking right at you?
  • Would you rather sound amazing only in the shower or sound all right everywhere?
  • Would you rather yodel from a mountaintop or sing opera in an echoing cave?

Listening 10

  • Would you rather build a playlist of only slow songs or build one of only fast songs?
  • Would you rather hear a neighbor learn the recorder or hear a neighbor learn the violin?
  • Would you rather hear the orchestra tune up or hear the crowd call for more?
  • Would you rather hear your favorite song played on kazoos or hear it played on bagpipes?
  • Would you rather hum one stuck tune all week or forget your favorite tune all week?
  • Would you rather know every lyric and no titles or know every title and no lyrics?
  • Would you rather know every song after one listen or hear every song as if it were new?
  • Would you rather listen to a record with a crackle or listen to a radio with a hiss?
  • Would you rather wake up to a marching band or fall asleep to a tuba lullaby?
  • Would you rather wear great headphones on a loud bus or use tiny speakers in a quiet room?

On stage 10

  • Would you rather conduct the orchestra or play first violin in it?
  • Would you rather feel nervous and play your best or feel calm and play just okay?
  • Would you rather get cheers for a messy show or get polite claps for your best show?
  • Would you rather perform in a sparkly cape or perform in a full penguin suit?
  • Would you rather play for ten fans who sing along or play for a big crowd that chats?
  • Would you rather play on a street corner at noon or play on a rooftop at sunset?
  • Would you rather run the stage lights or run the sound desk?
  • Would you rather take the final bow alone or take it with the whole band?
  • Would you rather trip on the way to the microphone or hit one loud wrong note?
  • Would you rather watch the concert from the wings or watch it from the balcony?

Lessons and rehearsal 10

  • Would you rather borrow the school's dented trumpet or share a shiny one with a sibling?
  • Would you rather count a hundred bars of rest or play a hundred bars with no rest?
  • Would you rather march in a parade in the rain or play a concert in a stuffy hall?
  • Would you rather memorize the whole piece or read it with a page turn mid-solo?
  • Would you rather play your recital piece first or play it dead last?
  • Would you rather practice scales for an hour or sight-read a new piece for the class?
  • Would you rather rehearse with a partner who rushes or rehearse with a partner who drags?
  • Would you rather sit first chair with every solo or sit last chair beside your friends?
  • Would you rather stack every chair after rehearsal or sort every folder of sheet music?
  • Would you rather write a song for the school concert or choose what the whole band plays?

Musical powers 10

  • Would you rather be followed by a tiny orchestra or be followed by a tiny choir?
  • Would you rather climb stairs made of piano keys or walk on a floor made of drums?
  • Would you rather conduct a thunderstorm like an orchestra or play the rain like a piano?
  • Would you rather hear the first song ever sung or hear the music of the year 3000?
  • Would you rather make a drum of anything you tap or make a flute of anything you hold?
  • Would you rather rewind a concert you loved or fast-forward a recital you dread?
  • Would you rather see every note as a color or feel every beat as a breeze?
  • Would you rather share your life's soundtrack with everyone or keep it all to yourself?
  • Would you rather talk to animals by whistling or make plants grow by singing?
  • Would you rather write a hit nobody knows is yours or write a song only your family loves?

How it works

These would you rather music questions are about making music and hearing it: instruments, singing, the stage and the band room. No song, artist or band is named, so a room with five tastes in music can still vote.

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Six topics, from the practice room to the stage

Playing an instrument, Singing, Listening, On stage and Lessons and rehearsal hold choices a player or a listener really faces, such as Sit first chair with every solo or sit last chair beside your friends. Musical powers holds the ones nobody gets: Talk to animals by whistling or make plants grow by singing.

For a music class or a party

Deal Lessons and rehearsal while a class tunes up: Rehearse with a partner who rushes or rehearse with a partner who drags is a quick way into a talk about tempo. At a party, Listening needs no training at all.

  • Hard holds 13 cards where both sides cost something, such as Trip on the way to the microphone or hit one loud wrong note.

Questions and answers

What are some good music would you rather questions?

Start with Play drums with chopsticks or strum a guitar with a spoon. For a longer argument, try Keep perfect time or stay perfectly in tune, then Know every lyric and no titles or know every title and no lyrics.

Is there a this or that version for music?

Yes. The music this or that deck holds quick pairs of one to four words, such as Drums or bass. The cards here are longer trade-offs, so warm a room up with the pairs and start it talking with these.

Can I print the music questions for a class?

Yes. Print 60 questions lays the deck out as slips to cut apart, one question a slip, ready for a hat or a music stand. The same 60 are listed under the deck by topic, for reading aloud with no phone in hand.