Put your listening powers to the test and join Charlie for Tuned In where your team picks a category and identifies the elements from audio tracks.
Gameplay:
Two teams are announced prior to the start of the game and one member of that team volunteers to be captain, who will, after consulting with the team,
pick categories and also either give or designate another team member to give the final answers.
The game starts with the reading of the 14 categories being used for the game with team 1 making the first pick then alternating with team 2 throughout the game. Categories and scores are updated by the host after rounds 4, 8 and 10. Categories that don't specify how many elements are being soughdt have 2 elements, otherwise the number of elements are announced with the category. There could be up to 2 categories that have a duplicate of the same category in any game.
When a category is selected the host will then tell everyone what the elements are that need to be identified and the first track is played to the team that selected the category. When the track stops playing a 60 second timer starts. The team can ask for one replay of the track where the timer will be paused during the replay. When the answer is given the host will let the team know which elements they answered correctly and if any were incorrect they go to the opposing team for a steal at the same value per element. The second track in that category will be played to the team that did not select the category and the same rules apply. There are no penalties for incorrect answers.
The element values are as follows: Round 1 through 10 elements are worth 5 points each. Round 11 10 points, round 12 15 points, round 13 20 points and the final round 25 points per element.
At the end of the game the final score is read and the winning team is declared.
Needless to say, using anything but brainpower to come up with answers is prohibited.
So that the host can be fair to both teams, with incorrect answers not counting against your score, correct answers need to be pretty exact. Too much or too little title is incorrect, as well as the artist name. If part of the title is in parenthesis, that part of the tile need not be given in order to be considered correct.
Below is a master list of categories used in the game and a summary of each. When categories are listed for a game they may contain a sub-title such as
"Country (Modern)" or Rock (punk)".
Artist: A featured artist who may have been in multiple bands, produced other bands or did duets with other artist.
Bluegrass: Straight bluegrass or bluegrass influnced music.
Blues: Delta blues, Chicago blues, Blues Rock, if it's blues it's here.
Caribbean: Reggae, Dancehall, Calipso or Sca. If it's influnce is Caribbean it's here.
Comedy: Novelties, parodies and stand up.
Country: Modern or classic country along with other country genres are here.
Cover Songs: Songs so popular that other artists have recorded them.
Dance: Not just songs about dances, but if it was meant to make you move it's here.
Decade: Music from a specific decade.
Duets: Two artists joining together making that one song.
Easy Listening: That middel of the road music that appeals to the masses.
Folk: Anything with the folk sound.
Hip Hop and Rap: Including Country Rap, Rock Rap and more.
Instrumentals or Instrumental solos: Some songs don't need words to be memorable and what about those great guitar solos?
Intros and Outros: It will be coming or going.
Jazz: A genre that needs no introduction.
Jingles, TV & Radio: Those famous advertisements.
Live Performances: Woodstock, Live-Aid and more. Bands that have recorded themselves live.
Love Songs: Aw, Ain't love grand?
Mash Ups; Two songs put together like potatos and butter.
Miscellaneous: If it doesn't fit anywhere else, it will here with a sub-title.
Nostalgia: Big Band, Bandstand and the standards.
Oldies: Usually from the 50's & 60's early rock and roll, rockabilly, doo-wop, soul music, Motown, British Invasion, early girl groups, surf music, teen idol, etc.
One Hit Wonders: Known for having that one big hit and generally nothing else.
R&B and soul: Including Contemporary R&B, funk, New jack swing, Blue-eyed soul, etc.
Radio Themes: Music that is known from the opening or closing themes of radio shows.
Rock: Alternative Rock, Industrial Rock, Heavy Metal, Psychedelic rock, etc.
Same Title Different song: Two artist made two different songs, but used the same name.
Spiritual Music: Gospel, Christian, etc.
Stage & Screen: Music and memorable scenes from the stage and big screen.
Theme: Songs having to do with the subject that would be sub-titled on this category.
TV: Themes and scenes from the small screen.