How do I play the haunting song?

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There is a piano. And there is a music box, which plays a little tune on loop. The game wants me to play the first 8 notes from that music box.

There is also this enemy hint: "si re si re si mi si mi". (That's B D B D B E B E for ya yanks.)

I've tried however all combinations of 8 notes that could match up these notes (such as ↑←↑←↑↓↑↓, ↑•↑•↑←↑←, ↓•↓•↓←↓←, etc.) and nothing happens. If I ignore what the monster says and just try to play what I hear, I get ↑↓↑↓•↓•↓ — but that also doesn't work, and neither do slight variations (•↑↓↑↓•↓•↓→). I'm not very good at all at matching notes with sounds, or notes with notes, but what the music box plays and what I'm playing don't sound quite unlike.

What gives?

Unfortunately, Shyren's song isn't the hint for the puzzle. The statute I the room to the right plays a melody when you put an umbrella on it, and that melody is the only hint, and the notes it plays don't match what Shyren sings. — Kevin, Nov 15 '15 at 00:16
"That's B D B D B E B E for ya yanks." We use that notation in Britain too (maybe it's all English speakers?) — owjburnham, Oct 03 '19 at 18:01

badp · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-05T10:29:08.157

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The correct sequence is:

`•↑→•↓•↓→`

(That means hit Z, Z-Up, Z-right, Z, Z-down, Z, Z-down, Z-right.)

edited Dec 05 '15 at 10:29

answered Sep 25 '15 at 22:59

badp

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To get the arrow keys, keep the Z button pressed while you enter them. – Durandal Dec 04 '15 at 15:04
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You could also add information how to figure it out: "East of the room with Shyren is a statue being rained on. If you give it an umbrella, the music box it is holding will begin to play the song "Memory". For the piano puzzle, it requires the first 8 notes of the song" from http://undertale.wikia.com/wiki/Piano_Puzzle – Maurycy Dec 04 '15 at 20:17

AFriendlyHelper · Answer 2 · 2016-02-07T01:57:10.603

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Actually, it gives you the answer if you wait, in a dialog text with the statue. The only thing you need to do is memorize that.

EDIT: Turns out you don't have to be in dialog.

edited Feb 07 '16 at 01:57

answered Feb 07 '16 at 01:51

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '16 at 06:32

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I thought it was only z,z-up,z-right,z,z-down,z-down,z-right

answered Feb 03 '16 at 06:32

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score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 17 '16 at 20:15

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•↑→•↓↓→ (That means hit Z, Z-Up, Z-right, Z, Z-down, Z-down, Z-right.)

edited Jul 17 '16 at 20:15

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answered Jul 17 '16 at 19:29

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Note that this is one stroke different than the accepted answer. And this answer is essentially the same as RamblinRose101's answer. – Brock Adams Jul 17 '16 at 19:44

How do I play the haunting song?

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`•↑→•↓•↓→`

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