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[Curlytek]

To my best guesstimate, there appear to be four distinct water levels. Whether there is slight variation from those is hard to tell without (and probably with) the card.

If they are given numerical labels, with 1 being the highest level, and 4 the lowest, then I see it (landscaped, using UKver2.0's template):

..3..1
1..3..
..3..2
2..3..
..2..4
1..4..

But it gets very hard to distinguish levels in the bottom rows because of the perspective.

I imagine an ingenious 3D modeller could set up an environment with the same initial camera angle and replicate the image. If that was done well, the camera could then be re-oriented to view the glasses individually from side on....but I am not an ingenious 3D modeller and I may also have a very poor imagination.

[ramsfan]

To reply to an earlier question.

[pheebs]

this could be way off track, but could "water music" be referring to

[UKver2.0]

.....E......B
C.......E....
.....F......D
C#....D#..
.....D.....G
B.......E....

or the slightly different

..E..B
C..E..
..F..D
D..D..
..D..G
B..E..

...keeping in mind that the intervals are what is important and not the exact notes. I have one set of glasses that play a B when full and another set that start with an A#. Visually they look exactly the same, but they are from two different companies. I have no idea as to what order to play the glasses etc. and everything I've tried didn't ring any bells. But that was expected seeing as I am a bit crap with music. My method was a microphone and some tunning software. I simply removed very small amounts of water until I hit on the next note. The major failing is, of course, translating the water levels in the picture.

[the_fountain]

Oliver, we agree

one of our customers sisters is a aqua musician, and she after seeing this card thinks it has no relevance to the music that would be played via, the depicted image, think we are looking at a deeper puzzle...

EDIT::: maybe we are but it now has 3 solves so well done to those who got there....

[duckiemonster]

I just noticed the two other solves on this card this morning.

May I suggest a chat session at some point in the next week to pool ideas? I've still not gotten the card, but I'm happy to sit here with a guitar and a little knowledge of classical music to help out.

How about tomorrow (Tuesday the 25th of April) at 9PM UK time; room #watermusic from the chat-solutions.org server that the #syzygy irc uses?

Please PM me if you're interested, we tried this the other day and actually found it rather useful.

[fruppet]

I got this card yesterday read the forum and saw this post from stratman and it made me think

[doublecross]

Hi,

Not sure if the mood is to hint or not to hint, but happy to do so if it is.

[ramsfan]

To hint, as long as it's done honourably and with due deference to addled sensitivities. Now you know who you are, just look away. I don't mind if you start with just the smallest hint, so the clever people can get it first, and give me a strong enough hint around midnight.

[bertyb]

I agree - I would prefer a little nugget to focus in right direction rather than the answer.

Congrats on solving tho.....this is 1 card I have hated.

[doublecross]

OK, nugget #1:

[ramsfan]

thanks, it does help. and for your amusement I have now failed with

[Fuseunderground]

Stratman's 'Tunes and spoons' program seemed to help,
but I still couldn't identify a tune.

It did, however, get me some funny looks in the office!

Rich

[ramsfan]

Same here. Plus the neighbours walking their dogs early this morning saw a strange figure bent over the piano with two glasses of water, a jug and a spoon. Started to think of anything with a water theme. Don't need to spoiler as so wide of the mark, but Ole Man River, Ferry Cross the Mersey, Johhny Row the Boat ashore, Eton Boat song. That kind of thing. Probably the water is in the graphics not the title, but I was inspired by my earlier wrong idea. So sure it was going to be right even though the tune didn't fit. Ready for my second hint.