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Enigmatic Variations - Puzzles for Musicians
"Enigmatic Variations - Puzzles for Musicians" by Jenny Setchell. ISBN 9780473540753
NEW

Enigmatic Variations

​The unique puzzle book designed to amuse and confuse musicians

(although not exclusively)
Deviously devised by Jenny Setchell
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Do you need help figuring how to solve Cryptic Crosswords? This site will help you, or try this video to watch an expert working on one
Contents of Enigmatic Variations
Contents of "Enigmatic Variations"

"Enigmatic Variations - Puzzles for Musicians" is a 48-page soft-cover book with a variety of puzzles and brain teasers with charming illustrations. It will help while-away those interminable hours which musicians of all kinds must endure.
Waiting for pupils, concerts, rehearsals, travelling to and from events, can now be eased with a little brain-entertainment. It includes sudoku, cryptic crosswords, wordsearch, spot-the-difference, letterdrops, logic problems, a gruelling maze, an organ crawl, and many other little teasers that ​ensure you ​keep busy. "Enigmatic Variations - Puzzles for Musicians" is nothing like any other puzzle book you have seen - I promise!
It's an ideal gift for any musician; unique, fun, and timeless. 
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Full page of "Enigmatic Variations"
REVIEWS
"​For a variety of reasons this is an interesting and entertaining book. If you are a musician, or music lover with a penchant for games and puzzles, it will provide hours of challenging involvement." ~ ​
​ MusicWeb International, Dec. 2020
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Don't miss out on your copy of ​"Enigmatic Variations - Puzzles for Musicians". It can be also ordered by e-mail through Butz Musikverlag in Bonn. 

NEW: Buyers in the UK, Australia and New Zealand are now able to order up to 5 copies to the same address at a time. Sorry USA - we're still working on that for you!

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Would you like more than one copy? That's a great idea, and we are working on a way to allow instant multiple copies to be bought online here. Buyers in New Zealand, Australia and the UK are able to select multiple copies, but unfortunately buyers in the USA are still limited to only one, sorry. 
​However, in the meantime, simply contact us on the contact us page here and we'll sort out the shipping. We can then invoice you the exact amount and number of copies. 

Download puzzle images!

Printout these images of the maze, synchronised seating, page turner to the rescue,  to use as worksheets, rather spoiling your book.  Go to: puzzle images
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Scroll down to find links to grids & solutions

Firstly:
LOGIC PROBLEM GRIDS
  • Logic Problem Grids to help you solve the logic problems in "Enigmatic Variations" and when all help fails, you can find the solutions by following the links. First you must register with a sign-in name and login password - all very simple and free (This is to prevent unwanted spammers and hackers from spoiling our fun)
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Secondly:
CROSSWORD GRIDS
Click to go to the CROSSWORD GRIDS page with the crossword puzzle blank grids that you can download and print out to save spoiling your book.
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Thirdly:
(BUT! Wait! Hold on! are you sure you want to see the answers? Try not to peek, and keep working on something that might be giving you trouble! Throttle those grey cells until they squawk, is my motto. Use the answers as a last resort.)

SOLUTIONS
  • Solutions. Click only on the ones you want - this stops you spoiling things by seeing the answers to others. Again, you will be able to access these only by the registration, which will not be needed if you have already signed in to the grids section - and vice versa.
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In order to view the grids and solutions pages, you'll need to complete an easy, quick and free registration. This will provide you with a login for future use. Contact us if you have any problems.
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