Musical Notation
A term both botanists and musicians would be familiar with, referring to what's found in every music note except for a whole note.
What is a stem?
Small, usually as in a rodent or other mammal.
What is pygmy?
Washington law states that poaching this icon of the Pacific Northwest is a felony and originally would lead to a five-year sentence, now the law classifies them as an endangered species, making it still illegal to kill them.
Who is Bigfoot?
The blue sphere on Brazil's flag allegedly represents what the night sky looked like over this city on the night when Brazil became a republic including 27 stars for each of it's states.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
An Asian country that becomes a sequence, usually made out of metal when anagrammed.
What is China and chain?
Perhaps a musician who travels a lot might have acquired this, I must put the emphasis on how it's also used in music.
What is an accent?
An abbreviation you'll use if you want to let someone know about something.
What is FYI?
Massachusetts, in a strange display of patriotism bans any remixing, singing, or even dancing to this song.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
The yellow diamond in the center of Brazil's flag is thought to represent it's wealth in this aspect (though there is some debate regarding the topic).
What is gold?
A tablet, when anagrammed bad bread.
What is slate and stale?
Pizzicato naturally translates to this from Italian, don't overthink it!
What is plucked?
It's capital was Constantinople in the ancient world, and it believed itself to be one with the Roman empire.
What is the Byzantine empire?
In most places in Maine, it's technically illegal to park directly in front of a Dunkin Donuts as those spots are reserved specifically for these people, (perhaps stereotypes have some merit after all).
What are police officers?
Across the blue circle of Brazil's flag is this Portuguese motto which was shortened from French philosopher Auguste Comte's original quote: "Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal."
What is ordem e progesso?
A lump, and when anagrammed a brass instrument.
What is bulge and bugle?
A technique used in many woodwind instruments, but used most famously by the saxophone in the song Tequila when the performer essentially rolls their Rs into the instrument.
What is flutter tongue?
It's not a dragon, but this winged venomous serpent which was believed to fly the chariot of Helios.
What is a wyvern?
Louisiana health regulations have a strange exception for this traditional dish which has no legal limitations on how it meets health standards.
What is Jambalaya?
In 1822, after Brazil gained independence but while it was still an empire, though the flag maintained the same colors and a similar design as to today, it also was topped with this which was naturally edited out after it became a democracy.
What is a crown?
What your head might do during a headache, and when anagrammed: soup stuff.
What is throb and broth?
It's essentially the Baroque form of a grace note, notated exactly the same as one except without the slash in the middle; it's played for slightly longer and is also referred to as a leaning tone.
What is an appoggiatura?
Formerly known as Burma, this conflict ridden country is one of the only countries who does not use the Metric system.
What is Myanmar?
Idaho has surprisingly loose regulations regarding this immoral act, allowing it if it is "the only means of survival", or given consent to by the other person.
What is cannibalism?
For an extremely brief period, the flag of Brazil was made so that it almost exactly resembled the flag of this country, just with the colors changed.
What is the United States?
How you would see the music, then when anagrammed how you would hear it.
What are notes and tones?