Strike a Chord

This article is about the microgame in WarioWare: Twisted! and WarioWare Gold. For the minigame in Mario Party: Island Tour with "Strike a Chord" as its British English name, see Xylophone Home.

Strike a Chord
WarioWare: Twisted! WarioWare Gold
Appears in	WarioWare: Twisted! WarioWare Gold
Type	Orbulon (Twisted!) Penny (Gold)
Command(s)	Play!
Info	"The neck is warped like 9-Volt's! Har har." (Twisted!) "Practice makes perfect! Match your fingers to the notes and play a lovely melody on your violin. And remember, this is practice! If you make a mistake, just try again!" (Gold)
Controls	/ – Move hand / – Draw bow
Time limit	16 beats (Gold)
Points to clear	15
Music track	Guitar Solo (Twisted!) Strike a Chord (Gold)

Strike a Chord is one of Orbulon's microgames in WarioWare: Twisted! (where it is known as Guitar Solo), and returns in WarioWare Gold as one of Penny's microgames.

Gameplay

The game's purpose is to play the notes written on the guitar/violin. There are three kinds of notes: red, yellow, and blue, and three parts on the guitar/violin with the same colors as the notes. If the player plays the notes on the guitar/violin in the correct order, the game is won.

1st level difficulty: There are three notes.
2nd level difficulty: There are four or five notes.
3rd level difficulty: There are five to eight notes.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	そったギター (Twisted!)^[?] Sotta Gitā	Warped Guitar
Japanese	バイオリン (Gold)^[?] Baiorin	Violin
French	Corde sensible^[?]	Word-play on corde sensible (raw nerve) and corde (string)
German	Anklang^[?]	Appeal
Italian	Il violino^[?]	The violin
Spanish	Nota a nota^[?]	Note by note

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