Magic Music/Playing With

Basic Trope: Magic made by playing or singing music.

Straight: Alice can sing to affect the weather, charm animals, etc.
Exaggerated: An entire universe is sung into existence.
Downplayed: Music has a hypnotic affect on those who hear it, but it isn't that hard to resist or break.
Justified: A Wizard Did It.
Inverted: A magic spell has the result of playing music.
Subverted: Bob, a magician, is in hiding casting Functional Magic from behind Alice.
Double Subverted: But Alice later makes Magic Music on her own.
Parodied: The song being sung is "Yankee Doodle"
Zig Zagged: It's unsure as to whether or not Alice can cast spells with music.
Averted: Alice's voice has no magic powers.
Enforced: "We're gonna give Alice some powers, but we don't want her to just be a generic mage. How can we make her more interesting?"
Lampshaded: "You have a really... beautiful voice, Alice."
Invoked: ???
Exploited: Alice takes singing lessons to maximize her magical power.
Defied: "No way, I have a terrible singing voice."
Discussed: ???
Conversed: "Funny how whenever Alice sings that song, something magic happens. I can't get anything to happen".
Played For Laughs: Alice has a terrible singing voice, and is Giftedly Bad.

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