a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated

プレイヤーが音楽に合わせて椅子の周りを歩き、椅子の数はプレイヤーの人数よりも一つ少ないという子供のゲーム。音楽が急に止まると、プレイヤーは急いで椅子に座ろうとし、椅子を見つけられなかったプレイヤーが脱落する。その後、再び椅子が一つ減らされ、勝者が一人になるまで続けられる