Joyful Noise

Song and Silence: A Guidebook to Bards and Rogues (SaS)Updated Supplementals (3.0)

Joyful Noise is a D&D 3.5 spell (Abjuration) from SaS. On class lists for Bard (Level 1), Bard Variant (Level 1), Divine Bard (Level 1), and others. Range or area: 10 ft.; Saving throw: None; Duration: Concentration (see text); Casting time: 1 full round.

School
Abjuration
Casting Time
1 full round
Components
S, F
Range
10 ft.
Area
10 ft. radius emanation centered on the caster
Duration
Concentration (see text)
Saving Throw
None
Spell Resistance
Yes (harmless)

By making a strumming, drumming, or whistling gesture, you negate any magical silence in the area.
This zone of negation moves with you and lasts as long as you continue the performance.
The silence is not dispelled but simply held in abeyance; it remains in effect outside the area of the joyful noise.
Thus, this spell is usually used to move a group out of range of a silence effect.
Focus: The caster’s instrument.