Difference between revisions of "Writing Music"

Latest revision as of 21:00, 5 June 2022

To write in-game music, just write "jukebox commands" in a regular Book & Quill item, then left-click a jukebox with the book to run those commands.

Notes

C#0 - C# in zeroth octave (there are two octaves in Minecraft, 0 and 1)
Ab1 - A flat in first octave

Pauses, beat duration

:-4 - go back 4 beats
d3 - change delay in ticks between beats
-- - 2 beat pause

Chords

C0E0G0 or G0E0C0 or E0G0C0 - C Major Triad on zeroth octave
C0E0G0Bb, D0F#1A1 - More examples

Labels

c1: F#0 A0 C#0 :c1 A0 C#0 F#1 - will play both lines simultaneously from beat c1

Instruments

i0 - change instrument to Harp/Piano

There are 16 instruments total:

i0 - Harp/Piano, the default instrument unless otherwise specified.
i1 - Bass drum.
i2 - Snare drum.
i3 - Sticks.
i4 - Bass.
i5 - Flute
i6 - Bell.
i7 - Guitar.
i8 - Chime.
i9 - Xylophone.
i10 - Iron Xylophone.
i11 - Cow Bell.
i12 - Didgeridoo.
i13 - Bit.
i14 - Banjo.
i15 - Pling.

Volume

v700 - higher volume
v300 - lower volume
v500 - normal volume

Example

i0
d2
E0 - E0 - E0 ---
E0 - E0 - E0 ---
E0 - G1 - C0 - D0 -
E0 -------
F0 - F0 - F0 - F0 -
F0 - E0 - E0 - E0 E0
E0 - D0 - D0 - E0 -
D0 --- G1 ---

:0
C0 -------
C0 -------
C0 -------
C0 --- C0 ---
G1 -------
C0 -------
G1 -------
G1 --- G0 ---

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 * <code>--</code> - 2 beat pause
+== Chords ==
+* <code>C0E0G0 or G0E0C0 or E0G0C0</code> - C Major Triad on zeroth octave
+* <code>C0E0G0Bb, D0F#1A1</code> - More examples
+== Labels ==
+* <code>c1: F#0 A0 C#0 :c1 A0 C#0 F#1</code> - will play both lines simultaneously from beat c1
 == Instruments ==
-<code>i0</code> - change instrument to piano
+<code>i0</code> - change instrument to Harp/Piano
 There are 16 instruments total:
-* <code>i0</code> - Piano, the default instrument unless otherwise specified.
+* <code>i0</code> - Harp/Piano, the default instrument unless otherwise specified.
 * <code>i1</code> - Bass drum.
 * <code>i2</code> - Snare drum.
 * <code>i3</code> - Sticks.
-* <code>i4</code> - Bass guitar.
+* <code>i4</code> - Bass.
 * <code>i5</code> - Flute
 * <code>i6</code> - Bell.
@@ Line 39: / Line 45: @@
 * <code>v300</code> - lower volume
 * <code>v500</code> - normal volume
+== Example ==
+<pre>
+i0
+d2
+E0 - E0 - E0 ---
+E0 - E0 - E0 ---
+E0 - G1 - C0 - D0 -
+E0 -------
+F0 - F0 - F0 - F0 -
+F0 - E0 - E0 - E0 E0
+E0 - D0 - D0 - E0 -
+D0 --- G1 ---
+:0
+C0 -------
+C0 -------
+C0 -------
+C0 --- C0 ---
+G1 -------
+C0 -------
+G1 -------
+G1 --- G0 ---
+</pre>