Writing Music

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

Instruments

i0 - change instrument to piano

There are 16 instruments total:

• i0 - Piano, the default instrument unless otherwise specified.
• i1 - Bass drum.
• i2 - Snare drum.
• i3 - Sticks.
• i4 - Bass guitar.
• 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 ---