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A Note Block being triggered and playing a note.

Crafting

Note Blocks can be crafted by placing 8 planks in a square with redstone at the center.

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Music

Note blocks play a note when hit or when powered by redstone. Redstone current only causes the note to play once, even if it is a continuous current. A note block must have a block of air above it to play a sound.

Each time a note block plays a note, a note particle will fly out of the top, with the color depending on the pitch (but not the instrument).

Right clicking increases the note pitch up a half step, with a total of two full octaves being available to play. After reaching high C, right clicking again resets it to low C, as does breaking the block and picking it back up.

The instrument played depends on the block underneath the note block:

Block type Instrument
Glass Sticks
Stone/Cobblestone/Obsidian/Netherrack/Bricks Ordinary drum
Wood Blocks Marimba
Sand/Gravel/Soulsand Snare drum
All other blocks. Piano

History

Note Blocks were released on 13 January 2011 for the Beta release 1.2.

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