Minecraft World Magazine – November 2019

MUSIC BLOCKS

NOTE BLOCK

PITCH

As well as sele cting the

instrument, you can change

the pitch a note block plays by

pressing the “use” bu tton onit.

This will slig htly changethe colour

of the no te toindicate that it’s

been ad justed. There are25 notes

in total.

MUTING

Note blocks won’t play soun ds if

there’s a block immediately above

them, so you have to leave space

for the no te toplay. You can use

this knowledg e when creating

your tunes! Sticky pistons can be

set up to muffl e no te blocks by

moving blocks on and off them.

Note blocks themselves can’t be

moved by pistons, though!

A note block

playing a sound

NOTE BLOCK

INSTRUMENTS

A recent expansion of note blocks has
upped the nu mberof instruments to 16 in
Java Edition 1.14. The Bedrock Edition only
has the bottom fi ve in this list right no w,
but the new ones should be added soon!
The soun d a note block makes depends
on the material of the block BENEATH it.
Here’s how:

• Bell: Gold


• Flute: Clay


• Chime: Packed ice


• Guitar: Wool


• Xylophone: Bone


• Vibraphone Iron


• Cowbell: Soul sand


• Didgeridoo: Pumpkin


• Computer beep: Emerald


• Banjo: Hay bale


• Harp: Glowstone


• Double bass: Wood of any type


• Snare drum: Sand, gravel andconcrete


• Clicks and sticks: Glass


• Bass drum: Stone


• Piano: All other blocks

Diff eren t-coloured

notes indi cate

diff eren t pitches

The material

affects the

instrument