Note Block

Obtaining

Note blocks are most quickly broken with an axe.

Block	Note Block
Hardness	0.8
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by time
Hand	1.25
Wooden	0.65
Stone	0.35
Iron	0.2
Diamond	0.2
Golden	0.1

1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Info

Note Block

Type	Solid Block
Requirements	None
Physics	No
Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with	No
Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2	No
Blast resistance	4
Hardness	0.8
Tool
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No, but catches fire from lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still
First appearances	See History
Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that	Itself
Block entity id	noteblock
Data value	dec:25 hex:19 bin:11001
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition	noteblock

A note block is a musical block See the various blocks found in Minecraft. For the blocking with shields that reduces damage when performed, see Blocking. All blocks Blocks are the basic units of structure in Minecraft. Contents 1 that emits sounds when powered with redstone.

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Trivia

• Note blocks start at the pitch F#, which is interesting since there are very few musical instruments tuned to F#.
• The sound files for the note blocks can be found in assets/sounds/note, you can see that the harp sound is named "harp" and also that there is an unused sound called "pling".
• You can tune a note block even if there is a block above it, however the note will not be seen nor will any sound be made.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe
Any Wood Planks Wood Planks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 15 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 05 hex: 5 bin: 101 Name planks Wood planks are common blocks used in many crafting ⃂+ Redstone

Notes

A note block being triggered and playing a note.

Note blocks play a colored musical note when hit or when powered by redstone. A note block must have at least one block of air above it to play a sound. Notes can be heard up to 48 blocks away.

Note blocks will play when next to a powered block. 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).

Pressing use on the block increases the note pitch up a semitone, with a total of two full octaves (24 semitones) being available to play for each instrument (bass is two octaves (24 semitones) lower than the standard range, and the bells, chimes and xylophone are 2 octaves above the standard range, giving the player six octaves (72 semitones) of effective range if the player needs to combine instruments for higher pitch coverage). The range of notes span from F♯₃ to F♯₅. After reaching the highest note, pressing use again resets it back to F♯₃, as does breaking the block and picking it back up. The exact pitch to pressing assignment is shown below.

Note blocks cannot be moved by pistons.^{Javaand Console editions}

Alternatively, there is a graphical version available:

You can roughly check the tuning of a block by looking at the note icon.

Instruments

The instrument played depends on the material of the block underneath the note block. Note that these are groups of blocks defined by the code, not just the individual block.

Powering note blocks

A pair of note blocks wired to a clock circuit to play alternately.

Note blocks can be powered in a variety of different ways following normal redstone principles, however some ways of powering note blocks are more convenient than others or produce unexpected results.

• When a note block is powered by a button on its side, it does play a note, but is often very difficult to hear since the sound of the button activating is so loud.
• Since note blocks need a space above them, note blocks powered by pressure plates or redstone directly above them do not make a sound.

Fuel

Note blocks can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Data values

See also: Block entity format

A note block has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block. The block`s block entity ID is noteblock.

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History

Issues

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Contents

Crafting