Editing Music (section)

=Playing Music=

To begin, you will need access to an instrument. There are several schools of instrument to choose from:
*[[Brass Instruments]]
*[[Percussion Instruments]]
*[[String Instruments: Bowing]]
*[[String Instruments: Plucking]]
*[[Woodwind Instruments]]
*[[Music Theory]] itself uses the piano, and can arrange compositions into sheet music form for others to read and play on their own.

Once you've chosen and instrument, it can be played directly by reading sheet music, playing individual notes manually, or arranged into saved melodies and full songs.

To see what notes are available on your selected instrument, you can use the <font color="#DAA520">[musichelp</font> command, or check the individual instrument [[Skills]] on this wiki.

===Playing Notes===
Equip a portable instrument or stand next to a stationary one.

Use the <font color="#DAA520">[Play</font> command followed by notes and pause values.

<font color="#DAA520">Pauses are measured in tenths of a second:</font>
*1 = 0.1 seconds (100 milliseconds)
*10 = 1 second (1000 milliseconds)
*So for example: '[Play c4 10 d4 e4' Plays C4, pauses for 1 second, then plays D4 and E4 simultaneously

===Melodies ===
*Use the <font color="#DAA520">[SaveMelody</font> command to save a sequence of notes as a named melody.
**Example: [SaveMelody happybirthday c4 10 d4 10 e4.
*The melody must be bracketed by % (percent symbol) when called.
**Example: To delete a saved melody you would use command '<font color="#DAA520">[DeleteMelody</font> %happybirthdy%'

=== Stopping Music ===
*Use <font color="#DAA520">[StopMusic</font> to interrupt any ongoing playback.

=== Managing Playlists ===
*Your playlist (the queue of notes to be played) is cleared automatically when new melodies or songs are played.
*Manually clear the playlist using <font color="#DAA520">[StopMusic</font> if needed.