Note Block

Obtaining

A note block is crafted from planks and redstone dust. It can be mined as a normal block and keeps its note settings when moved carefully.

Loot tableNote BlockDetailed drops are not published yet.

• Oak PlanksBlock
• Redstone DustItem

Breaking

Data: Breaking

Hardness	◈0.8
Blast resistance	0.8
Tool	AxeTool

Crafting

crafting grid

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Result

Note Block

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.

Right-clicking a note block changes its pitch, while powering it plays the selected note. Different instruments are chosen by the block beneath it, so a small arrangement can become a compact redstone music system.

• Redstone WireBlock
• ObserverBlock
• JukeboxBlock

Sounds

The selected instrument chooses the sound event. Tunable instruments use the note pitch, while untunable instruments keep a pitch of 1.0; each playback also emits the `note_block_play` game event.

Behavior

The block emits a note-block-play game event when it plays. A redstone pulse activates it, and the supporting block determines the instrument family. Placement and vertical neighbour updates recalculate the instrument; a compatible block above takes priority, while an instrument below is used when the top position does not provide one.

• Redstone WireBlock
• ObserverBlock

Data values

The block uses the `minecraft:note_block` identifier and is tagged as axe-mineable. Its public state is the tuned note plus the instrument selected by the block below it.

Data: Data values

Identifier	minecraft:note_block
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Blockstate	assets/minecraft/blockstates/note_block.json
Loot table	Note BlockLoot table
Tool tag	Axe mineable
State	Note, instrument, powered
Default state	Note 0, harp, unpowered
Game event	minecraft:note_block_play

• Redstone DustItem
• Oak PlanksBlock

History

The note block has kept the same redstone music role while its state model gained an explicit instrument property and support for custom note-block sounds on heads placed above it.

1. 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

Trivia

The note value is a two-octave range rather than an arbitrary pitch. A powered transition plays once, while changing the note by hand also immediately plays the selected instrument.

Gallery

See also

• Block catalogue
• Recipe
• Oak PlanksBlock
• Redstone DustItem
• Redstone WireBlock
• ObserverBlock
• JukeboxBlock

References

The local snapshot keeps the shaped recipe, block loot, multipart state and `NoteBlock` implementation separately. The implementation records the three public state fields, the two-octave note range, redstone transition, and the game event used by listeners.

• Oak PlanksBlock
• Redstone DustItem
• Redstone WireBlock
• ObserverBlock

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