BeginnerRedstone
Redstone basics in Minecraft: dust, repeater, comparator, observer
Swap the lamp for a Note Block or a Piston and you have a sound alarm or an overflow switch.
Tested 26.3
Block
Note Block block in Minecraft
The Note Block plays a musical note when you hit it or when it receives a redstone signal. Right-clicking raises the pitch one step at a time, across two octaves, and the block underneath decides which instrument you hear.
It is made with the Crafting Table from 8 × Oak Planks (or another variant) and Redstone Dust. It is mined with an axe. As fuel it burns for 15 seconds in a Furnace, enough to smelt 1.5 items.
What it does
The instrument comes from the block below: wood gives a bass, sand or gravel a snare drum, glass clicks, stone a bass drum, gold a bell, clay a flute, packed ice chimes, wool a guitar, a bone block a xylophone and a block of iron an iron xylophone. Soul sand, pumpkins, emerald blocks, hay bales and glowstone have their own sounds too; anything else plays a harp.
A note block only sounds if the space above it is empty. Placing a mob head on top instead makes it play that mob's sound, from a creeper's hiss to a dragon's roar. Chains of note blocks linked by repeaters, with delays set between them, are how players compose songs in the game.
An Allay that hears a note block stays close to it for a while and drops the items it collects there, which is the basis of allay sorting systems. Delivering a cake to a note block with an allay is even an advancement.
How to craft
Crafting table 
8 × Any of #planks + Redstone Dust → Note Block
// Slots with several items cycle through every accepted option.
How Note Block connects
2 links · from the 26.3 game dataWorks in
Furnacefuel · smelts 1.5 items15 sAdvancements
Birthday SongHave an Allay drop a Cake at a Note BlockTutorials with Note Block (1)
Block states
| note | 0 · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 |
|---|---|
| powered | true · false |
| instrument | harp · basedrum · snare · hat · bass · flute · bell · guitar · chime · xylophone · iron_xylophone · cow_bell · didgeridoo · bit · banjo · pling · trumpet · trumpet_exposed · trumpet_oxidized · trumpet_weathered · zombie · skeleton · creeper · dragon · wither_skeleton · piglin · custom_head |
Tags
#minecraft:blocks_dolphin_jump#minecraft:blocks_fluid_flow#minecraft:blocks_lava_fire_spread#minecraft:blocks_motion#minecraft:blocks_motion_in_heightmap#minecraft:blocks_motion_in_heightmap_no_leaves#minecraft:blocks_motion_no_leaves#minecraft:causes_suffocation#minecraft:entities_can_teleport_to#minecraft:ice_melts_when_destroyed_above#minecraft:mineable/axe
Note Block · FAQ
How do you get Note Block in Minecraft?
At the Crafting Table: 8 × Oak Planks (or another variant) and 1 × Redstone Dust give 1 × Note Block. Mining the block drops it.
What is Note Block used for in Minecraft?
It plays notes and instruments with redstone or a hit, and attracts allays to drop items near it.
What tool do you need to mine Note Block?
The fastest tool is the axe.
Can Note Block be used as fuel?
Yes. In a Furnace it burns for 15 seconds, enough to smelt 1.5 items.
What sound does a note block make on Note Block?
Placed under a Note Block, Note Block gives the Double bass sound.
Which advancements involve Note Block?
Birthday Song (Have an Allay drop a Cake at a Note Block).