# Music help

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/music-help/4421
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [November 14, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/music-help/4421 "2020-11-14T01:06:04Z")
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### Author: ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/music-help/4421/3 "2020-11-14T19:14:29Z")

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If you’re comfortable with TypeScript, you can use code written by @kwx for inspiration:

> [@SFX in MakeCode Arcade?](https://forum.makecode.com/t/sfx-in-makecode-arcade/76/16):
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> FYI, you can do that already, MakeCode has its own [string-based notation](https://arcade.makecode.com/developer/sound#melodies). peli@'s extension converts RTTL format into the MakeCode syntax which makes it possible to use pre-existing melodies in that format, but if you’re making melodies from scratch I think the existing MakeCode format may be a bit more powerful since it’s more closely tied to the way the underlying sound engine works. Here’s an example from a test I was working on. FWIW, it doesn’t currently work great since the different ins…

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