RobotPlayMelody

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playMelody()

Description

Plays a melody according to a string of music notes. The input string also contains information about note duration, as well as silences. Must be preceded by Robot.beginSpeaker() in setup().

NB : when a melody is playing, all other processes stop

Syntax

Robot.playMelody(melody)

Parameters

melody: A string of notes to be played and their duration.

The string may contain following chars:
Notes

c : play C
C : play #C
d : play D
D : play #D
e : play E
f : play F
F : play #F
g : play G
G : play #G
a : play A
A : play #A
b : play B
- : silence

Duration

1 : Set the following as full notes
2 : Set the following as half notes
4 : Set the following as quarter notes
8 : Set the following as eigth notes
. : Set the note duration as its duration plus an half of its duration (Example 1/4 + 1/8)

Returns

none

Examples

#include <ArduinoRobot.h> void setup ( ) {
Robot.begin ( ) ;
Robot.beginSpeaker ( ) ; //Initialize the sound module
} void loop ( ) {
char aTinyMelody[ ] = "8eF-FFga4b.a.g.F.8beee-d2e.1-" ; // This is what we will play
Robot.playMelody (aTinyMelody) ; // Play the melody }