The code used by the PLAY QB/QBasic command and which can be played on the Arduino by
my program is compact but very awkward to edit.
I found a way how to create melodies with the aid of an advanced free
music editor MuseScore 4.
This way, a huge library of musical notations on the Web opens up to us.
To create melodies on Arduino
you should type (or upload a ready-made) melody into MuseScore, and then export it with commands
File - Export - Music XML - Uncompressed (legacy) XML - No system or page breaks.
The resulting XML file is converted into .bas (QB/QBasic) and .h (Arduino) files using the xml2play program
Filenames are entered in xml2play without extensions.
Next, simply copy the .h file into the Arduino sketch and write the line
#include "yoursong.h" into the sketch file.
For the first time, I put together a sketch with a dozen popular tunes,
the zip also includes sheet music in MuseScore 4 format
and xml2play converter with FreeBasic source.
| 200let.h | "200 years a gypsy told me my life..." V Malezhik |
| anuka.h | "Come on, sing a song to us, all-round wind..." I Dunayevsky |
| batmahno.h | "Old Man Makhno looks out the window..." Lyube |
| buratino_tele.h | "Telecomandato Buratino" Pupo |
| daleko.h | "I hear a voice from a beautiful faraway..." E Krylatov |
| etoznaet.h | "There is no merrier dog" E Krylatov |
| felici.h | "Felicita" Al Bano and Romina Power |
| flazok.h | "Our small red flag" A Filippenko |
| gorodok.h | "Oh, how I want to come back..." Yu Varum |
| gorodz.h | "Golden City" Aquarium |
| kapitan.h | "There lived a brave captain..." I Dunayevsky |
| krysha.h | "The roof of your house" Yu Antonov |
| leopold2.h | "We will survive this trouble..." B Savelyev |
| litprinc.h | "Who invented you, star country..." M Tariverdiev |
| lubovspa.h | "Love will save the world" K Meladze |
| malstran.h | "Little Country" I Nikolaev |
| markiza.h | "All is well, beautiful marquise" |
| mirage.h | "Music connected us..." Mirage |
| nadalney.h | "I'll get off at the far station..." V Shainsky |
| nasaskol.h | "Our school country" Yu Chichkov |
| porapora.h | "It's time-it's time-let's rejoice..." Song of the Musketeers. M Dunayevsky |
| putdomoy.h | "The Way Home" Zemlyane |
| rasput.h | "Rasputin" Genghis Khan |
| vskor.h | "I'll take the fast train..." |
| zapivom.h | "When her husband went for beer" Academy |
| zelayu.h | "The sun is shining brightly..." E Vaenga |
| amaz.h | "On the distant Amazon..." V Berkovskiy |
| kirkorov.h | "And I didn’t even know that love..." V Popkov |
| koster.h | "Campfire" A Makarevich |
| lilshar.h | From the movie "Pink Sphere" E Krylatov |
| moidruz.h | "When my friends are with me" V Shainsky |
| nepogoda.h | "Half a year - bad weather" M Dunaevsky |
| ptitsa.h | "Bird of luck" A Pakhmutova |
| shapoch.h | From the movie "About Little Red Riding Hood" A Rybnikov |
| shiroka.h | From the movie "Circus" I Dunaevsky |
| shkgody.h | "School Years" D Kabalevsky |
| unomome.h | "Uno momento" G Gladkov |
| usamovar.h | "At the samovar..." F Kvyatkovskaya |
| vmkoroli.h | "Kings can do anything..." B Rychkov |
| zurbagan.h | "Blue Zurbagan falls asleep..." Yu Chernavsky |