Wooden planks may also be found as part of naturally generated structures such as villages, shipwrecks, woodland mansions, mineshafts, strongholds, swamp huts, and pillager outposts[1] X Research source .

Redstone dust may also be obtained by killing witches or looting chests in mineshafts, dungeons, strongholds, villages, and woodland mansions[3] X Research source .

Tap the spot where you want to place the noteblock if playing on Pocket Edition. Press L2 if playing on PS3 or PS4. Press LT if playing on an Xbox. Press ZL if playing on a Wii U or Nintendo Switch.

When you right click a noteblock, a note particle will appear above it. The color of the particle will change colors depending on what pitch it currently is. If the noteblock is broken or you right click it more than 25 times the pitch will reset to the base pitch.

Wooden blocks: String bass. Sand, gravel, and concrete powder: Snare drum. Glass, sea lanterns, and beacons: Clicks and sticks. Stone blocks, nylium, netherrack, obsidian, quartz, sandstone, ores, bricks, corals, respawn anchors, bedrock, and concrete: Bass drum. Block of gold: Glockenspiel bell. Clay, or, if on Bedrock Edition, honeycomb blocks and infested blocks: Flute. Packed ice: Chimes. Wool: Guitar. Bone block: Xylophone. Iron block: Vibraphone. Soul sand: Cowbell. Pumpkin: Didgeridoo. Block of emerald: Square wave (8-bit). Hay bale: Banjo. Glowstone: Electric piano. Any other block: Harp/Piano.

If using a controller, press the right trigger. If playing on Pocket Edition, tap the noteblock. If you’re playing on creative mode, hitting a noteblock will destroy it instead of playing a note. You’ll have to switch to survival mode or use redstone in order to play a note.

Placing a pressure plate or redstone directly on top of the noteblock will produce no sound, as noteblocks need at least 1 air block directly above them to play notes.