Mindas Musical Contraptions
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| Mindas Musical Contraptions | |
|---|---|
| Survival 4 | |
| Project | |
| Type | Noteblock contraptions/redstone, thematic builds |
| World(s) | Survival 4 |
| Leader(s) | Minda905 |
Mindas Musical Contraptions refers to several noteblock songs/contraptions built by 
Minda905 independently and in collaboration with other players on the Survival 4 world of the Dogcraft Server, presented in order of creation.
The main idea behind the project is to put music into the world with the main focus not being on the contraption itself, but for it to add to the theme and immersion of the surrounding builds and landscape.
The Christmas Wishing Well
The first noteblock contraption Minda built was a rendition of her own arrangement of the well-known Christmas tune âWe Wish You a Merry Christmasâ. It was intended to be entered into the Christmas Decoration Competition in December 2020; however, she could not finish it in time and was therefore not able to enter her creation.
The wishing well, shaped like a candy-cane, resides in a snowy taiga forest. It sits in the garden of a tiny brown cottage alongside a Christmas tree and a sweet berry plantation. The snow golem Plonk II is there to act as the wellâs guard.
To play the song, you simply throw something into the well, and make a wish.
The musical arrangement consists of two voices, characterised by the bell (gold block) and chime (packed ice) sounds, chosen to give the feel of listening to a music box.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 111
Repeaters: 71
Length: 20s
Visit:
/phome The Christmas Wishing Well
Husky: 6650 70 -801
Pink Fluffy Unicorns
Around Valentineâs Day in February 2021 several players came together in a somewhat spontaneous way and started building what would soon become known as Pinksville. Just northeast of the area, Minda built a glass rainbow ending in a blackstone cauldron filled with gold. If you stand on the pressure plate on top of the cauldron, part of the tune âPink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbowsâ by Andrew Huang will play.
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Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 52
Repeaters: 32
Length: 6s
Visit:
Accessible via /phome Pinksville â look for the cauldron of gold by the end of the rainbow
Husky :-3796 69 3202
Intro to Barbie Girl
Soon after finishing Pink Fluffy Unicorns, Minda was approached by 
Chriizsich and 
ChargedBluey who asked if she could make the intro to Aquaâs Barbie Girl for the official /phome Pinksville - She gladly accepted the challenge. Arranging, test-building, material gathering, and construction was carried out over the span of five days.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 443
Repeaters: 427
Length: 17s
Visit:
/phome Pinksville
Husky: -3677 64 3346
Boccherini â Minuet
After contributing with a building in Gaia, Minda suggested to add some Italian classical music into the city, to fit its theme â namely an excerpt of the Minuet from the well-known String Quintet in E-major Op. 11 No. 5 by Luigi Boccherini, which she had previously constructed in a creative single-player world. Space was made in the theatre to house the contraption and above it is a concert hall with a grand piano, built by 
DragonFire441.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 646
Repeaters: 741
Length: 50s
Visit:
Accessible via /phome Gaia â find it at the theather
Husky: -1659 65 -557
Höstregn (Autumn rains)
Inspired by her previous creations around the server, Minda decided to make a dedicated music hall in her base (Ingrid Islands), featuring a great organ as a center piece. While looking for music to build in connection to the hall an old never performed composition of her own pen surfaced and was made into an interactive music contraption, accessible in a room just to the left of the hall.
Höstregn (Swedish for âAutumn Rainsâ) is a short loopable piece with four parts, each one represented by a different sound; contrabass (planks), guitar (wool), electric piano âplingâ (glowstone), and flute (clay). The player can choose which parts they want to be played by activating any of the four levers in the entrance and can then press a button to start the music. While the music is playing it is possible to flick the levers again to change the sound of the following loop. To end the performance, the player can simply turn off all the levers.
To accompany the theme of the title is a room with colourful autumn trees along the walls, made in collaboration with Chriizsich. The room also features a glass floor to show off the contraption below as it is playing.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 143
Repeaters: 163
Length: 12s (1 loop)
Visit:
Accessible via /phome Ingrid Islands â The music hall is located below ground via the tower stairwell
Husky: -808 31 3286
Notes:
This contraption, along with the Badinerie, was featured during the DC 1 Year Anniversary Stream on April 10th 2021.
J.S. Bach â Badinerie
The second creation for the music hall had to be fit for the organ, but space was limited â and so an excerpt of a brilliant piece by J.S. Bach was chosen to go along with the theme; Badinerie from the orchestral suite BWV 1067 in b minor, featuring the flute as a solo instrument, in this arrangement depicted by the bell sound (gold blocks).
The music can be activated by tuning the noteblocks in the organ, or by pressing the buttons on the back.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 370
Repeaters: 269
Length: 14s
Visit:
Accessible via /phome Ingrid Islands â The music hall is located below ground via the tower stairwell
Husky: -824 29 329
Notes:
This contraption, along with Höstregn, was featured during the DC 1 Year Anniversary Stream on April 10th 2021.
Theme from How to Train Your Dragon
In March 2021 Chriizsich approached Minda with an idea for a secret largescale project â A scene from the Dreamworks movie âHow to train your dragonâ (2010), intended as a birthday present for 
Karbloem.
The music arrangement was finished over the course of a week, and was made possible by looking to previous midi-arrangements by P. Pietchmann and C. Prato. Planning and building were carried out sporadically during April and May up until Karbloemâs birthday, when it was presented and later opened to the public.
The noteblock contraption is situated inside an island on Beagle built by Chriizsich. It features custom spruce trees, vegetable patches, a hut, and a mysterious cave. To the east of the island, you can see Toothless, the dragon, floating in the sky â designed and built mainly by Chriiz with some aid from Minda.
The music can be activated by stepping on the stone pressure plate located on the top of the island, which is also set as the location of the phome.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 791
Repeaters: 659
Length: 1m 13s
Visit:
/phome Berk
Beagle: 436 83 -4416
Notes:
The build was featured on the official Dogcraft Twitter on the 14th of May 2021.
Cantina Band from Star Wars
As a birthday present, Minda offered to fix up a previous arrangement of the Cantina Band tune from Star Wars which 
N1cM4tth3w63's had installed as a doorbell at his base, Sandstone Sights, in late May/early June 2021. The prior arrangement only featured the melody but was developed with additions of percussion and accompaniment parts.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 309
Repeaters: 201
Length: 14s
Visit:
Accessible via /phome N1c apartments
Husky: -1834 65 -2419
Chorale
In the end of June 2021, while in conversation with 
TrainerMoon, Minda mentioned she felt like she wanted a new music project to work on, and so the idea of featuring music in the Alina Cathedral was born. A few pieces by Bach as well as some choral works by different composers were considered, but in the end a Swedish sacral piece based on a folk tune from the region of Dalarna was chosen, originally scored for choir and organ by A. Ăhrwall.
Arranging and sketch-building was carried out over a weekend. The contraption was put in place underneath the organ in the middle of July 2021.
The music can be played by tuning the noteblock underneath the organ bench.
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 529
Repeaters: 862
Length: 1m 3s
Visit:
Accessible in the cathedral to the east of /phome Alina
Beagle: 3071 68 -51
Notes:
The arrangement is dedicated to DC staff, as a thanks for appointing Minda [Helper] during June and July in 2021.
Spooky Halloween Music Quiz
Joining in as a builder with the Events Team for the upcoming holidays of 2021 Minda got to realize her biggest noteblock project yet built in survival â The Spooky Halloween Music Quiz, with seven unique music examples for players to find and guess in a labyrinthic net of rooms and corridors built underneath the âPhantom Manorâ.
The project was carried out during September-October 2021 and was finalized in about one and a half month, with help from several people taking on larger or smaller tasks - from digging and terraforming to building, designing interiors, and decorating: 
Nonium, 
colliecolie, 
TheWhiteTigerNL, 
eybwam, 
RY44, 
Princess223 and 
Dutchsoccer.
The Quiz
Welcome to the Spooky Halloween Music Quiz!
Grab a book&quill, and perhaps a friend, then head through the iron door into the rooms and corridors below to find the 7 music examples.
Find and press the buttons to listen, then write down the song title in your book; three alternatives will be given for each example.
Remember to sign the book with your name and hand it in by the hopper at the end of the bubblevator :)
...Something something prize...
The prize for participating was a special guitar banner, and an additional prize of a miniblock pumpkin with a carved note on it was given to those who got 4-7 correct answers.
During the week after the event opened almost 80 entries were submitted.
The examples were as follows:
1. Spooky Scary Skeletons
2. The Addams Family Theme
3. Chopin - Funeral March
4. The Piano Duet (from Corpse Bride)
5. This is Halloween (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
6. Ghost Busters Theme
7. Michael Jackson - Thriller
Buildfacts:
Noteblocks: 1694
Repeaters: 1342
Length: totally 2min 20s
Visit:
/phome Halloween2021
Husky: 42714, 54, 19887
Notes:
Renthedog himself played the music quiz during a festive Halloween community Stream on October 30th, 2021. After finishing the quiz (with 6/7 correct answers) and singing along, he praised it highly, saying-
"Ten out of ten would recommend and do again. That was just, amazing, amazing work. Wow! Iâve never seen anything like this in Minecraft, that was just, fantastic, amazing work.
Headmod 
Scooberson built one of his signature Hidey Holes in connection to the game, which was also shown on stream.
Gallery
Redstone and noteblocks underneath the Christmas Wishing Well.
The redstone and noteblocks that make up the Intro to Aqua's Barbie Girl.
The Boccherini Minuet noteblock contraption.
Toothless flying in over the island of Berk on Beagle on May 12th 2021, built in collaboration with
Chriizsich.
Minda looking over at the finished noteblock contraption of "How To Train Your Dragon", residing inside the island of Berk.
Theme from "How to train your dragon" in noteblock form.
The Concert Hall in Gaia Theather on July 26th 2021.
The concert hall's grand piano built by
DragonFire441.
View of Gaia Theather on July 27th 2021.
The noteblock contraption that resides underneath the organ in Alina Cathedral.
Listen
Some of the contraptions have been uploaded by Minda to her YouTube channel, and you can listen to them there if not able to visit them in person on the server.
