{"identifier":43851,"topic":"","name":"play 3","text":" Specify the note<code> r <\/code>to get a rest. For example: <br><br>\n\n   <code>re  --eighth note rest <br><br>\n\n <\/code>A duration followed by a period (.) means a dotted note. A duration followed by the number 3 means one note of a triplet. <br><br>\n\n HyperCard can also play digitized sounds stored as <code>'snd ' <\/code>resources. Use<code> play <\/code>with the name of the resource as the <u><code>sound<\/u><\/code>. The resource must appear <br>\n<br>\nin the current stack, a stack being used, or the Home stack. <br><br>\n\n HyperCard requires more RAM to play large digitized sounds\u2014about 22K for every second the sound plays. <br><br>\n\n If HyperCard can't find the sound or load it into memory,<code> the result <\/code>gets  <code>Couldn't load sound<\/code>.  If the volume is set to 0, if an XCMD is using the sound channel, or if HyperCard is running in the background,<code> the result <\/code>gets<code> Sound is off<\/code>. <br>\n","related":{"31649":"beep","64990":"sound","50819":"wait"},"examples":"","demo":"","debug":{"10":["in the current stack"],"9":["\rSpecify the note r "]}}