Support use of note names like "C4" or "G#3" as input to "play note" block?

[ericrosenbaum]

Another idea for making the input to the "play note" more intuitive and musical: support both numeric input of MIDI note numbers (as in Scratch 2.0) and also note name/octave notation like "C4" or "G#3" or "Eb2" (similar to "scientific pitch notation). We could also automatically convert valid note names without an octave to the default octave. So these would all play the same note:

Play note 60
Play note C4
Play note C

[Kenny2github]

I’m assuming the default octave is 4?

What would it play for invalid inputs? Silence?

[Sauvaginier]

Be careful with this enhancement request, as the note names do vary depending on the country. Ex. "B" is "H" in German, then there is the Latin countries' usage ("SI") etc. So it would need to be localized per user location in order to provide the best user experience.