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PLAY commandstring$
 
    ■ commandstring$     A string expression that contains one or more of
                         the music commands.
 
    ■ ◄Octave and Tone Commands►
        o n      Set current octave (n = 0-6).
        < or >   Move up or down one octave.
        A - G    Play A, B, ... G in current octave (+ or # = sharp,
                 - = flat).
        Nn       Play a znote (n = 0-84, where 0 is a rest).
 
    ■ ◄Duration and Tempo Commands►
        Ln       Sets length of a note (n = 1-64, where 64 is 64th note).
        ML       Each note plays full length.
        MN       Each note plays 7/8 of length.
        MS       Each note plays 3/4 of length.
        Pn       Pause for the duration of n quarternotes (n = 1-64).
        Tn       Sets tempo (n = 32-255, 120 quarter notes per minute
                 default).
 
    ■ ◄Foreground/Background Operation Commands►
        MF       Plays music in foreground.
        MB       Plays music in background.
 
     ■ To execute substrings within a PLAY command, use a command of
       the form:
 
         "X" + VARPTR$(stringexpression)
 
    ■ The PLAY statement is not available in OS/2 protected mode.
 
See Also    ◄Execute Substring Command►           ◄BEEP►     ◄ON PLAY►
            ◄PLAY Statements (Event-Trapping)►    ◄SOUND►    ◄PLAY Function►