Making Music (with PowerShell)

Did you know you can make music using PowerShell and the [System.Console]::Beep command?

Well I didn't until I was looking into how to elicit a notification after a script completed and came across a rather hilarious Reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/q8l24k/some_powershell_beep/

I adjusted a couple but all credit goes to the commenters in that thread and the laughs they brought me, and hopefully now you.
I will be sharing a script soon that contains the real use case that lead me to this discovery, but in the mean time give these a listen in your own PowerShell console.
NOTE: The 'notes' are at best a rough guess 😆

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes

[System.Console]::Beep(196,1200);
[System.Console]::Beep(196,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(220,400);
[System.Console]::Beep(196,400);
[System.Console]::Beep(174,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(155,1000);
[System.Console]::Beep(146,1000);
[System.Console]::Beep(196,1000);
[System.Console]::Beep(196,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(220,400);
[System.Console]::Beep(196,400);
[System.Console]::Beep(174,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(155,400);
[System.Console]::Beep(174,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(155,400);
[System.Console]::Beep(146,1000);

Rick Roll

[System.Console]::Beep(523.25 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(698.46 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(880.00 ,450);
[System.Console]::Beep(880.00 ,450);
[System.Console]::Beep(783.99 ,1000);
[System.Console]::Beep(523.25 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(698.46 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(783.99 ,450);
[System.Console]::Beep(783.99 ,450);
[System.Console]::Beep(698.46 ,450);
[System.Console]::Beep(659.25 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(523.25 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(698.46 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,150);
[System.Console]::Beep(698.46 ,600);
[System.Console]::Beep(783.99 ,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(659.25 ,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(587.33 ,125);
[System.Console]::Beep(523.25 ,600);
[System.Console]::Beep(523.25 ,300);
[System.Console]::Beep(783.99 ,600);
[System.Console]::Beep(698.46 ,800);

Halloween Soundtrack

This one takes advantage of some looping for added effect

for($i=0;$i -le 15; $i++) {
    $noteLength = 200
    if ($i%8 -in (6,7)) {
	    $note1=1046
	    $note2=699
	    $note3=1109
    } else {
	    $note1=1109
	    $note2=740
	    $note3=1175
    }
    [System.Console]::Beep($note1,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note2,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note2,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note1,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note2,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note2,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note1,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note2,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note3,$noteLength);
    [System.Console]::Beep($note2,$noteLength);
}

Happy Birthday

This one builds on the concept.

$noteA = "1188.995"
$noteB = "1334.601"
$noteC = "1413.961"
$noteD = "1587.117"
$noteE = "1781.479"
$noteF = "1887.411"
$noteLowG = "1059.274"
$noteHighG = "2118.547"

$BeepList = @(
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 300; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 200; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteA; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteC; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteB; Length = 950; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 300; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 200; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteA; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteD; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteC; Length = 950; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 300; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteLowG; Length = 200; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteHighG; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteE; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteC; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteB; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteA; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteF; Length = 300; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteF; Length = 200; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteE; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteC; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteD; Length = 500; };
     @{ Pitch = $noteC; Length = 900; };
 );

 # You can modify the variable $num_Loop for your convenience
 $num_Loop = 2; 
 Foreach ($i in 1..$num_Loop) {  
     foreach ($Beep in $BeepList) {  
         [System.Console]::Beep($Beep['Pitch'], $Beep['Length']);  
     }  
 }

These are also available on my GitHub page here: https://github.com/taylordhendricks/thehelplessdesk/tree/main/powershell/music