Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid

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Bard to the Bone
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18 May @ 5:26pm
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Bard to the Bone

Description
Bard-To-The-Bone is a Project Zomboid mod that lets players perform music using ABC notation, with support for all vanilla instruments and custom ones.

Song Library[github.com]

[ko-fi.com]

[discord.gg]



Windows: %userprofile%\Zomboid\console.txt
Mac/Linux: $User\Zomboid\console.txt
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Copyright 2025 Chuckleberry Finn. This item is not authorized for posting on Steam, except under the Steam account named Chuckleberry Finn.

Workshop ID: 3484029638
Mod ID: BardToTheBone
60 Comments
goon al gaib 6 Jul @ 1:43am 
I found it but since it's a text file it doesn't really make it less tedious. Have you considered using .abc files? I know of a mod doing a similiar thing for a game called Vintage story and it uses these files instead of a single text file. fyi mods name is "IInstruments"
Chuckleberry Finn  [author] 5 Jul @ 7:08pm 
The text file is in your local cache folder under Lua/
goon al gaib 5 Jul @ 2:45pm 
Can you tell me where is the directory for songs? I want to add multiple at once and copy+pasting in game is really tedious otherwise great mod.
Chuckleberry Finn  [author] 1 Jun @ 7:15am 
- Playing instruments lowers boredom and unhappiness.
- Playing instruments has a higher calorie burn.
- Added a new song to the library.
Chuckleberry Finn  [author] 29 May @ 3:42am 
The goal was to avoid outside/third-party programs, ABC also has shorthand for bpm switches for certain notes. Although, I didn't see any songs requiring mid-song switches.

The songs came from an old Starbound library, that came from an old LOTR library. Some of the tempos (Q:) do feel a bit slow, and that may be due to PZ/the overhead of the mod. Adding 10-20 bpm seems to fix most issues on my end.
John Dulanius 28 May @ 9:26pm 
Great idea, but it seems to me like having the letters as 'sheet music' and being able to play the keys yourself would be better for playing the right rhythm, as opposed to a constant BPM.

This idea was done really well with 'the Virtual Piano' website, as well as in many different roblox games. A lot of keyboard-based sheet music already exists on the Virtual Piano website, is that where you got these songs?
Chuckleberry Finn  [author] 28 May @ 1:00pm 
Also

I updated the playback logic and the songs sound a lot better. I'm not a musician by trade, so it's been a learning curve. 👍
Chuckleberry Finn  [author] 28 May @ 12:59pm 
Yes very safe, it uses almost all vanilla items. The only item you may have harder time finding is extra musical items (currently just a child's xylophone)
KashiKakes 28 May @ 12:46pm 
Is this safe to add midsave? I'd love to use it on my MP server!
Chuckleberry Finn  [author] 27 May @ 6:43pm 
It appears a lot of the songs in the library are not well written, going to be looking into ways to fix this.