About The Instrument - Music SWEP
From Steam WorkshopPlay songs from your computer keyboard: This instrument is designed around your computer keyboard to be as simple and efficient to play songs as possible. Simple and informative visual control…
Play songs from your computer keyboard:
This instrument is designed around your computer keyboard to be as simple and efficient to play songs as possible.
Simple and informative visual control feedback:
Simultaneously view the color-coded mapping of your computer’s keyboard and the same keys labeled on a piano
Tons of customization, all automatically saved + loaded:
Many Settings can be configured and will automatically be saved and loaded. Settings are broken up into categories: 
Change your key by choosing the root note and 1 of the 7 modes 
Change the instrument (including piano, guitar, vocals, synth and more) and volume of your bass, chords, and notes independently of one another 
Change the root, shape and bass note of each of the 12 chords mapped on the left section of the keyboard 
Change the beats per minute(BPM) and the rate that your bass, chords, and notes repeat at relative to the bpm 
Access a third-party website to view over 30,000 songs in game (chromium install required) 
Manually save or load your settings in case the auto save/load fails. Or reset the configurations by the categories listed above
In-game access to instructions on over 30,000 songs:
In-game you can access the unaffiliated website https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab to learn songs. You will need to install Garry’s Mod Chromium for this particular aspect of this mod to work, but everything else besides the website will work with or without installing chromium. How to install chromium: [olist] [*]Close Garry's Mod [*]Right click on Garry’s Mod from your steam library and choose ‘Properties…’ [*]Select ‘BETAS’ at the left of the pop-up window that appears [*]Choose ‘x86-64 - Chromium + 64-bit binaries’ from the drop down menu [*]Garry’s Mod will ‘update’ to install this beta and will then be ready to play. [/olist]
Credits:
Pinhead Larry - Original Creator, Programming and Design Dekor - Design Consultant, Bug Testing/Feedback MrNiceGuy518 - Bug Testing/Feedback Peace_Schmeace - Bug Testing/Feedback TheTallGiraffe - Bug Testing/Feedback berry - Workshop page Russian Translation [SML] pop pic - Workshop page Brazilian-Portuguese Translation
Donate:
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Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 5 yr ago.
The Instrument - Music SWEP on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Garry's Mod servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Garry's Mod — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2022-01-13, released 2022-01-13
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of The Instrument - Music SWEP.
Run The Instrument - Music SWEP on a Garry's Mod server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWeapons, items & crafting
New weapons, gear, items and the recipes to make them.
Compatibility
- Game
- Garry's Mod
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
- ✓AuthorPinhead Larry, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
