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"strad" refers to both a song composed by C418, and a music disc that plays the song when inserted in a jukebox. The music disc is obtained from creepers killed by skeletons.
Because TNT ignited by a flaming arrow attributes all resulting kills to the entity that fired the arrow, a skeleton igniting a TNT block due to holding a bow enchanted with Flame, or shooting through lava or fire, also causes any creepers killed in the explosion to drop a disc.[1][2]
"strad" is a tropical-sounding piece with the main melody being played on a steelpan, accompanied by a layered mix of strings, woodwinds, and soft synths, and supported by a glitchy electronic tribal percussion beat, ending on some melancholy Hurdy-gurdy chords. Bits and pieces of the melody from "Minecraft" can be heard throughout, sometimes played on bells in the background.
Usage
Like all music discs, using the "strad" music disc on a jukebox causes the jukebox to play the song.
If a redstone comparator is reading a jukebox playing "strad", it will emit a redstone signal of 9.
Music disc "strad" now uses the .ogg format. Before, "cat" and "13" were the only discs in the .ogg format; all the other discs were in the .mus format, which was decrypted by Minecraft on-the-fly.
With the introduction of jukebox song definition, music disc "strad" now has an associated .json jukebox song definition under data/minecraft/jukebox_song