"So after it plays the notes, it should say which 'notes' it played and put it in one file..."

One way to accomplish this could be with Cache::Cache. Here is a little example:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Cache::FileCache;

my $cache = new Cache::FileCache( );
my $word  = $cache->get('word');

print "The word of the minute is ... ";

unless (defined $word ) {
   print "there is no word for minute!\n";
   print "Please enter the word the day: ";
   chomp($word = <STDIN>);
   $cache->set(word => $word,'1 minute');
}

print "$word\n";
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L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)