If I haven't managed to persuade you out of using an embedded sound in your Web page, here's how to do it with maximum compatibility with today's popular browsers. This uses nonstandard proprietary tags, so your page won't pass a validator if you do it. This was just another of the ways these two browsers are incompatible with one another. There are a number of sound formats out there, with various strengths and weaknesses. I'm not sure how widespread support is on other platforms.
Files are very compact compared to other formats, with some loss in quality due to compression.
This entails creating a .ram file that links in turn to the .ra file with the actual sound. You need a music program to create them, and some amount of musical talent is desirable. It's the most compact way of transmitting an instrumental melody, but can't do vocals. Netscape and Internet Explorer currently come with plug-ins to handle the MIDI format. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3.