Variable hearing distance for noteblocks

The current distance you can listen to a noteblock from is 48 blocks. On bigger builds this a problem, for example I designed a MIDI sequencer in the game but I cant hear it all without flying all the way up to build limit and turning my volume too far up lol. If there was a way to make the hearing distance variable by turning it into a gamerule function that would allow for map makers, and players like myself to use noteblocks in completely new ways. I am aware of the playsound command, but this seems like a feature that should exist in the game. <3