diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6577cce0..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["Tests"]
-    types:
-      - completed
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # not on PRs
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    env:
-        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        GITHUB_CI: true
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 18.12.0
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm install
-      - name: Build
-        run: npm run build
-      - name: Increment version
-        run: npm run increment
-      - name: Publish @next
-        run: npm publish --tag next
-        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' }}
-      - name: Publish @latest
-        run: npm publish
-        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e4174a6e..8a7265a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -116,4 +116,32 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
       - name: Test
-        run: npm run test:readme
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: npm run test:readme
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # make sure all the tests pass first
+    needs: [run-tests, test-code-examples, test-html-examples, test-lint]
+    # not on PRs
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+    env:
+        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        GITHUB_CI: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.12.0
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+      - name: Increment version
+        run: npm run increment
+      - name: Publish @next
+        run: npm publish --tag next
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' }}
+      - name: Publish @latest
+        run: npm publish
+        if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
diff --git a/Tone/core/util/TypeCheck.ts b/Tone/core/util/TypeCheck.ts
index 204d4db0..f0e76a7a 100644
--- a/Tone/core/util/TypeCheck.ts
+++ b/Tone/core/util/TypeCheck.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ export function isNumber(arg: any): arg is number {
  * Test if the given argument is an object literal (i.e. `{}`);
  */
 export function isObject(arg: any): arg is object {
-	return Object.prototype.toString.call(arg) === "[object Object]" && arg.constructor === Object;
+	return (
+		Object.prototype.toString.call(arg) === "[object Object]" &&
+		arg.constructor === Object
+	);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61,5 +64,5 @@ export function isString(arg: any): arg is string {
  * e.g. "C4"
  */
 export function isNote(arg: any): arg is Note {
-	return isString(arg) && /^([a-g](?:b|#|x|bb)?)(-[4321]|[0-9]|10|11)$/.test(arg);
+	return isString(arg) && /^([a-g]{1}(?:b|#|x|bb)?)(-?[0-9]+)/i.test(arg);
 }