MIDI Files

PROGRAMME DETAILS FOR MARCH CONCERTS

  • Pange Lingua – Kodaly
  • Missa Brevis - Kodaly
  • Geistliches Lied – Brahms
  • The Lord is my Shepherd – Schubert
  • Greater Love Hath No Man – Ireland
  • Lord Thou Hast Been Our Refuge – Vaughan Williams?

Some of the links below take you to MIDI files. Make sure your PC speakers or headphones are on. When you click on the relevant MIDI link then the file will automatically start to play. You don’t have to install anything. (See bottom of table however, if you want to get more technical... ) 

PROGRAMME DETAILS

FILES

The Lord in my Shepherd - Schubert

Link to MIDI File

Brahms Geistliches Lied Op 30

Link to MIDI file

Kodaly Missa Brevis

Kyrie

Gloria

Credo

Sanctus

Benedictus

Agnus Dei

Ite Missa Est

For the teccies: Most music programs (eg Noteworthy, Sibelius, Finale... ) will also import, export, and play MIDI files.  If you already use such a program then you may want to use this to have more control over the MIDI playback . Alternatively there are also excellent free MIDI playback programs. If you haven’t already got one then you can get  MIDIPLAY from here. Depending on how the different tracks in the MIDI file have been saved, you can then play tracks independently of each other; change voices/instruments; change playback speed; transpose - and so on.  Have fun! 

For the geeks:  A MIDI file is not a recording of the music (as with MP3 for example).  It is simply a list of instructions (timbre, volume, tempo, frequency etc) . Therefore - you always need a “synthesiser” on your device in order to interpret the instructions (usually built in to your sound card).  But iPods don’t have an onboard synthesiser, nor can you download additional apps for your iPod.  So - they can’t play MIDI files. 

However -  handhelds & fancy phones (eg iPhone, Omnia, Nexus) can almost certainly be made to play MIDI files.  If not built in, then look for a MIDI player in your App store. 

P.S. Any individual MIDI file will usually sound completely different on a different device.  The different “instrument” sounds are determined by your device! 

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