3.5.3 What goes into the MIDI output?
Supported in MIDI
The following items of notation are reflected in the MIDI output:
- Pitches
- Microtones (See Accidentals. Rendering needs a
player that supports pitch bend.)
- Chords entered as chord names
- Rhythms entered as note durations, including tuplets
- Tremolos entered without ‘
:[number]’
- Ties
- Dynamic marks
- Crescendi, decrescendi over multiple notes
- Tempo changes entered with a tempo marking
- Lyrics
Using The Articulate script, a number of items are added to the
above list:
- Articulations (slurs, staccato, etc)
- Trills, turns
- Rallentando and accelerando
Unsupported in MIDI
The following items of notation have no effect on the MIDI output,
unless you use The Articulate script:
- Rhythms entered as annotations, e.g. swing
- Tempo changes entered as annotations with no tempo marking
- Staccato and other articulations and ornamentations
- Slurs and Phrasing slurs
- Crescendi, decrescendi over a single note
- Tremolos entered with ‘
:[number]’
- Figured bass
- Microtonal chords
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