Response to MIDI articles

According to one of the articles we read, MIDI is one of the the two most important breakthroughs in music technology of the twentieth century. Thanks to MIDI recordings we can create recordings of songs online. Even though they are synthetic and can sound very dry and toneless, they can be good for students who need help with rhythms, or the pitches.

I also never knew how MIDI files worked, and that how good of a recording/file you produce depends on what you enter it in on. Basically it is software that can recreate notes by inputting them into the computer through a MIDI keyboard.

Like mentioned earlier, MIDI files could be helpful to students who need help with rhythms or pitches. MIDI files, also take up less room on a computer, allowing you to store more files. MIDI keyboards can also be used to play along with students during band, orchestra, or choir class. In my high school our band director would play along with us when we would have trouble with rhythms or would be out of tune. He could also make recordings of his MIDI "accompaniments" and could run them, to keep a consistent tempo in the group.

MIDI is all in all a very useful tool in not only music education, but music in general too.