![]() ![]() Below that is a horizontal scroll bar that is used to quickly jump to a specific measure (bar). Under the white Channel label, you have a numeric Bar indicator, Play/Pause button, Time Signature, Transpose, and BPM (tempo). Looking vertically down each track you see that each has controls for Pan (Left and Right stereo field), Reverb and Chorus (I never used them), Volume, Solo, Mute, and Instrument. I don’t think I ever used more than 12 tracks. One of the fantastic benefits of using midi in rehearsal is the ability to be mobile and not stuck behind the piano all the time.Īs you can see, there are 12 tracks on the screen, but more are available if you scroll to the right using the black “Slide” horizontal bar. Our Music Boosters purchased a large electric adjustable desk to put everything on, so I could stand or sit in rehearsal. The iPad sat on the extended music rack of the piano, right within arms’ reach. The piano had on-board speakers which were very handy for some things, but mostly I used a couple of small powered speakers for output to the students. To use the midi file in rehearsal, I first connected the iPad to my rehearsal digital piano via a Lightning adaptor and USB cable (such as connects a computer to a printer). The focus of this blog will be the basic functions and use of Sweet Midi as the midi file playback device. I exported the music sequence from Metro as a midi file (Song Title.mid) into my Dropbox account and then imported it into the Sweet Midi app on my iPad. Several recording and playback generations later, I concluded my teaching career using a software midi sequencer called Metro (still available at ) to produce the midi files, and Sweet Midi ( ) on the iPad to play back in the classroom. It had eight tracks that you could record into and play back with digital controls. In the old days, I recorded the music directly into the wonderful Ensoniq ESQ-1. It should be every music teacher’s goal to promote the art of piano playing and accompanying. I do regret not pushing them more and using them more effectively. ![]() Of course, if I had a student who could handle it, I gave them the opportunity, but they were few and far between. So I would sequence the accompaniment part and vocal parts into midi files and use them to accompany the choir and play their parts during rehearsals. By the time I decided to be a music teacher and took it back up again, the old brain neurons just didn’t connect like they should. As I’ve admitted elsewhere, midi was a lifesaver to me during my teaching career because I unfortunately quit taking piano lessons when I was a kid. ![]()
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