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Dear Musician and Music lover, you are welcome to this Virtual guide. Since many of our customers and our guests asked us to make some pages-guides regarding some specific topics about the classical music world, you can start right from here where we'll discuss about any resource about free classical MIDI files and related scores pages (always downloadable instantly on this site).
Well, now we can start to tell what is a MIDI file. A MIDI file, in simple words, it's a file containing notes that your computer understand and can plays. The origin of the acronym MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) find their origins in the far 1980 when this protocol was created with the intent to create a standard "language" for connect electronics musical instruments. Into the MIDI protocol there are any type of data that can describe a musical piece: the pitch, the length and the dynamics of every note and also the tempo, the text indications, etc.
Today the MIDI interface is not too used: with the born of the new computer audio cards "ALL IN ONE" we can recording real audio and play MIDI files directly from our computer, without any external instrument or equipment.
So, today and above all on the WEB, the MIDI acronym only is synonym of MIDI file.
Now we show you the right software to listen MIDI files. Whether you have a PC or Macintosh computer, you can find a free MIDI player to download now (if you have not already one), from the Live-update company. Once your MIDI player is installed on your computer, you are ready to find the right piece to play!
So, now I'll tell you where and how to download these MIDI files. From our site, you can find free classical MIDI files to download and play with your MIDI player (or equipment) instantly from EVERY page of our compositions scores available.
A good starting point, would be the Downloads page
where you can search for a piece by composer, instrument, skill or type or, more simple, just put your keywords into this form:
and your computer will show your search results. Once you find your right composition, the compositions page will be displayed. For example, this is the composition table of the page dedicated to the "Two Parts Inventions" by J.S.Bach:
Skill level: medium
J.S.Bach:
"Two Part Inventions"
Do you need a MIDI player?
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How you can see, from this table you can listen the MIDI files excerpts just clicking on the link named "MIDI file". And this work on all our compositions tables!
Also, from this table you can preview the first page of the compositions (sheet music) in PDF file format (in order to perform this, remember always that you need the free Acrobat Reader). Once you are satisfied by this FIRST PAGE, you could be interested to buy it: just click on the "Download it now!" link in order to continue your download process and credit card or on-line check processing.
The "FREE FOR MEMBER!" link allow Members, to download ALL our scores for free. If you are interested to become a Member, you find detailed instructions here.
Anyway, remember that we have, and so now I'll tell you how to find free scores on this site, we have a Free Classical Music scores dedicated page where we add a new free title every one-two week.
This is all about this site: it's very simple to browse it and simple to understand how it works. Anyway, you find quickly answers to your questions in your FAQ page.
There is other on the WEB about this topic? Yes, of course!
The most important resource on the WEB about Classical Music MIDI file is the Classical MIDI Archive, but there are many other interesting sites such as: Midi World, Classical Musical Midi Page, The Academy of Digital Music and others that you can find from Altavista or other major search engines and this important resource, regularly updated, about
"Search for other sheet music download" on the Musicians Page.
For the moment that's all, if you need other information at regard or you think that we should add more information on this page, feel free to contact us from here or post your suggestions on our Forums.
Thank you for your attention.
The Virtual Sheet Music staff
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