Re: can MIDI support voice?

[Graham Percival]

On Fri, 28 May 2004 08:48:48 -0400
Ting Gan <address@hidden> wrote:
>       I came upone a problem with MIDI files. I have a piece of music which 
> has a voice and a piano part. The MIDI file which lilypond file output to 
> does not play the voice(singing) part. It just plays the melody, not the 
> lyrics. Does anyone know if MIDI plays voice? Thank you all.

No, MIDI doesn't support voice.  You can use an instrument that's either
"voice aah" or "voice doh" (imagine the lyrics being "aah-aah-aah"), but
that's the extent of its abilities.

Cheers,
- Graham