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3.6.5 Using MIDI instruments
MIDI instruments are set using the midiInstrument property within
a Staff context.
\score {
\new Staff {
\set Staff.midiInstrument = "glockenspiel"
… music …
}
\midi { }
}
or
\score {
\new Staff \with {midiInstrument = "cello"} {
… music …
}
\midi { }
}
If the instrument name does not match any of the instruments listed in
the ‘MIDI instruments’ section, the acoustic grand instrument
will be used instead. See MIDI instruments.
See also
Learning Manual: Other sources of information.
Notation Reference: MIDI instruments, Score layout.
Installed Files: ‘scm/midi.scm’.
Known issues and warnings
Percussion instruments that are notated in a DrumStaff
context will be output, correctly, to MIDI channel 10 but some
pitched, percussion instruments like the xylophone, marimba, vibraphone
or timpani, are treated as “normal” instruments so the music for
these should be entered in a Staff (not DrumStaff) context
to obtain correct MIDI output. A full list of
channel 10 drum-kits entries can be found in ‘scm/midi.scm’.
See
Other sources of information.
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