Music Options FAQ

Why doesn't the music play?
How do I play a song?
How do I download a midi file?
Why download midi?
 

Why doesn't the music play?
When you click on the link that is at the far left of the screen, you are clicking on a simple link to a midi file. If there is no link on the far left, the midi file has not yet been created. You must have certain things on your machine to play a midi file. You need a sound card and speakers. You probably have some sort of software that plays midi, but in order to hear midi, you must have that software enabled. Midi won't work on some machines unless Java is enabled on the browser. Your machine may be different. The music is simply a midi (.mid) file, which is a musical instrument format that is almost universal to all machines.

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How do I download a midi file?
Once the file is playing, if you right click on the player, that will usually give you the option to download the midi. Sometimes you can just right click on the link.

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Why download midi?
There is a link here to get free software that will convert a midi file into sheet music. You may have software that will allow you to edit the midi and make your own arrangement of the song. You may want to play the song on your machine when you aren't on the internet. You may want to put the midi onto a web page that you have.

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