Stapleford Singers

Information for choir members

If you want to use your computer to help you learn your part, you have two ways of doing it:

• You can download some MIDI files with your particular part emphasised and play them with Windows Media Player or Real Player.
• You can download some unemphasised MIDI files and use my MidiPlay program provide the emphasis for your part. It’s a bit more complicated but it gives you a lot more flexibility in how you listen to the music:
  • You can slow the music down.
  • You can control how loud you make your part and how quiet you make the other parts.
  • You can play the parts on different instruments.
  • You can see the score.

Whichever way you choose to do it, be aware that the MIDI files are not note perfect. There’s the odd mistake in them (if you find any mistakes then please let me know so that I can fix them). And remember that the tempo and dynamics might be different from the way that Adam wants us to do them.

If you want to use MIDI files with your particular part emphasised then click on the following links:

• Stanford, Beati Quorum Via

I haven't been able to find emphasised files for the other pieces. See below for unemphasised files.

If you want to use MidiPlay then the instructions below tell you how to:

1. Download the MIDI files
2. Download and run the MidiPlay program

and at the end there are:

3. Further Notes
4. Acknowledgements

Here are the instructions:

1. To download the MIDI files

For each of the following links, right click on the link:

• Lotti, Miserere
• Stanford, Beati Quorum Via
• Sullivan, The long day closes

then click on Save Target As... or Save Link As... and save the files on C:\ or somewhere else on your hard disk.

2. For instructions on downloading and running the MidiPlay program click here.

3. Further notes

None at the moment.

4. Acknowledgements

• The MIDI files above are from:
  • John Hooper's website (John is in Harlton)
  • House music

If you have any problems with the MidiPlay program or the MIDI files or suggestions for improvement then email me at

If any of you want to write something to appear here, or if you have any photographs of the choir, then please let me know.

Cheers,
Chris.

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