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<h4 class="subsection">3.5.3 What goes into the MIDI output?</h4>
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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Supported in MIDI</h5>
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<p>The following items of notation are reflected in the MIDI output:
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<li>Pitches
<li>Quarter tones (See <a href="Accidentals.html#Accidentals">Accidentals</a>. Rendering needs a
player that supports pitch bend.)
<li>Chords entered as chord names
<li>Rhythms entered as note durations, including tuplets
<li>Tremolos entered without ‘<code>:</code>[<var>number</var>]’
<li>Ties
<li>Dynamic marks
<li>Crescendi, decrescendi over multiple notes
<li>Tempo changes entered with a tempo marking
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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Unsupported in MIDI</h5>
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<p>The following items of notation have no effect on the MIDI output:
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<li>Rhythms entered as annotations, e.g. swing
<li>Tempo changes entered as annotations with no tempo marking
<li>Staccato and other articulations and ornamentations
<li>Slurs and Phrasing slurs
<li>Crescendi, decrescendi over a single note
<li>Tremolos entered with ‘<code>:</code>[<var>number</var>]’
<li>Figured bass
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<li>Lyrics
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