midi and karaoke

[David Raleigh Arnold]

I should have figured out a way to dump this stuff before
the questions.  Here are cat and less versions.  The file
played fine.

address@hidden:~$ less /usr/share/sndconfig/sample.midi
address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden<80>address@hidden@^@<97>address@hidden:
 GNU LilyPond
1.1.31.
address@hidden generated, at Sat Feb 20 22:36:58 address@hidden
musical definition: foo.ly:1:address@hidden
address@hidden<80>address@hidden/address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden<80>address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@ÿX^D^D^B^^@<91>^Uo0<81>^Ud^@<91>^Wo0<81>^Wd^@<91>^Xo0<81>^Xd^@<91>^Zo0<81>^Zd^@<91>^\o0<81>^\d^@<91>^]o0<81>^]d^@<91>^_o0<81>^_d^@
<91>-o0<81>-d^@<91>/o0<81>/d^@<91>0o0<81>0d^@<91>2o0<81>2d^@<91>4o0<81>4d^@<91>5o0<81>5d^@<91>Co0<81>Cd^@<91>Eo0<81>Ed^@<91>Go0<81>Gd^@<91>Ho0<81>Hd^@<91>Jo0
<81>Jd^@<91>Lo0<81>Ld^@<91>Mo0<81>Md^@<91>[o0<81>[d^@<91>]o0<81>]d^@<91>_o0<81>_d^@<91>`o0<81>`d^@<91>bo0<81>bd^@<91>do0<81>dd^@<91>eo0<81>ed^@<91>go0<81>gd^@
<91>eo0<81>ed^@<91>do0<81>dd^@<91>bo0<81>bd^@<91>`o0<81>`d^@<91>_o0<81>_d^@<91>]o0<81>]d^@<91>Oo0<81>Od^@<91>Mo0<81>Md^@<91>Lo0<81>Ld^@<91>Jo0<81>Jd^@<91>Ho0
<81>Hd^@<91>Go0<81>Gd^@<91>Eo0<81>Ed^@<91>7o0<81>7d^@<91>5o0<81>5d^@<91>4o0<81>4d^@<91>2o0<81>2d^@<91>0o0<81>0d^@<91>/o0<81>/d^@<91>-o0<81>-d^@<91>^_o0<81>^_d^@<91>^]o0<81>^]d^@<91>^\o0<81>^\d^@<91>^Zo0<81>^Zd^@<91>^Xo0<81>^Xd^@<91>^Wo0<81>^Wd^@<91>^Uo0<81>address@hidden/^@

address@hidden:~$ cat /usr/share/sndconfig/sample.midi
MThdMTrkÿCreator: GNU LilyPond 1.1.31.
ÿ4Automatically generated, at Sat Feb 20 22:36:58 1999ÿ#from musical
definition: foo.ly:1:6ÿTrack 
0ÿQÿ/MTrkÝÿpianoÿQÁÿYÿo0do0do0do0do0do0do0d-o0-d/o0/d0o00d2o02d4o04d5o05dCo0CdEo0EdGo0GdHo0HdJo0JdLo0LdMo0Md[o0[d]o0]d_o0_d`o0`dbo0bddo0ddeo0edgo0gdeo0eddo0ddbo0bd`o0`d_o0_d]o0]dOo0OdMo0MdLo0LdJo0JdHo0HdGo0GdEo0Ed7o07d5o05d4o04d2o02d0o00d/o0/d-o0-do0do0do0do0do0do0do0dÿ/

Q.  How do I get the midi file header fields to say what I want them
to say in an .ly file?  There appear to be three fields in the
header for text above.  Title,
copyright notice, and comments perhaps?  Is that the standard
which nobody follows?

I installed kmid to get an example and it promptly crashed,
but here is a fragment of a lessed .kar file.  The lyrics
appear to be near the beginning of the file, starting with
the Syllable "Guan".

address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden<80>address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden@ÿQ
^C^G¡ address@hidden/address@hidden@address@hidden@<89>address@hidden 
address@hidden@KMIDI KARAOKE
address@hidden@address@hidden,@ILyrics entered with WinKaraoke Creator
address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden/address@hidden@^@ 
address@hidden@address@hidden@address@hidden
address@hidden@T¤¤ traditional address@hidden@TTranscript by
address@hidden<81>@ÿ^A^Bta
<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<81>@ÿ^A^Bme<81>@ÿ^A^Bra<8D>@ÿ^A^D/Gua<81>@ÿ^A^Bji<81>@ÿ^A^Cra
<81>@ÿ^A^DGuan<81>@ÿ^A^Bta<81>@ÿ^A^Bna`ÿ^A^Bme`ÿ^A^Bra<92>`ÿ^A^E\Guan<83>address@hidden
<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<81>@ÿ^A^Bme<81>@ÿ^A^Bra<8C>address@hidden/Gua<81>@ÿ^A^Bji<81>@ÿ^A^Cra
<81>@ÿ^A^DGuan<83>address@hidden<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<81>@ÿ^A^Bme<84>@ÿ^A^Bra<89>address@hidden
<81>@ÿ^A^Dsoy <81>@ÿ^A^Cun <81>@ÿ^A^Chom<82> ÿ^A^Dbre <82>
ÿ^A^Csin<81>@ÿ^A^Bce<82> ÿ
^A^Bro<8B> ÿ^A^D/De <81>@ÿ^A^Cdon`ÿ^A^Cde <82> ÿ^A^Ccre<81>@ÿ^A^Cce
<81>@ÿ^A^Cla <81>@ÿ^A^Cpal<83>`ÿ^A^Bma<8B> ÿ^A^D\Yo <81>@ÿ^A^Dsoy
<81>@ÿ^A^Cun <81>@ÿ^A^Chom<81>@ÿ^A^Dbre <81>@ÿ^A^Csin<82>
ÿ^A^Bce<83>address@hidden<8B> ÿ^A^D/De <81>@ÿ^A^Cdon
<81>@ÿ^A^Cde <81>@ÿ^A^Ccre<86>address@hidden <81>@ÿ^A^Cla
<83>`ÿ^A^Epalma<89>address@hidden `ÿ^A^Ban`ÿ^A^Dtes <83>address@hidden
<81>@ÿ^A^Bmo<81>@ÿ^A^Crir<83>address@hidden `ÿ^A^Dquie<83>`ÿ^A^Bro<88>
ÿ^A^B/E<81>@ÿ^A^Echar <81>@ÿ^A^Dmis <81>@ÿ^A^Cver<83>address@hidden
<81>@ÿ^A^Ddel 
<81>@ÿ^A^Bal<84>@ÿ^A^Bma<8D>@ÿ^A^E\Guan<83>address@hidden<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<81>@ÿ^A^Bme<81>@ÿ^A^Bra<8C>address@hidden/Gua<81>@ÿ^A^Bji<81>@ÿ^A^Cra
<81>@ÿ^A^E/Guan<83>address@hidden<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<81>@ÿ^A^Bme<81>@ÿ^A^Bra<90>@ÿ^A^E\Guan<82>
ÿ^A^Bta
<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<82> 
ÿ^A^Bme<84>@ÿ^A^Bra<89>address@hidden/Gua<81>@ÿ^A^Bji<81>@ÿ^A^Bra<81>@ÿ^A^E/Guan<83>address@hidden<81>@ÿ^A^Bna<81>@ÿ^A^Bme<84>@ÿ^A^Bra<89>`ÿ^A^D\Mi
<81>@ÿ
^A^Cver`ÿ^A^Dsos <82> ÿ^A^Ces <82> ÿ^A^Cde <81>@ÿ^A^Dun  <81>@ÿ^A^Fverde
<83>`ÿ
^A^Ccla<83>address@hidden<86>`ÿ^A^C/Y <81>@ÿ^A^Cde <81>@ÿ^A^Cun
<81>@ÿ^A^Ccar<81>@ÿ^A:

===========chop

!!!! Played the file with timidity and the lyrics scrolled
on the console, enough ahead of the music to read it.
Surprised the hell out of me.  Grab it and try it, it's
pretty neat, actually.  Not a super way to learn tunes
initially, but dynamite for practice or rehearsal.

scylla:/home/dra# timidity /usr/share/apps/kmid/Guantanamera.kar
Output rate adjusted to 32072 Hz (requested 32000 Hz)
Playing /usr/share/apps/kmid/Guantanamera.kar
MIDI file: /usr/share/apps/kmid/Guantanamera.kar
Format: 1  Tracks: 23  Divisions: 384
Track name: Soft Karaoke
Text: @KMIDI KARAOKE FILE
Text: @V0100
Text: @ILyrics entered with WinKaraoke Creator 1.1
Text: @IGuantanamera
Text: @IGUANTANAMERA
Track name: Words
Track name: guitar
Track name: guitar
Track name: piano 2
Track name: guitar
Track name: Patches GS
Track name: guitar

Language: ENGL
Title: Guantanamera
Title: ¤¤ traditional ¤¤
Title: Transcript by DREB

Guantanamera
Guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera
Guajira Guantanamera
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crece la palma
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crece la palma
Y antes de morirme quiero
Echar mis versos del alma
Guantanamera
Guajira 
Guantanamera
Guantanamera
Guajira
Guantanamera
Mi versos es de un  verde claro
Y de un carmin encendido
Mi versos es de un verde claro
y de un carmin encendido 
Mi versos es un cierro herido 
Qu
========== chop
The language isn't English but the font is.

Guantanamera, the words only, was written by Jose Marti
during the 14 years that he lived in New York City.  The
melody to it and "La Bamba" have a common ancestor, I
read someplace long ago.  Same chords: I/IV/ V/// :||
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Information is not knowledge.           Belief is not truth.
Indoctrination is not teaching.   Tradition is not evidence.
         David Raleigh Arnold   address@hidden