Re: understanding midi files

[karl]

Richard Shann:
> On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 13:42 +0100, Johan Vromans wrote:
> > 
> > >   'ticks'  => 192,
> > >     # Track #0 ...
> > >         ['set_tempo', 0, 500000],
> > >         ['time_signature', 0, 1, 3, 24, 8],
> > 
> > Weird time sig. 1/8 ? 
> 
> I have seen used in a MIDI file to indicate a 1/8 upbeat (anacrusis,
> pickup), the generator of that MIDI however placed the succeeding 4/4
> time signature at the same time rather than after a 1/8th note's
> duration.

Yes, correct, it's an upbeat, after 1/8'th time a 6/8 time sig. comes,
and at the end of the piece a 5/8 time sig comes, well as usual with
upbeats. It seems to be midi's way of representing thoose things.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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