LilyPond Notation Reference: 3.5.3 What goes into the MIDI output?

### 3.5.3 What goes into the MIDI output?

#### Supported in MIDI

The following items of notation are reflected in the MIDI output:

- Pitches
- Microtones (See Accidentals. Rendering needs a player that supports pitch bend.)
- Chords entered as chord names
- Rhythms entered as note durations, including tuplets
- Tremolos entered without ‘`:`[number]’
- Ties
- Dynamic marks
- Crescendi, decrescendi over multiple notes
- Tempo changes entered with a tempo marking
- Lyrics

Using The Articulate script, a number of items are added to the above list:

- Articulations (slurs, staccato, etc)
- Trills, turns
- Rallentando and accelerando

#### Unsupported in MIDI

The following items of notation have no effect on the MIDI output, unless you use The Articulate script:

- Rhythms entered as annotations, e.g. swing
- Tempo changes entered as annotations with no tempo marking
- Staccato and other articulations and ornamentations
- Slurs and Phrasing slurs
- Crescendi, decrescendi over a single note
- Tremolos entered with ‘`:`[number]’
- Figured bass
- Microtonal chords

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