Introduction
"Steel Drums" is a MIDI music piece in Pop Music style, played by an ensemble of 12 instruments including Acoustic Bass, Steel Drums, Lead 3 (calliope), Ride Cymbal 1, Cowbell, and Low Bongo.
The total duration of this midi music is 1 minute and 8 seconds, with a total of 1,274 notes, divided into 13 tracks, and a single tempo of 140bpm.
The key signature marked in the MIDI file is C major, marked beats are 1/4、4/4.
Some MIDI events such as pitch wheel, Channel Volume Control, Pan, Modulation Wheel are used, to enhance the quality.
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Standard Midi File Properties
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Standard
GM1 -
File format
MIDI TYPE 1 -
File size
8.62 KB -
Duration
01:08 -
BPM
140 -
Tracks
4
Channels and Instruments
Used 4 channels, 3 instruments, 9 percussion instruments
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Steel Drums
140 notes/chords，avg. pitch A#4
Program ID: 114, Track: 1time: 00:00 - 01:08
pitch: C4 - F5
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Lead 3 (calliope)
43 notes/chords，avg. pitch E4
Program ID: 82, Track: 2time: 00:00 - 01:08
pitch: C2 - A4
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Acoustic Bass
145 notes/chords，avg. pitch D#2
Program ID: 32, Track: 3time: 00:00 - 01:08
pitch: G1 - C3
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percussion instruments
Ride Cymbal 1 Cowbell Low Bongo Low Timbale Cabase Claves High Wood Block Mute Cuica Open Cuica
Tracks
13 tracks are used, 4 tracks have notes
| # | Name | Channel(s) | Instrument(s) |
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| 1 | Steel Drums | 1 | Steel Drums |
| 2 | Caliope | 2 | Lead 3 (calliope) |
| 3 | Bass | 3 | Acoustic Bass |
| 4 | Drums | 10 | Ride Cymbal 1CowbellLow BongoLow TimbaleCabaseClavesHigh Wood BlockMute CuicaOpen Cuica |
| 5 | "Steel Drums" | ||
| 6 | By Thomas N. Thurston | ||
| 7 | 1993, 1994 | ||
| 8 | This music my be | ||
| 9 | freely distributed for | ||
| 10 | non-commercial use. | ||
| 11 | Comments to: | ||
| 12 | tthurston@aol.com |
