Studio,
You said,"I do actually have a lot of software that will print and display MIDI music, HOWEVER, most files are not designed to be read the way they are played. When I take some Chick Corea pieces for example (translated from PianoSoft format into MIDI), you can hardly tell what's what, even by tweeking all the settings."
1. Just curios, what MIDI software do you have that plays MIDI files?
2. Still not sure what you mean by "can hardly tell what's what". MIDI files have different chanels. Just print the sheet music for the chanel you want to play. VAN BOSCO's music player will play the notes on a virtual keyboard, just mute the instruments you don't want to play. (does not display a music sheet though).
3. I agree that educational midi music is very limited, a waste of a very powerfull educational tool. You could loop a section of music to learn, slow the tempo down, learn right hand then left, ear training, show notes on a virtual keyboard and sheet music. If you find such a tool, let me know, I would like to learn how to play accompaniment, but have seen few books, or software on this. I suspect that the Yamaha MIDI's will teach melody lines, not accompaniment. Sigh.
Starkeeper
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I play Roland EM20 and Yamaha PSR550