Midi manipulation

[Massi]

On 16 Nov, 23:23, Tim Roberts <t... at probo.com> wrote:
> Massi <massi_... at msn.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone, I'm searching for "something" which allows me to write
> >scripts which handle midi files. I'm totally a newbie in audio
> >manipulation, therefore any suggestion or link related to this field
> >is welcome. Thanks in advance.
>
> Google is much faster than this newsgroup.  Search for "python midi
> library" and the first page gives you a number of good hits.
>
> However, there's a lot to manipulating MIDI.  What kinds of things are you
> hoping to accomplish?  MIDI, for example, is not a particularly good way to
> store music for composition.
> --
> Tim Roberts, t... at probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

I'm writing a script for didactic musical purpose. As first step I
need something as simple as possible, for example a library of
functions which are able to play a certain note, with a given
instrument and a given length. I thought midi was good for this aim,
am I wrong?