The Web MIDI API in On-Line Applications for Music Education

This work discusses a recent browser technology known as the Web MIDI API to design and release browser applications for music. This application programming interface (API), still under development by the Audio group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), provides support to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) protocol, enabling web applications to interface with MIDI input and output devices on the client system and send and receive MIDI messages. The paper critically analyzes advantages and drawbacks currently presented by the Web MIDI API in the context of web-based music education. In the final part of this work, a case study will be discussed.