Editing Microtonality (section)

===Limitations of some synthesizers===
The [[MIDI]] 1.0 specification does not directly support microtonal music, because each note-on and note-off message only represents one chromatic tone. However, microtonal scales can be emulated using [[pitch bend]]ing, such as in [[LilyPond]]'s implementation.<ref>{{cite web |author1=LilyPond project |author-link1=LilyPond |title=LilyPond – Notation Reference v2.21.7 (development-branch). |url=http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/supported-notation-for-midi |website=LilyPond |access-date=28 October 2020 |page=3.5.1 Supported notation for MIDI |language=en |quote=Microtones but ''not'' microtonal chords. A MIDI player that supports pitch bending will also be required.}}</ref>

Although some synthesizers allow the creation of customized microtonal scales, this solution does not allow compositions to be transposed. For example, if each B note is raised one quarter tone, then the "raised 7th" would only affect a C major scale.