help with MIDI in recognizing notes [solved]

I'm working on a project for a unit that will recognize midi notes from Ableton live and then either light an LED or display text on an LCD screen. I've built a ardweeny and have it receiving MIDI through a 6N138. Everything seems to be working except my code.
It will only recognize 2 notes (36, and 38) which should be C2 and D2, but what the ardweeny is recognizing them as is when I play an F#2 and G2. I don't get it. Also, the light and text doesn't stay on while the note is held, it just stays on. But at times when I play the note softer it goes off and clears. I'm trying to figure out if this a code problem or something with the way Ableton is putting out the midi info. Here's my code any help is appreciated.

#include <MIDI.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

#define LED1 9              // LED1 is pin 9
#define LED2 10		    // LED2 is pin 10



void HandleNoteOn(byte channel, byte note, byte velocity)

{
  if (velocity > 0) {             // So midi devices that send note-on at zero
                                 // velocity for note-off don't double trigger. 
    if (note == 36) {         
      digitalWrite(LED1, HIGH); 

    }                            
    if (note == 38) {           
      digitalWrite(LED2, HIGH); 

    }
    if (note == 38) {
      lcd.print("1");
   
    }
     if (note == 40) {
      lcd.print("2");
 
     }
      if (note == 42) {
      lcd.print("3");
      }
       if (note == 44) {
      lcd.print("4");
    }
  }
 }

   void HandleNoteOff(byte channel, byte note, byte velocity)
{
  if (velocity == 0 ){             // So midi devices that send note-on at zero
                                 // velocity for note-off don't double trigger. 
    if (note == 36) {         
      digitalWrite(LED1, LOW);
      lcd.clear(); 

    }                            // 
    if (note == 38) {           //
      digitalWrite(LED2, LOW);
     lcd.clear(); //

    }
    if (note == 40) {
      lcd.clear();
   
    }
     if (note == 39) {
      lcd.clear();
 
     }
      if (note == 40) {
      lcd.clear();
      }
       if (note == 41) {
      lcd.clear();
    }
  }
 }

void setup()
{
    pinMode(LED1, OUTPUT);
    pinMode(LED2, OUTPUT);
     // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows: 
    lcd.begin(16, 2);
    MIDI.begin(1);          // Launch MIDI and listen to all channels
    MIDI.setHandleNoteOn(HandleNoteOn); // Initiates HandleNoteOn function
    MIDI.setHandleNoteOff(HandleNoteOff); //Initiates HandleNoteOff function
}



void loop()
{
  MIDI.read();          // Tells Arduino to start listening for
}                       // midi info on the serial port

Discovered I had a wrong transistor in the MIDI input chain so the chip wasn't getting a good signal. It's working fine now.