midi note player problems with arduino micro

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I have now also tried the code using Serial1 with no success.. =(
there is something I am missing ...

void setup() {
  //  Set MIDI baud rate:
  Serial1.begin(31250);
}

void loop() {
  // play notes from F#-0 (0x1E) to F#-5 (0x5A):
  for (int note = 0x1E; note < 0x5A; note ++) {
    //Note on channel 1 (0x90), some note value (note), middle velocity (0x45):
    noteOn(0x90, note, 0x45);
    delay(100);
    //Note on channel 1 (0x90), some note value (note), silent velocity (0x00):
    noteOn(0x90, note, 0x00);   
    delay(100);
  }
}

//  plays a MIDI note.  Doesn't check to see that
//  cmd is greater than 127, or that data values are  less than 127:
void noteOn(int cmd, int pitch, int velocity) {
  Serial1.write(cmd);
  Serial1.write(pitch);
  Serial1.write(velocity);
}