Using a MIDI file & lighting up corresponding LEDs for the associated chord

Hey all,

I'm trying to figure out a way to feed a MIDI file into an Arduino and light-up the appropriate LEDs for the associated chord or note. Do you have any suggestions about how to go about doing this? I'm very new to coding/arduinos so any specific information would be really helpful. Thanks!

I wrote a library the reads MIDI files from an SD card and allows the host program to process the data as it is read, keeping the right tempo, etc.

If you are interested, look for it in the code libraries linked from my signature.

Is this MIDI data being streamed in from a feed or is it in a file?