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+# MIDI Practice tool
+
+I am trying to develop myself a small tool to improve my (beginner-level) sightreading.
+For that I want to use the MIDI integration of my piano in order to quickly check if I am doing it correctly.
+
+## usage
+
+- in order for MIDI to work https must be used
+- nginx doesen't seem to properly server the svg wihtout adding the mimetypes to the nginx.conf `include /etc/nginx/mime.types;`