[linux-audio-dev] Basic MIDI question

I've never been a MIDI expert but I'm now having to learn. I have a question about this excerpt of a MIDI file viewed with hexedit. 00001BB0 22 80 3D 35 31 80 3A 39 0E 80 37 31 03 80 31 1F ".=51.:9..71..1. 00001BC0 81 0C 90 30 5B 00 90 3C 79 81 70 90 39 73 00 90 ...0[..<y.p.9s.. 00001BD0 36 69 4B 80 36 43 0A 80 3C 26 01 80 30 44 0A 80 6iK.6C..<&..0D.. 00001BE0 39 42 82 08 90 37 63 00 90 43 7B 81 70 90 3E 5E 9B...7c..C{.p.>^ 00001BF0 00 90 3A 66 08 80 37 30 02 80 43 32 31 80 3E 11 ..:f..70..C21.> Take the sequence "80 3D 35 31 80 3A 39 0E 80 37 31 03 80 31 1F" in the first line for example. I know that 0x80 is note-off, and 0x3D are note number and 0x35 the velocity of the note-off. But what the heck is the next byte, 0x31? The MIDI standard says note-off is one status byte followed by 2 data bytes! Lee