Beacause MIDI is not audio. It is a file containing computer instructions that tell a MIDI instrument what to play. That means you need a MIDI instrument, either a keyboard connected to your computer via MIDI cables or a softsynth, such as all the ones that come with Sonar that you can add to the synthrack, i.e., TTS-1, Dimension Pro, Pentagon, Session Drummer, etc...
Here's a good reference (although perhaps a bit dated):
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