Originally Posted By: jazzmammal

First, to answer the question above, the term "piano roll" has nothing to do with playing a keyboard, it's simply a cute descriptor based on how the midi notes look on the screen. It resembles an early 1900's player piano paper roll that was one the earliest type of musical recordings


Well not quite.
That graphic you see in 'piano roll' looks a heck of a lot more like a piano than staff paper!
And if you aren't all that familiar with the notes on a piano, then reading notes on that screen can be a real pain!

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What do you guys think, should I start a new thread strictly for notation and printing topics only and maybe ask Peter to pin it?


I'm OK with either way, probably a new thread would be better.

BIABguy