Originally Posted By: BIABguy
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!


BiaB, I think you didn't understand Bob's reply
The graphic in Piano Roll is not meant to look like Staff paper, and it's not meant to look like a piano either.

It's meant to look like a Pianola Paper Roll , like bob mentioned "a player piano paper roll that was one the earliest type of musical recordings"

At the left is a vertical piano keyboard, that shows the notes in the piano-roll view

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