Talk:Piano roll

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[edit] merge

I agree with the merge sentiment. -- Austin Murphy 16:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose. Piano Rolls, as the name implies, are specific to player pianos. The information in the Piano roll article is not relevent to Music Rolls in general as these are used on many other different types of instrument, (e.g. organs). While the Music Roll article does need to be expanded, the information that can go into it is not the same as that for Piano Roll. PaulJones 10:47, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi PaulJones, how do you feel about merging Piano roll into Music roll? -- Austin Murphy 18:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
If they had to merge, I would be happier with piano roll going into Music roll. However, I think that there is enough difference to maintain two seperate articles. Being related, they should reference each other though. PaulJones 09:48, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose proposed merge. Both are legitmate subjects, related but not the same. The stubby "music roll" article can use expansion. -- Infrogmation 18:40, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Neutral. I doubt that the music roll article will be expanded unless it is merged with piano roll. My guess is that those interested in music rolls will not care enough to expand the article with other uses of the music roll unless it is dominated by piano rolls. But I could be wrong. For now I think it's fine as a stub. Oicumayberight 01:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Agree If there is any question for its use for other instruments (such as the organ) than simply specify keyed instruments. Piano is after all the primary instrument for this technology

Question Can anyone explain what differentiates a Piano Roll from a Music Roll? -- Austin Murphy 16:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Music roll is the generic term, while piano roll is specifically for a roll used on a player piano. Many other types of instrument, e.g. organs and orchestrions can also be played by roll. Most of the history and discussion relating to piano rolls has no relevence to rolls used on other instruments. PaulJones 10:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Piano roll view

Today, "piano roll" also means a special view to sequencer tracks (e.g. in Rosegarden) where your musical events are displayed in a matrix rather than in a score. I would love to deliver a synopsis of an original Rachmaninov piano roll (where to find a scan?) and a screenshot of Rosegarden (GPL). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.60.27.0 (talk) 10:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)