I am considering buying one of the musical notation softwares such as Notion3, Finale, Sibelius, or Pizzicato [nice composition assistants] specifically to improve my understanding of the piano roll as I seem to not understand how to go from a score to a piano roll.
Any more practical suggestions, as I was working a bit with lilypond and then just stopped progress as I do need a gui at times.
Regards, James
Going from score to piano roll - any software suggestions?
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- KVRian
- 610 posts since 6 Mar, 2005 from USA
If you are asking for a recommendation on a musical notation package, I have used both Finale and Sibelius. I switched from Finale to Sibelius 7 years ago, and have not regretted it...Sibelius is a wonderful package.
If you are asking for how a piano roll relates to a traditional music engraving, both are similar in that they display pitch vertically and note-on time progression horizontally, increasing to the right. They are different in that a piano roll shows the length of each note by the length of a bar, but traditionally engraved music represents note length by a symbol.
Or maybe you're asking something else; it seems like the question title doesn't quite jive with the question you ask below it.
If you are asking for how a piano roll relates to a traditional music engraving, both are similar in that they display pitch vertically and note-on time progression horizontally, increasing to the right. They are different in that a piano roll shows the length of each note by the length of a bar, but traditionally engraved music represents note length by a symbol.
Or maybe you're asking something else; it seems like the question title doesn't quite jive with the question you ask below it.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 665 posts since 24 May, 2009
Thanks jcsquire1 I sharpened the title and my original question, somewhat 
I am demoing Pizzicato Pro and I like it's unique composition and arrangement aids [ http://www.arpegemusic.com/pizzicato-co ... ro.htm#L14
] and it does allow you to view a piano roll.
I notice that sibilus and notion3 allow for rewire which is great for testing your instuments in a daw, but that seems to skip the piano roll or at least lessen it's need.
Regards, James
I am demoing Pizzicato Pro and I like it's unique composition and arrangement aids [ http://www.arpegemusic.com/pizzicato-co ... ro.htm#L14
] and it does allow you to view a piano roll.
I notice that sibilus and notion3 allow for rewire which is great for testing your instuments in a daw, but that seems to skip the piano roll or at least lessen it's need.
Regards, James
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
If you want your music to sound like music, eg., feature human expression, and you are restricted to virtual instruments on a computer, there is no "skipping a piano roll" and its "need isn't lessened" by anything.
Musical notation is STRICTLY a shorthand and requires a human interpreter with a vast amt. of experience with it to make sense of *dots* and translate that. It's nowhere near to an absolute language such as a finely resolved timeline (velocities and durations and *fine* tools) can be.
Musical notation is STRICTLY a shorthand and requires a human interpreter with a vast amt. of experience with it to make sense of *dots* and translate that. It's nowhere near to an absolute language such as a finely resolved timeline (velocities and durations and *fine* tools) can be.
