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piano roll

piano roll noun: a perforated roll of paper containing encoded music to be played by a pianola or player piano.

Noun

piano roll (plural piano rolls)

  1. A perforated roll of paper containing encoded music to be played by a pianola or player piano.
  2. A representation of encoded music on two axes, pitch heights and time. MIDI Data is often represented as a piano roll.

Forms of piano roll

pluralpiano rolls

Questions about piano roll

What does piano roll mean?
Piano roll means a perforated roll of paper containing encoded music to be played by a pianola or player piano.
What part of speech is piano roll?
Piano roll is a noun.
What is the plural of piano roll?
The plural of piano roll is piano rolls.

Words near piano roll in the dictionary

  1. piano plate
  2. piano player
  3. piano players
  4. piano polish
  5. piano polishes
  6. piano roll
  7. piano rolls
  8. piano stool
  9. piano stools
  10. piano wire
  11. piano-forte

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