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Looking at the screenshots, I think this notation was chosen because it's easy to generate from MIDI files. MIDI files just say what note is being played, when
by jrockway 3y ago
Looking at the screenshots, I think this notation was chosen because it's easy to generate from MIDI files. MIDI files just say what note is being played, when it starts, and when it stops. Sheet music is much richer than that (as you'll note if you've ever used a tool to turn MIDI into sheet music), so anything that takes MIDI as an input is going to be terrible if it produces traditional notation as output. (I bet AI could help a lot here, though.)
- simonjgreen 3y agoVery importantly, just to append, midi start note also contains velocity, and midi also contains and control changes.
- bluGill 3y agoThe notation looks like what a player piano would have used, so predates midi by 100 years.