"Pianolist" and Solenoid Pianos
By Bob Fitterman
In MMD 970311 I wrote:
> I guess the pneumatic guys would refer to the user as the pianolist,
> but I think it wouldn't befit the technology to use that term here.
and Robbie Rhodes responded:
> [ As used by Douglas Henderson and Dan Wilson, "pianolist" is one who
> [ controls the performance of the music as it is playing, by manually
> [ altering the tempo and volume and operating controls such as the
> [ pedals. In most cases the Midi instruments are more like a repro-
> [ ducing piano performance, which has no means of real-time alteration
> [ other than the tempo. -- Robbie
Well, I was making a joke, but I should point out that with the Disklavier, it is possible as the music is playing for the operator/ user to manually control the volume, the tempo, the transposition of the performance and use the pedals. In the case of playing back performances which lack dynamics (old player rolls transferred to MIDI files) these activities make a lot of sense; with properly recorded material intended for the Disklavier, other than fiddling with the volume, you wouldn't bother with any of this.
Using the word "pianolist" in the context of a solenoid piano sounds funny to me, but the description matches the definition you reference.
Bob Fitterman bobf@ilx.com |
(Message sent Wed 12 Mar 1997, 16:21:39 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.) |
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