tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6982925173228101953.post8222698523172556532..comments2023-04-20T07:07:50.747+02:00Comments on Midichlorians in the blood: Electronic Music StandsPedrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773011931515405946noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6982925173228101953.post-17118179248933737812010-08-10T09:35:41.473+02:002010-08-10T09:35:41.473+02:00As someone who has played the trumpet in a number ...As someone who has played the trumpet in a number of groups / situations, another feature that may be desirable in such an application is on-demand transposing. While in some cases you may have a work with orchestral-type score (with separate scores for piano, strings, woodwinds, brass etc.), in many situations with less "organised" music/performances, the brass players often end up having to transpose on-the-fly from (the single score for piano, in) C to B-flat.<br /><br />The first time I had to play in a situation like this with relatively little practice time, I wrote the transposed notes out on my copy. After about the 20th time, I got used to transposing while playing (but it was still always tricky with incidentals). A software application has the benefit of being able to transpose easily, so it would be a really nice feature.<br /><br />Getting back to the case of orchestral-type music, support for multiple instruments in a single "piece" (even for example 1st violin vs 2nd violin) instead of individual per-instrument scores, and conductor integration (e.g. Wii controller-type device as the conductor's baton, or even a phone which has an accelerometer and bluetooth) would be cool, especially for instruments that are unlucky enough to have to sit out large sections, as it becomes too easy to mis-count by one bar and come in too late.<br /><br />Integration with a kind of (private) sheet-music library accessible by multiple devices/applications/instances, as well as being able to buy scores directly from the application (and have them stored in the library), would also be interesting.<br /><br />Also, consider the needs of (say) religious use of music, where you may have a band/orchestra/music team of some kind, and an audience that participates (assuming you can render lyrics separately).<br /><br />Finally, depending on the licensing of the sheet music, you may be required to pay royalties for performances, so being able to track performances (separately from rehearsals) may be required. Bonus points for having integrated payment of royalties.<br /><br />While I don't play much these days (one of the reasons being that it is difficult to travel with a lot of sheet music), I would definitely be interested in software like this (even for a smaller platform such as Nokia N900, which might do quite well with it's TV-out connected to a larger screen such as portable DVD player or similar). I think it is worthwhile starting a project to get interested parties on-board and start hacking.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875353118559544736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6982925173228101953.post-85682466679188128642010-08-08T18:56:18.623+02:002010-08-08T18:56:18.623+02:00First let me apologise for making such a blatant a...First let me apologise for making such a blatant advertisement but when you said automatic scrolling I thought you should know about that "pageturner" project I started recently (on sourceforge). It basically listens to someone playing music and then scrolls the sheet music (displayed by any program that supports scripting) as it recognises it. I made a connector for okular (turning pages using dbus), I'm making one for html pages (scrolling at the client through ajax) right now (warning, it works but is in a very early stage still).<br /><br />You are a KDE programmer, right? Would you be interested in working together on this? It looks like we could both benefit from this project getting completed faster.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12789088315561630950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6982925173228101953.post-87697404074555784212010-08-07T07:42:06.473+02:002010-08-07T07:42:06.473+02:00I've been hoping for something like this for a...I've been hoping for something like this for a while now. I especially liked the way you pointed out how access to all that metadata will change our way of thinking. It would also be a big help in the practice room: you could have the software assemble the exercises you are working on from various method books to eliminate flipping through a dozen books. I really hope this becomes a reality - and free software is perfect for this kind of technology.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515833600749682497noreply@blogger.com