Tonara for iPad Listens and Turns Musical Score Pages Automatically

[Poisednoise]

90% of notational software out there either scrolls downward, or left to right. To the people claiming that the concept of scrolling notation is not the "norm," for someone tech savvy enough to use an iPad for its ability to portray sheet music (you know, instead of buying the sheet music?), I'm pretty sure they would also be looking for scrolling

I'm not sure you're right about this. Classical musicians, tech-savvy or not, find scrolling notation very distracting and difficult to read. It's possible that they could learn of course, but my experience (both personal, and as the head of department at a very large school) is that scrolling notation is anathema to most musicians. Anything that scrolls is simply far too distracting. Obviously the ideal is to give us the option of either. Then we're all happy.

 

[ChrisA]

90% of notational software out there either scrolls downward, or left to right. To the people claiming that the concept of scrolling notation is not the "norm," for someone tech savvy enough to use an iPad for its ability to portray sheet music (you know, instead of buying the sheet music?), I'm pretty sure they would also be looking for scrolling.

As a musician, this app seems awesome, but I won't be purchasing it simply because it lacks this feature. I can just as easily plug the notes into GarageBand on my Air, and play along to both scrolling notation, AND be able to follow by ear as I play along to MIDI.

This would have been a nice app a few years ago, but frankly, it's a bit too little too late, in my opinion...

I like the idea of scrolling but I don't like the notes moving on the screen. I need to look at my hands now and then or one might need to look at a conductor or bandmate. Then if the notes have moved you are lost when you look back on the screen.

Easy problem to solve: Make the notes "jump" the can scroll upward one staff (or pair of them for pianos) This is like having very short "pages". Solves the lookahead problem too.


But the WORST problem is their business model. The system ONLY works with music you buy from them. So I have this jazz book printed in the 1950's How do I get that into their system? They will never be able to transcribe even 5% of the music that edits into their system. They need a way for users to moe their oown sheet music into this thing.

These faults I'm sure will be addressed if not by this company be someone else

BTW this is a smart idea and easier then I at first though is might be because all this app really has to do is follow the BEAT. It can miss guess the pitch and it can be confused by chords. but all it has to do is count

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... Anything that scrolls is simply far too distracting. Obviously the ideal is to give us the option of either. Then we're all happy.

IDEA: Be able to set the "jump size". zero or very tiny jumps are the same as smooth scrolling and page size jumps are called "page turning". I would set my jump size to about 12 bars, more or less or about 1/2 to 1/3rd of a page.

This idea places page turning and smooth scrolling inside the same framework. Any jump size short of a full page also allows a "peek ahead". So setting "jump size" unifies the entire range of things being asked for.

 

[dhd]

But the WORST problem is their business model. The system ONLY works with music you buy from them. So I have this jazz book printed in the 1950's How do I get that into their system? They will never be able to transcribe even 5% of the music that edits into their system. They need a way for users to moe their oown sheet music into this thing.

These faults I'm sure will be addressed if not by this company be someone else

t

+1. They haven't any business model. As you say, it will be impossible (I think), for them to get the rights to transcribe a lot of the music out there to their format. I know that there is money to make in the amateur field, but they totally forgot the classical and studio/recording musicians. Those proffesionals will buy and support your app after that 2 month period (in their entire lifetime), in which every individual out there tries to learn an instrument.

I remember that when the iPad was released EVERY colleague I knew at the Conservatory, Philharmonic, Recording Studio, etc said: wow, if somebody released an app to auto scroll the scores I have already scanned I'll buy 2 iPads!. I have already 7 GB's of music carefully scanned and OCR'd to pdf. I see no point in to re-buy all of that music (and I don't think they will offer anything outside of the top 40 pop/classical pieces). If they reach an agreement with the music publishers over digital distributions on pdf (I can handle the printing on my end), they can make some serious money (ok, not as much as the MTV, but they would have a really big share of the 'serious' concert music/recording orchestras score rental/selling).
Think as well in music teachers: you can have your entire library in a small device, and you can annotate, split, print, send scores/methods/etudes in a blink of an eye!. Lots of music educational institutions will buy that app (and iPads of course!).

Just for my needs I would buy 2 iPads! (and the auto scrolling app of course )