Re: Re: Music Notation on the Web - Last Call?

Hi Michael, and all you others,

My comment about notation capabilities in relation to audio production
was merely response to what I read as an assertion that graphic
representation "requires" audio support.  Maybe I misinterpreted the
original comment.

Producing readable notation, all by itself, is an important thing to
be able to do.  In some contexts it might be okay for the audio
producing element of a system to consist of humans who interpret
graphics and operate noisemakers.  I am personally acquainted with
many humans who have invested years of training to be able to do just
that very well.  As a composer, I'm very interested in any and every
means available to aid me in producing higher quality instructions for
such people.  Hence my interest in notation software.

I don't disagree that it can be convenient for notation software to
support some sort of playback.

The discussion presented in your limit-scope paper suggests one
example of a use case where support for diverse graphic representation
is desirable, but audio capability would likely be an impediment if
not an outright disaster:  Producing scores for an ensemble in which
readers of "standard" European notation are enlisted in a piece that
also involves instrumentalists comfortable with an Asian cipher
notation.  If anyone on the list can point to software capable to do
that, I'll have gotten my dime's worth from this exchange. ;-)

thanks for your response,
--dick--

Received on Thursday, 16 December 2010 06:48:27 UTC