- From: Michael Good <musicxml@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:30:08 -0800
- To: public-xg-audio@w3.org
- Message-ID: <AANLkTik4i58_yR0qA4sY_My7_yeaJhPr3Oy0TLbO33Ts@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Dick, Thanks for the clarification. Kumar's question involved building notation tools on top of web technologies. Since the current web-based notation tools that are built on plug-ins and Flash all have playback, such capabilities are a competitive necessity to attract notation developers to native browser technologies. I was just trying to confirm Kumar's perspective, while also making a distinction between plug-in and native technologies, the latter of which are the focus of the XG/WG. For better or for worse, I think you will find that the current generation of notation programs which offer playback have made the "hear it in your head" skills less common among composers, conductors, and performers alike. We frequently hear that composers writing for live performance need to create increasingly compelling audio demos for performers and conductors in order to get those performances. I sing in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, where we just finished a run of performances with John Adams. My college orchestra recorded several albums for Vox/Turnabout while I was in the trumpet section, many of which were still in print as CDs until earlier this year. So I am quite familiar with performing from printed notation. Do you know of notation software specifically designed for Asian cipher notation, with or without playback? That would be really helpful for investigating whether we can extend MusicXML 3.0 to better support Chinese number notation. Perhaps what we have in MusicXML 2.0 is already sufficient - without software implementations to test it, it's hard to know. I can also ask Prof. Ziporyn and see if he uses such a mix in his compositions; his music seems the closest to what you want of the composers I know personally. Best regards, Michael Good Recordare LLC
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