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Re:Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep y... by wheels on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @06:08PM (#1196947)
I don't think that's the deal breaker for experienced players. That'd be pretty to solve with a bluetooth foot-pedal. Here are a few of the things that come to mind that pro-level folks would have hang-ups on:

• Typesetting: I don't know what score format they're using, but this can be a big one. There's a big difference between a professionally engraved score and just having the right notes there.

• Annotations: From the conductor, self, whoever.

• Overview: Professionals scan a score looking for key parts. This seems virtually impossible in iPhone format, but would be workable on the iPad.

• Size: Even the iPad is small compared to a performance sheet music page.

I suspect the three big market segments are hobbyists, children and church musicians. There are relatively few professional performers.

Re:Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep y... by nex3 on Tuesday March 16, 2010 @08:30PM (#1197273)
It was mentioned elsewhere that the typesetting is done via LilyPond, which is supposed to be excellent.
Re:Show HN: I finally released that sheet music app I keep y... by alextp on Wednesday March 17, 2010 @11:07AM (#1198701)
Just like tex the quality has potential to the very good, but when you stray from the defaults it suddenly takes a lot of tweaking to produce a nice-looking score.