Plan

Repository for planning the development of the dn-m project.

Background

dn-m will be a music notation renderer for the iPad, tailored to the needs of performers of contemporary music.

User stories

Composers

• Composers can utilize an intelligently modelled graphical notation
  • Tablature notations
  • Electronics notations
• Composers can write in a concise textual language for rapid development of scores
• Composers can update the contents of a score, with the changes immediately accessible by a performer

Performers

• Performers can specify exactly which musical attributes they see of their own and other players' music
  • Play from a full score
  • Display only the dynamics and rhythms of one other part
  • Display only the other players' parts, with your part memorized
  • Conduct a piece, displaying only the relevant information needed at any given time
• Performers can use built-in rehearsal tools
  • Metronomes knowledgable of the musical material
• Performers can have a more direct relationship to the activation of electronic musical elements
  • Interact with score following software

Development

See the architecture plan.