When you consider that our beloved Finale has the facility to show the score and parts in different windows, the idea behind putting up a networked set of parts from a 'control' desk is not so far fetched as it may seem. In fact, it could be a huge growth area.
All the problems involved in altering parts over the stand could be accomplished quickly and efficiently by one person. Music theatre show productions requiring cuts to numbers, alternate versions etc. could be set up in advance of rehearsals. Even transpositions to suit vocal ranges could be made fairly quickly in comparison with re-copying parts. Forget all those pencilled marks, alterations could be implemented for real. Even cross cues added to parts, missing instrument cues added, simplification, re-voicing, this could all be carried out from by any finale competent MD or Librarian (or copyist if budgets stretch). Of course, all this would require the work to be in Finale or similar notation format in the first place as opposed to pdf or other 'fixed' formats. But what a scoop that would be for Make Music and the likes. They could run an entire music rental business based around their software. Whatever kind of monitor is used in place of music stands would matter not, so long as they were capable of a clear display and minimal individual control. The beauty of this system over just putting up an image of a pdf or jpeg or tiff or whatever is that the music could be manipulated to suit the players requirements, therefore doubling the gain to all who invest in it. Orchestras and ensembles could upload score files from libraries like we upload songs from itunes. The limits behind would be endless. I Dream on! Jonathan _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
