Hi Chris,
Thanks for contributing your time towards mutopia. I
have some comments which you and other readers may wish
to consider:
1. Not all music will be piano score. Consider string
quartets, choral, and solo instruments. It may not
be possible to give a useful preview in the smallish
box you have proposed on your prototype page.
2. I don't see any value in the highly graphical nature
of the information. It takes longer to download, and
takes up more space on the screen, without (IMHO)
adding much value. Perhaps you could have a text
listing, with a hyperlinked "preview" graphic. That
would probably suit me more. It may also facilitate
using a browser's search capability (eg. Search for
"Beethoven" in this page).
3. The descriptor "classical" means different things
to different people. Your two examples are probably
both classical and Classical. I'm doubt that this
will really cause much confusion to the target market,
but maybe a date (either of composition or composer's
birth) could reduce ambiguity.
4. Is there any sort of aim to make a high quality catalog,
such as one finds in a (decent) library? If so, it might
be useful to consider database schema at this early
stage, before there is too much "re-work" required. For
example, do you want to store Opus and Number fields,
have consistent spellings of Tchaikowsky and Chaikovsky,
etc.
5. Maybe your page should include a link to the lilypond
site!
Good luck,
John.
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Dr John Yesberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TCS Group, ITD, DSTO. Ph: +61 8 8259 5728
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