Subject: [AUDITORY] New Open-Source Sight-Reading Trainer App From: "Reece Godfrey (17635666)" <17635666@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 13:36:50 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_DB7PR06MB4281440B7D3D2662D0ECBE8DB7C00DB7PR06MB4281eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear auditory list, I'm have built a free software game to help musicians improve their music n= otation sight reading skills by tapping along to songs held in their own mu= sic library, on their phone or desktop. It's now in alpha and I'm looking f= or people to try it out. Similar to language learning apps like DuoLingo, the app is intended to cre= ate a quantitative improvement in your sight-reading of classical music rhy= thms if you use it every day for three to five days. It comes with a databa= se of common rhythms that classical (and other) players need to recognise, = and it asks you to tap them out over your favourite music tracks to practic= e. (You can also define your own database of rhythms if you want to pr= actice particular patterns, for example the tricky bars from the symphony y= ou are currently rehearsing.) I am a final year undergraduate at the University of Lincoln and this has b= een built as my final year project. My supervisor Dr Charles Fox has previo= usly published in ICMC (Drum'n'Bayes beat tracker) and suggested I announce= my project on this list. In particular I would like to log some quantita= tive data from a few interested users to analyse for performance improvemen= ts and include in my student project report. I hope the app will also be useful to help you improve your sight-reading a= nd perhaps provide something to do during covid-19 lockdowns. It is GPL f= ree software and we hope to contribute it to F-Droid after some testing and= further development, so source code contributions are also welcome. (htt= ps://github.com/HaMM4R/SightRead) Please drop me an email if you are able to test and send me back some test = data, on 17635666@xxxxxxxx . Many thanks, Reece Godfrey. --_000_DB7PR06MB4281440B7D3D2662D0ECBE8DB7C00DB7PR06MB4281eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size= : 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se= rif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Dear auditory list,<br> </span><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; b= ackground-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important"></span> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> I'm have built a free software game to help musicians improve their music n= otation sight reading skills by tapping along to songs held in their own mu= sic library, on their phone or desktop. It's now in alpha and I'm looking f= or people to try it out. <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> Similar to language learning apps like DuoLingo, the app is intended to cre= ate a quantitative improvement in your sight-reading of classical music rhy= thms if you use it every day for three to five days. It comes with a databa= se of common rhythms that classical (and other) players need to recognise, and it asks you to tap them out ove= r your favourite music tracks to practice. (You can als= o define your own database of rhythms if you want to practice particular pa= tterns, for example the tricky bars from the symphony you are currently rehearsing.)<br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> I am a final year undergraduate at the University of Lincoln and this has b= een built as my final year project. My supervisor Dr Charles Fox has previo= usly published in ICMC (Drum'n'Bayes beat tracker) and suggested I announce= my project on this list. In particular I would like to log some quantitative data from a few interested users to = analyse for performance improvements and include in my student project repo= rt. <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> I hope the app will also be useful to help you improve your sight-reading a= nd perhaps provide something to do during covid-19 lockdowns. It is = GPL free software and we hope to contribute it to F-Droid after some testin= g and further development, so source code contributions are also welcome. (<a href=3D"https://github.com= /HaMM4R/SightRead">https://github.com/HaMM4R/SightRead</a>)<br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> Please drop me an email if you are able to test and send me back some test = data, on<br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 18pt">17635666@xxxxxxxx= k .</span><br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> Many thanks,<br> </div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> Reece Godfrey.</div> <br> </div> </body> </html> --_000_DB7PR06MB4281440B7D3D2662D0ECBE8DB7C00DB7PR06MB4281eurp_--