Amarok, web service idea

[Paulo J. Matos]

On 4/13/07, Christophe Gravier <cgravier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello to all people making amarok and all people experiencing it ;-)
>
> While I was listening to music, and browsing the associated lyrics using the
> script manager.
>
> That is working just perfectly and is really enhancing the listening
> experience, according to amarok objectives.
>
> Nonetheless, a new idea came up to my mind, related to web service, just
> like the lyric option.
>
> I browse the site to see if such an idea was already discussed. I also saw
> that I shortly miss the period to propose idea for google summer of code :s
>
> The idea would be to propose the same tab for lyrics, but applied to guitar
> tabs, or other music instrument partition (is partition the right word in
> english ? nevermind).

partiture?

> This way, people would be able, just like they download lyric to try to
> sing, to download the associated partition to try to play it over the music
> they are listening to. At last, it would be very interesting for the
> musician I am trying to be, and I can't imagine I am the only one :)
>

It is a very nice idea and it'd have my vote. However, it seems it's
easier to find lyrics on the web than partitures. More than that, I
think sharing some partitures may bring up legal issues.

Cheers,

Paulo Matos

> I have put Seb Ruiz in CC because of
> http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Summer_of_Code/2007/Ideas#Tightening_of_Web_Service_Integration
> , as it seems the kind of ideas discussed here (dunno if he was subscribed
> on this list even if I suspect it)
>
> Let me know it is sound relevant to you ! But I am not subscribed to the
> list, so please be kind to CC-me on this topic if you want discussion :)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Christophe.
>
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