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Show HN: My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)

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Re: Show HN: My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)

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Post by rooster117 »

anythingworks wrote: post #130

this is so great! out of curiosity how long did it take to develop this app? what was the process like?

The original version only took a few days but it was really basic. I don’t really know how to measure how long this took because it was such a slow process over the years. It’s gotta be many hundreds of hours or even more at this point. I’ve refactored major systems a couple of times over the years. If I lost my code and had to rewrite the same app it would take a couple months I assume.

Re: Show HN: My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)

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Post by soledades »

dockerd wrote: post #94
roydivision wrote: post #78

Guitar player here. App looks great, but shame it's only for piano. I used a different app that does pretty much the same thing and really benefited from it, the improvement was noticeable after each session. If you add guitar support it will be an immediate download for me.

Why not use Tab notation for guitar?

standard notation is much better for learning to see and hear patterns too.

Re: Show HN: My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)

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Post by rooster117 »

pseudosaid wrote: post #132

Please add the ability to import midi into the songs section. I would prefer to use this app to learn new music than my current solution. Great app!

It's one of my "North Star" goals but there is a lot of work between now and then. A middle stage may be the ability to record songs on the app which can be saved for later.

Re: Show HN: My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)

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Post by mmacvicarprett »

I am a paying user! the app is really good, it helped me as an adult starting piano 2 years ago.

Main feature request would be to generate the notes from a score, focusing in the intervals, ranges and patterns the score uses. Doing random notes feels weird, it helps with quick recognition but feels very different to what my head wants to do while playing.

Re: Show HN: My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store)

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Post by rooster117 »

mmacvicarprett wrote: post #137

I am a paying user! the app is really good, it helped me as an adult starting piano 2 years ago. Main feature request would be to generate the notes from a score, focusing in the intervals, ranges and patterns the score uses. Doing random notes feels weird, it helps with quick recognition but feels very different to what my head wants to do while playing.

Great to hear you have been using it for that time! I’m actively working on this. If you would like to try out some changes you can contact me through the app (settings) and I can send you a beta
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