I don't agree with either of the two previous posts:
1) ONE LIBRARY PER MUSICIAN? That's the worst. It means we're continuing with the logic of musicians being geeks without taking ensemble management into account. It doesn't work, as I can attest. When a musician says "I want paper," that's the best proof.
2) PERSONAL NOTES ARE ESSENTIAL: Musicians agree to receive a new musical score before rehearsal, but they REFUSE to lose their personal notes. MS really needs to get back to basics: Paper, REAL-WORLD Practice...
Creating a library per instrument is illogical. The real-world definition of the concept of BOOKSTORE explains the reason. Do you know of a BOOKSTORE that updates its books because a reader used a red pencil on the book in the BOOKSTORE 50KM away??? MS really needs to reposition itself in the real world. Few people want virtualization, and imposing it is worse...
Imagine:
1) The conductor distributes sheets of paper called "Music Scores." He can distribute a new one at each rehearsal because he has corrected the relevant comments and annotations.
2) The musician finds a new score, but keeps his personal notes. Sometimes they are obsolete, sometimes they are not because they help him in the performance. The musical scores BELONG to the conductor; the notes are the property of the musician. On the same PDF file, the personal notes are a sort of "transparent layer" that he places on the conductor's score.
If MS want to be a real and usefull tool for large bands, it have to follow the "paper" procedure...
1) ONE LIBRARY PER MUSICIAN? That's the worst. It means we're continuing with the logic of musicians being geeks without taking ensemble management into account. It doesn't work, as I can attest. When a musician says "I want paper," that's the best proof.
2) PERSONAL NOTES ARE ESSENTIAL: Musicians agree to receive a new musical score before rehearsal, but they REFUSE to lose their personal notes. MS really needs to get back to basics: Paper, REAL-WORLD Practice...
Creating a library per instrument is illogical. The real-world definition of the concept of BOOKSTORE explains the reason. Do you know of a BOOKSTORE that updates its books because a reader used a red pencil on the book in the BOOKSTORE 50KM away??? MS really needs to reposition itself in the real world. Few people want virtualization, and imposing it is worse...
Imagine:
1) The conductor distributes sheets of paper called "Music Scores." He can distribute a new one at each rehearsal because he has corrected the relevant comments and annotations.
2) The musician finds a new score, but keeps his personal notes. Sometimes they are obsolete, sometimes they are not because they help him in the performance. The musical scores BELONG to the conductor; the notes are the property of the musician. On the same PDF file, the personal notes are a sort of "transparent layer" that he places on the conductor's score.
If MS want to be a real and usefull tool for large bands, it have to follow the "paper" procedure...