I have been exploring the whole web 2.0 idea in other contexts and got to wondering how it could apply to musical notes. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, web 2.0 refers to new technologies which make the user experience more interactive. For example google mail uses these techniques to make the user experience easier and more intuitive.
It has been over sold to some extent with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists building sites completely around these techniques. That may or may not be a good idea. However, in my mind, there is a real place for some of this technology to add valuable functions to existing web pages.
How does this relate to musical notes? I think a site could be built where a music teacher could build lessons from an administrative section which would be customized for each student. The students would view a web page and be able to drag and drop notes onto a blank score. Their palate of notes would be chosen by the teacher to be appropriate for their skill level.
For young fingers who are just learning to use paper and pencil the ability to move notes and change things by just dragging with the mouse might be very empowering.
When I have seen pictures of the scores produced in the old days, with corrections, and other last minute changes I have always though that automation which let the composer focus on the music and not the techniqe would be helpful.
Maybe that day is coming. Until that timehowever, here is the Ebay idea of Musical Notes.