I'm working on Sheetmusic4J, a JavaFX library for rendering and interacting with sheet music. The latest version reads and writes ABC notation and experimentally imports Guitar Pro 7 and 8 files. Is this useful enough to keep developing, and which features would matter most?
Would a native Java sheet music library be useful?
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There seems to be room for a JavaFX library focused on displaying and interacting with scores. Audiveris is a related Java project that uses Swing, though its use case is different. It could still be worth comparing what each project does.
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For really clean printed notation, LilyPond is a useful reference. I'd look at its engraving output when deciding where to polish the rendering, even if the JavaFX interaction side has different goals.
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The Guitar Pro import raises a good product question: should those files be displayed as standard notation, tablature, or both? I'd get feedback on that before putting too much work into the rendering.
It also helps to be clear that the current import is experimental, covers Guitar Pro 7 and 8, and does not handle the older binary formats.
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