The Leadsheet.app ecosystem¶
Leadsheet.app is a music ecosystem made of separate applications, each optimised for a specific task. At the centre of everything is neumaRk (NRK), the textual language in which scores are written: a song is its NRK text, and the apps are the ways to write it, read it and organise it.
The three applications¶
| App | What it's for | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Library | your personal space: songs, collections, sharing, account | to organise and find your material |
| Write | the NRK editor with a real-time score preview, Speedy Entry and audio playback | to write, edit or listen to a song |
| View | the digital reader / music stand, even without signing in (it makes no sound: audio is only in Write) | to read from or perform a score |
Moving between the apps — the three click gestures¶
Opening a song from one app to another depends on how you click the link:
| Gesture | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| click | — | opens in the same tab |
| Cmd/Ctrl + click | Fresh tab | always opens in a new tab |
Z + click |
Referenced tab | reuses an already-open tab (e.g. an already-open View switches to the new song instead of opening another) |
Z is a modifier key: it's the physical key at the bottom-left of the keyboard (W on AZERTY,
Y on QWERTZ; auto-detected). On mobile the Z+click gesture isn't available.
Why Z? Leadsheet.app runs in the browser, and browsers keep many Cmd, Ctrl or Alt
combinations for themselves before the app ever sees them. A letter key, on the other hand,
always reaches the app; Z is easy to reach with the left hand while the other one holds the
mouse.
Sharing a song — the three kinds of link¶
When you share a song you can choose between three kinds of link: the fly link (the song travels inside the link, opens even offline and without an account), the hard link (a reference to the saved song, always up to date and under your control) and the reactive link (like the hard link, but viewers follow the edits in real time). How they work and what they entail is on the dedicated page: Links & sharing.
Learn more¶
- neumaRk (NRK) — the language: what it is and where to find its full documentation.
- Links & sharing — the three kinds of link and what they entail.
- Write and Speedy Entry — how you write in practice.
- Library — organising, sharing, roles and versions.
- View — reading a score.