More and more, Scoroù is being opened at rehearsal — on a phone propped up on the music stand or on a tablet between tunes. The recent updates therefore have a single goal: to make Scoroù easier to pick up and more pleasant to use every day. Pages that are easier to read, fewer buttons, clearer landmarks, and on screen only what you need to read, listen, and work on your part.

Pages That Are Easier to Read

I've reworked the entire site for a more comfortable reading experience:

  • Larger text, so you can read without squinting, even from a distance on the music stand.
  • Wider layout areas, making better use of the available screen space.
  • A score preview in tune lists: you can recognise a tune at a glance, before you even open it.

A Player That Breathes on Mobile

On a small screen, the player bar is now arranged across two lines.

On the first line, the progress bar spans the full width, with the elapsed time just to its right. It has also changed its look, on desktop as well as mobile: instead of a small cursor that was hard to spot, the portion already played fills with gold — the same colour as the notes that light up during playback. At a glance, you know exactly where you are in the tune. You can still tap the bar to jump to a different position.

On the second line, the buttons are grouped in three clusters: on the left, the loop, return to beginning, and play; in the centre, the tempo; on the right, the drones and full screen. Everything has its place — no more hunting around.

A Streamlined Action Bar

Below the score, the action bar used to spread easily across two lines on mobile. I've tightened it up:

  • A single "Download" button opens a small menu with three formats: PDF, and now also ABC and MP3. The ABC file can be opened in any other compatible software, and the MP3 lets you take the tune with you to practise anywhere, without a connection.
  • The transposition buttons ♭ −1 and ♯ +1 are now grouped together, like two sides of the same control.

The Print button remains close at hand.

A "Voices" Button for Everyone

Back in August, I introduced the ability to hide a voice with a click on the eye icon. The only drawback was that this option was buried in the editor. It now has its own button, "Voices", in the action bar.

It displays the list of voices in the score — for example V1 Cornemuse and V2 Bombarde — each with its own eye icon. Hide the bombarde to see and hear only the bagpipe, or do the reverse to play over the accompaniment. The button only appears on scores that have at least two voices, and as before, the saved score is never modified.

Good news: downloads follow what you see. A hidden voice also disappears from the PDF, the ABC file, and the MP3. In a matter of seconds, you can create a recording of the accompaniment alone to play your part over at home.

Each Musician Their Own Score

When you view a score you didn't author yourself — for example one your penn-soner has shared with the group — the editor no longer appears at all. It was only useful to the score's author and took up a good portion of the screen. The page now shows you the score, the player, and the relevant actions, with nothing to get in the way.

If you are the author, nothing changes: your editor is right there as soon as you're logged in.

Clearer Subscription Plans

The subscriptions page has been completely redesigned so that everyone can find their way around quickly: what each plan includes, its price, and what it works out to for an ensemble.

  • A discounted two-year rate: by committing to two years, you save 10% compared to the annual rate, on both the Solo and Ensemble plans.
  • 30-day trial for ensembles: your bagad, cercle, or group can try the Ensemble plan for a month before making a decision.

To give you a sense of scale, the Ensemble plan shared among the 30 musicians of a bagad works out to €6 per musician per year.

Less Searching, More Playing

None of these updates is spectacular on its own, but together they change everyday use: you spend less time hunting for a button and more time playing.

Feel free to send me your feedback by email or on social media, especially if you use Scoroù on mobile. I'm always listening!