Show HN: Melo Rhythm – A Piano Teacher's Take on Music Dictation App
Hello Hacker News community! I'm excited to showcase my latest project, Melo Rhythm. Melo Rhythm is a unique blend of my musical expertise and my passion for coding.
It's built primarily in JavaScript (abcjs, tonaljs, threejs, react), wrapped in React Native for a seamless mobile experience, and uses Keycloak for secure Single Sign-On functionality. The backend is a straightforward ExpressJS setup, focusing on efficiency and scalability, primarily used only for storing and syncing progress.
The app is offline-first, meaning that, for example, on mobile, once you log in, you can use it in flight mode, but once online, it syncs your progress across devices.
For monetization, I'm using subscriptions, and the App is already available on Google Play. If the Android version of the mobile part of the app gains some traction, I'll release it for the App Store as well.
I was motivated by the fact that I could not find a music dictation app that would combine rhythm and melody dictation into melo-rhythmic dictation, which is very important for musicians.
I paid much attention to music entry optimization, so that should be the biggest advantage (apart from there being, as far as I can tell, no rhythm+melody dictation apps on mobile stores). Other than that, I spent a lot of time creating and thinking about curricula; for example, the Pro curriculum has around 90 levels.
If there is interest, I might create a blog post to delve deeper into the features and technical aspects.
Check out the web version of Melo Rhythm here: https://k3y.me Download Melo Rhythm on Google Play : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antiropy.melorhythm
I would be grateful for feedback, suggestions, and discussions from both the Hacker News community and music enthusiasts. Your insights are vital in refining Melo Rhythm and enhancing its impact. I'd like to checkout the web version, but it blocks me with a signup. Just let me use it, I am not signing up to test the app. Please feel free to put in any non-existant e-mail address to try it out, we don't do email checks for now, because there are a small number of users. Make sure to remember the credentials if you would like to store your progress, especially across devices. Thank you for your interest!