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We have identified two major user classes:
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1. The Singer
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- The singer belongs to an a cappella group or musical theater. Two Two types of people fall into this user group. The first are people :
- People that are new to singing.
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- These people have not had formal musical training and need practice on things like rhythm and sight-singing.
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- Soloists. Soloists generally have more singing experience but find it hard to practice their solo during ensemble meeting time.
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2. The Vocal Director
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- The vocal director is in charge of the singers. The vocal director is in charge of all singers during ensemble meeting times and must help everyone learn and improve their parts.
Needs & Goals
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From our interviews, we determined a set of needs and goals of our target user classes.
- New singers have trouble with pitch and rhythm.
- Singers have a lot of trouble knowing how their part fits in with others.
- In ensembles, it is hard to hear oneself sing during group rehearsal.
- A cappella singers have a hard time dealing with singing without instrumental accompaniment.
- Singers want personalized feedback from their vocal directors.
- Vocal directors want to give people individual attention and feedback, but rehearsal time is too precious.