Cimbalom

• Apr 15, 2020 - 10:55

That's it... just an intstrument. I cannot find it in the instruments' selection menu. So I suggest it. If you were curious why I suggest it... I was looking at Stravinsky's Renard opera which included one. If you want to hear how it sounds just check it I guess... :D

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• Apr 15, 2020 - 11:09

Please provide desired long and short name, amateur and processional range, sound (one from the GM set, closest to the real sound), transpositioning, number of staves, clef(s) and do that in the issue tracker, as a suggestion

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• Apr 15, 2020 - 14:45

I don't know if this helps, but my new (cheap) yamaha digital keyboard--which I bought to keep my sanity during quarantine--has a cimbolom patch. Yes, it's basically a hammered dulcimer on steroids: a fixture in Hungarian folk and cafe bands. Under the standard MuseScore instrument menu, the closest thing I could find would be the Clavichord, but it's not really that close.

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• Apr 15, 2020 - 16:06

Aha! So there is a "Duclimer" patch! it's in the Instruments menu under "All Instruments>>Percussion>>Pitched Percussion." It's not as resonant as a cimbolom, but would do. (The cimbolom has a big soundboard, and pedal-operated dampers, like a piano--in fact, it looks like a small rectangular piano without a lid.)
When adding instruments, you could create a grand staff, then change the "Staff/Part Properties" to the Dulcimer. You'll have to do this for both staves, and you should change the displayed name. It doesn't matter that some of the notes are out of the range of the dulcimer; the notes will display on your screen in red, but they'll still play.
The cimbolom is used in a couple of scores by Bartok as well, I believe. In less affluent orchestras, it's often replaced by a piano:-(

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