agogo bells

• Oct 30, 2024 - 14:23

if you dont have already (i really remember hearing those in musescore), can you guys add agogo bells to the instruments list? or if you already have them can you give me the name

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• Oct 31, 2024 - 17:22

@lucaszokinerf...
There seems to be something weird here. I thought that I had found agogo in the instruments list by typing in the search box, but I can no longer find it and I now get the results as shown in your picture.
I am using MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.4.3 on Windows 10.
So...
I looked at the General MIDI Percussion Key Map:
General MIDI Standard Percussion Set Key Map.pdf
where key 67 is "High Agogo" and key 68 is "Low Agogo".
MuseScore uses GM1 and, searching the MuseScore instruments xml file, I found that agogo is mapped (as a substitute) for the instruments "Metal Castanets" (which uses high agogo sound) and 'Iron Pipes" (low agogo sound).
[BTW: There are a few more agogo substitutions for brake drum, anvil...]

You wrote:
...if you already have them can you give me the name

Here's a score using metal castanets and iron pipes which substitute GM key 67 high agogo and GM key 68 low agogo respectively. (I am using Basic Sounds in the Mixer):
Agogo_workaround.mscz
You can change the instrument names in the score to your liking.

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• Nov 2, 2024 - 17:52

There is an Agogo sound in Basic sounds. But no actual instrument. You might create a (for one example) bongo staff and assign the Agogo sound to it. Or do the same with other percussion staves.

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