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Add concert/alpine zither to instruments.xml
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Your idea
Please add concert/alpine Zither(s) to the instruments in a future version of Muse score.
Problem to be solved
The current version does not have have the concert zither as an instrument. I have included the two major tunings for the concert/alpine zithers in the table below.Tunings for the Diskant concert/Alpine zithers
| Melody | Accompaniment | Basses | Contrabasses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strings | 1 2 3 4 5 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 |
| Pitch (Munich tuning) | A4 A4 D4 G3 C3 | E♭4 B♭3 F4 C4 G3 D4 A3 E4 B3 F♯3 C♯4 G♯3 | E♭3 B♭2 F3 C3 G2 D3 A2 E3 B2 F♯2 C♯3 G♯2 | F2 E2 E♭2 D2 C♯2 C2 B1 B♭1 A1 G♯1 G1 F♯1 F1 |
| Pitch (Viennese tuning) | A4 D4 G4 G3 C3 | A♭4 E♭4 B♭3 F4 C4 G4 D4 A3 E4 B3 F♯4 C♯4 | G♯3 E♭2 B♭2 F2 C3 G2 D2 A2 E2 B2 F♯2 C♯2 | G♯2 C2 B1 B♭1 A1 G♯ G1 F♯1 F1 |
The fretted strings have the sound quality of guitar or lute. Whereas the unfretted strings have harp like sound qualities.
Additional voicings for the concert/alpine exist as Quint, sounding a fifth above the diskant zither and Bass, sounding an octave below the diskant zither, and the Alt zither which sounds a fourth lower than the diskant zither.
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