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Add Cuban Tres guitar to instruments.xml
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Since Dec 12, 2025.
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Description
The Cuban Tres is a national instrument of Cuba, featuring three courses of double strings and several common tunings. Please, add this wonderful tool to instruments.xml
Genre: World
MIDI Sound: 12-string guitar
Tunings:
- Standard C Tuning GCE (1st course E4, 2nd course C4, 3rd course G3 — the first double string is typically tuned in unison to E4)
- D Tuning ADF# (1st course F#4, 2nd course D4, 3rd course A3)
- Traditional Standard C Tuning GCE (1st course E3/E4 octaves, 2nd course C4, 3rd course G3 — in MuseScore, best represented by tuning the 1st course to E4)
- Pancho Amat Tuning GBE (1st course E4, 2nd course B3, 3rd course G3)
Tuning reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgVq8rt9j4
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