A few years ago I had the following question and Daniel replied that it wasn’t possible then. Now that the ‘Edit Instruments’ is available in Dorico 5, I’ll ask again.
I am notating music for Kora, an instrument which has 21 strings, in two rows (10 and 11 strings). Because Kora players normally don’t refer to standard notation I also include tablature in my own version of notating this instrument (see diagrams). In order to do this, I have to use the ‘strings and tunings’ dialogue for fretted instruments. But kora is not a fretted instrument, and therefore the ‘strings and tunings’ option is not available. In order to use a system of tablature I have had to choose ‘Classical Guitar’ and then rename it each time in my scores as ‘Kora’ , and open the Strings and Tunings dialogue.
What I would like to know is whether I can now save Kora as an instrument separate from ‘Classical Guitar’ , which would retain all its settings including the Strings and Tunings option. I also write for Classical Guitar, so I don’t want to change its name!
Many thanks for any help on this, and I hope I have explained myself sufficiently!
