hi folks: I would like to find out how to add # of frets to a Dorico vst instrument.
The list of instruments includes a Ukelele, which by default maps to Soprano.
I have to notate for a Baritone Ukelele, and have discovered how to change the string pitches to reflect the Baritone Ukelele pitches (D3 G3 B3 E4), and this works out really nicely.
My problem is that the # of Frets seems to be fixed on the Soprano Ukelele, even though there seems to be an unavailable field on the screen called number of frets in Edit Strings and Tuning.
Can someone help me, by sending me the āspecificā navigation to make a custom setting change to the Soprano Ukelele, so that the Baritone will display in tablature to include fret #14 and #15.
I am working on Dorico Pro 5 Version 5.1.81.2225 (Jan 16 2025).
a) No of frets: "allows you to set the number of frets for the selected strings;
b) Starting fret: "allows you to set the number of the first fret on the selected strings.
number of the first fret is 1, is it not?
the example provided makes no sense to me, ie. the 5th string on the banjo starts on fret 5?
There are 20 frets on the Baritone Ukelele. If I set the number of frets to 20, the program puts question marks on all notes scored within the range of the Bartone Ukelele, namely D3 to C5.
I assume you are creating a new instrument?
Library>Instrumentsā¦
Select the Ukulele and make a copyā¦
Call it Baritone Ukuleleā¦
Change the detailsā¦ names, range etc. (I donāt know if it transposes, or what clef it uses)
Click on the Edit strings and tuningā¦
Click on the string - it turns blue and all the parameters are changeableā¦
You can also change the name of the tuning if you want to.
Once you are happy, save the instrument definition as a default (click the star at the bottom of the instrument list) so it is available to new projects.
