The Bards' Guild - Instruments

Instruments

To use your instrument:

Equip your instrument by either double clicking on it from your inventory window, or by typing \equip <instrument name>.
Type /use ? to get a list of commands for your instrument. Commands are identical for all instruments.
- /use /tempo <number> <notes>: Begin playing music; the tempo number must be from 60 to 180 (note that the @<number> tempo command supersedes the /tempo switch, so you only need one or the other. Using @ is recommended -- see the Writing Music section for details).
- /use /stop: Stop playing music.
- /use /part <notes>: This allows a larger piece of music to be played in smaller segments. The size of the Clan Lord text buffer is 512 characters, so if you have a song that longer than that you will need to divide it into smaller segments.
  - You may have up to five segments in a song
  - The division of the segments must be sequential
  - You may split a loop and chords across a /part:
    
    /use /part (abc
    /use /part defg)2
    
    or
    
    /use /part [=ce
    /use /part g/c]8\c8
    
    are acceptable uses of /part.
  - The final segment to be played does not include the /part switch
    Wrong:
    /use /part aaaa
    /use /part bbbb
    /use /part cccc
    /use /part dddd
    /use /part eeee (The last segment of a song does not include the /part switch)
    
    Right:
    /use /part aaaa
    /use /part bbbb
    /use /part cccc
    /use /part dddd
    /use eeee (Notice: no /part switch in the last segment)
- /use /with <bard name> [/with <bard name>] <notes>: This will allow a Bard to play with up to two other Bards. The bards’ full names are not necessary, only enough of the beginning to uniquely identify each bard.
- /use /who <exile's name>: Lists the exile's status within the Bards' Guild (consult the Guild Structure section for an explination of status).

Note that /tempo, /part and /with may be used together. If a Bard were to play a five part trio with Pixy and Blue at a tempo of 130, the commands would look like this:

/use /part /with Blue /with Pixy /tempo 130 <notes for first segment>
/use /part /with Blue /with Pixy <notes for second segment>
/use /part /with Blue /with Pixy <notes for third segment>
/use /part /with Blue /with Pixy <notes for fourth segment>
/use /with Blue /with Pixy <notes for fifth segment>
Remember: the /part switch is always omitted from the last segment of a song.