Basic Musical Studies

= Description =

Basic Musical Studies in are Skills learned by the player that allows them to learn more musical compositions and dances. Those players wishing to get buffs and want to share buffs with other players will focus on this Skill Line. Basic Musical Studies Skills can be unlocked with the Basic Musical Studies skill under Captaineering and Piracy  Discipline.

You don't need Music & Dance for What's Yours Is Mine in the Piracy Discipline tree.

Floatsam drops sheet music. There are three difficulties, green (easy), yellow (medium) and red (hard). There are two different instruments: and. The songs are different, and there is no crossover. And easy song cannot be played on the. The dancing in the spec tree does not appear to be implemented yet.

Different songs, even if listed as easy, have different difficulty levels.

To equip music on an, drag music from your inventory to the in your hot-bar. To equip music on the, approach the and hit   or  to access the instrument's inventory. Drag the sheet music from your inventory to the one available slot in the inventory of the instrument.

The big difference between and the  is that when you attempt to play a song and fail, the  allows you to keep the music and try infinitely. The consume the sheet music when you fail. Both instruments consume the sheet music when you succeed. For this reason I find the much easier. Unlimited practice time!

To make a band, you left click with sheet music equipped to bring up the 'loading' or 'queuing' screen. If there is someone nearby with the same instrument, and the same sheet music loaded, they will have an option pop up to join the band. You can then play the same song together. When I tested this, I was spec'ed to music, the person who joined was not. Both songs can be heard played simultaneously, dynamically. It sounds quite cool.

The issue I have is that a successful completion of a song does not result in any buff. It doesn't seem to matter where or what song I play, or who I play it to, no onlookers receive any sort of benefit for any length of time. I am fully spec'ed into the tree with all duration and increase radius/distance buffs included. As I play, there is a green haze around the perimeter which I assume is my area of effect, but nothing happens. Upon successful completion, I get a 'party on dude', and some purple notes on nearby listeners, but that is it. It also does not appear to have any effect on NPC Crew members.

Additionally, it unlocks the following skills


= Gallery =

User friendly Music and Dance skill Tree

= Music & Dance = Skill Categories