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Music of the World - A'kos Saiyal - 08-10-2015
Inspired by the character theme song threads I started wondering about what sort of music exists in this world.
The only music I've come across since returning to Eorzea that I'd consider cannon is the little bits played by the Bard class. Sometimes I go with the OST of the game itself, but there's an eclectic mix of it in FFXIV that I'm not sure if that would be the way to go, no matter how much of it I enjoy (I like eclectic)
Is there lore of it somewhere I haven't seen? Music means so much to many people and can shape lives that, without it, may turn out very differently, whether one composes or just listens. It feels strange to have very little idea of what's out there, and much to limiting to stick to the medieval/Renaissance of standard fantasy fare.
I also started a thread for your character's favorite music, regardless of what world they're in over here.
RE: Music of the World - ɴᴘᴄ - 08-10-2015
Well the FC house items include violas family (cello), harp, harpsichord, and brass horn, though there may be others. We have the lyre-like instrument of the Artemis Bow, and I would like to believe there are wind instruments as well, since I tried to write them into Ancel's background. We also hear certain thematic elements such as choirs and cathedral organs in Coerthas, so I imagine hymns play a pretty large role in the Holy See. Horns, concertinas, and possibly reed instruments seem more prominent in Limsa Lominsa than elsewhere, Costa del Sol features strummed strings and perhaps something akin to an ocarina. To me it would be acceptable to consider these types of instruments as lore-friendly.
I'm far from a lore expert though.