I think the best thing to do some cases is to accept the world you are playing in, which is Hydaelyn, and in this specific case where the bards come from the archers by tradition. Unfortunately for those who wish it, its not a European setting, or Middle Earth, or elsewhere, where those skills might be separate. Sometimes you really just have to role play in the world you are given and accept certain things in that world 
. Its kind of like saying "I want to be a Nuclear Engineer, but why does it have to come from the Academical background? Why not from Oil-Changer, or 7/11 Nightshift Clerk class? I could have studied books on my own after work..." The things they do during their time as an archer, the hymns they might sing while cutting shafts, the particular finger timing associated with the draw and loosing of the bowstring, all possibly accumulate at a point where those archery skill readily translate with a bit of additional effort into wielding the power of music. Polishing shields or pounding sides of beef in a freezer may just not have the same preparatory effect for becoming a Bard within the land of Eorzea 
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After you learn the bard trade and maybe don't want to string another bow again? Up to you, probably something one could role play...the video linked below for the Bard's quest "Doing it the Bard Way" even shows a bard that can no longer use his bow to attack things
Playing a bard is in my (eventual) sights...I'm glad this conversation started
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. Its kind of like saying "I want to be a Nuclear Engineer, but why does it have to come from the Academical background? Why not from Oil-Changer, or 7/11 Nightshift Clerk class? I could have studied books on my own after work..." The things they do during their time as an archer, the hymns they might sing while cutting shafts, the particular finger timing associated with the draw and loosing of the bowstring, all possibly accumulate at a point where those archery skill readily translate with a bit of additional effort into wielding the power of music. Polishing shields or pounding sides of beef in a freezer may just not have the same preparatory effect for becoming a Bard within the land of Eorzea .After you learn the bard trade and maybe don't want to string another bow again? Up to you, probably something one could role play...the video linked below for the Bard's quest "Doing it the Bard Way" even shows a bard that can no longer use his bow to attack things
Playing a bard is in my (eventual) sights...I'm glad this conversation started
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