Note:
Same thing, groups are all the same difficulty as far as I could tell. Please provide data if you can tease them out!

Easiest to Hardest:
guiro
cymbals
frottoir
stamping stick

spoons
bones
bodhran
darje

doumbec
castanets
damaru

naqqara

shaman's drum

tabla

temple drum
ritual drum

tapani

gansa-gambang

Missing:
zills

Thanks Ryeka, I know they are pretty basic but I want to test them qualitatively to be sure.

I was very surprised to see how things turned out. Many of the instruments I thought were of a certain difficulty turned out to be different than I expected.

I'm not sure if Dart tweaked some of the instruments to group them together or if it's just my skills that are blurring some of the lines.

All of these were rated with 800 ranks in each instrument group, 1015 in Music Theory and 55 Agility. (And my next project is to determine if Agility actually affects instrument playing).

If anyone can determine that these groups of instrument are in fact of different difficulties, I'd be interested to know! I'm going to be putting all this information (plus butt loads more) on Elanthipedia for all to share, tweak and correct as necessary.

GENT!

Thanks for the listings, Gent. All of the missing ones you have (guti'adar, zills and txistu) are sold by the Haven peddler to newbs, so I'm guessing they're at the same difficulty level as the other starting instruments. I think he changes to the more advanced stock when you're around 20th circle no matter what your guild is.

From what I understand the stamping stick and whiskey jug are weatherproof onehanded starting instruments. Anyone know any weatherproof onehanded starter strings (or maybe just one)? Oh, and onehanded/weatherproof might be something to add to the list if you put it up on Elanthipedia.


~Thilan

<<It should be a super comprehensive listing of all the instruments, their difficulty, stats and where to buy them with links to shops and maps and a kitchen sink.>>

Don't forget whether the shopkeeper tends to have sharper eyes and gives discounts for flirting.

Didn't one of the shops at the Wren Fest have a kitchen sink? The one with all the nifty props?

-V.

"Reject me not, sweet sounds! oh, let me live,
Till doom espy my towers and scatter them.
A city spell-bound under the aging sun,
Music my rampart, and my only one."
-Edna St. Vincent-Millay