Want to know if that awesome lute players is playing the notes freestyle or ABC? Just look at the notes flowing above their heads. Using the /play *songtitle* command (see below for more info on the ABC music system) allow players to perform prepared music solo or in groups. With that, you'll be strummin' the blues in no time. Want to play a blues scale? 1, CTRL-3, 4, CTRL-5, 5, CTRL-7, 8.

Using the 1 through 0 keys on their keyboards, players can play each of the notes in the C major scale (think Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music), use the Shift key to swift octaves, and the Ctrl key to drop the pitch one half step. All instruments are in concert pitch, with no transposition, and there are just over two octaves that prospective music savants can play with. We're going to get a little technical for this next part. Once you're trained and have your instrument in-hand, you can choose to either play freestyle, or to use the built-in ABC system to perform pre-composed songs. Bards will train your musical skills and also help you choose which traits to equip. Other classes are able to learn the Lute plus one other instrument, which depends on your class. There are ten instruments in the game, however-Clarinet, Flute, Harp, Horn, Lute, Drum, Theorbo (bass), Bagpipes and Cowbell-and only Minstrels can master them all. This has sparked a sub-community of musicians within the game that host community events that can brighten even the darkest day in Middle-earth.

It's a fully ABC music player, meaning that it uses a complete musical notation system like we're used to seeing, which allows inspired players to create musical creations as complex as they can imagine. Wanna-be rockers have been playing with the music system in Lord of the Rings Online since the game launched in 2007.

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