I've started using my Shared Macro tab space for putting down "sheet music", so to speak, in the macro table for ease of reading a piece I might want to practice - but in all honesty, without a dedicated UI for the keys and the ability to macro in any capacity so the music can be replayed easily and without error on my part... I don't really see myself using this system much. Maybe to waste time with on the odd days I queue endgame stuff up as my BRD, but never much beyond that.

Quote Originally Posted by Reinha View Post
Macros aren't just for copying though, they are also for creating your own things. I have no musical background whatsoever so I don't remember what each note sounds like. It makes creating songs really difficult when most of my effort goes into finding a key that doesn't clash with the previous one. If I wanted to learn music properly I would buy a real instrument and get lessons, not mess with a game system with horrendous timing and combat job keybinds.

If there was a way to save my melodies and have them played without mistakes, I would enjoy and use this feature. It doesn't have to be our current macro system. Special hotbars with a "play all notes" button would work fine. Then I could place the notes on the bars and play the whole thing in rhythm.
This quote pretty much sums up my opinion. I want to enjoy the Perform action - they obviously did put a fair bit of work into it, to give us such a wide range of notes. But with how it is now, I'd just be better off buying a real instrument and learning to play that.