NPC-musicians and instruments in Skyrim possible?
Does older TES-games contain it?

I have not played through all of the TES-games, but as far as I can tell there is none of this.

Lets say you find local musicians at the taverns or stumble upon them somewhere else. Red Dead Redemption showed us a good example of this, pianists at the bars and small campsites where guys were playing fiddle :violin:
We also have Lord of the Rings Online where music and instruments plays a big role, you can play ínstruments with use of the keys 1-8, ctrl and shift on your keyboard (1-8 = total scale, shift make it one octave higher and ctrl lowering them by half a step).


There is alot of cool instruments in Scandinavian music which would fit the theme of Skyrim perfectly.

Some examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyckelharpa The swedish "Nyckelharpa"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_bagpipes A simple swedish version of a bagpipe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardingfele Norweigan violin

We also have lots of different flutes capable of being a part of the game, though, the instruments in the game does not need to have a exact real-life representation. It could just be a "Skyrim-bagpipe", "Imperial-lute" or a "Bosmer-flute" inspired by real instruments.

What about simple warhornes and wardrums?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMV78a-G5xY&feature=related Worth a look, "Wardruna". This is so Skyrim :drool:


I'm not saying Skyrim should feature playable instruments like LOTRO, but I really want to see, at least to some degree, music and musicians. What do you think?
It would definitely bring som extra life into the pub-life and the over-all atmosphere. Probably the most important: There is potential to incorporate lore into the tunes of Skyrim.

I played all of the TES games also and the only instrument I came close to playing were the bells in Mournhold.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Entertainers

Drums? Lutes? ...

Flutes would be cool.

I liked the random guitar players in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

they had npc musicians in new vegas, and i think fallout 3, so i'm sure there is no reason skyrim can't have them, that does not necessarily mean they will have them though.

meh, as long as it′s keept to NPC playing a few tunes in say a Inn or by a fireplace, then sure why not.

Good song OP

Fallout new vegas had multiple instruments so i can't see why skyrim won't tbh.

Well, not sure of the implication, but there has been indication of a Bard's College in Solitude.

Wo! You've made my day! This music is excellent. I've been on You Tube and watch other videos of these guys, shame on you, now I have to buy it.

On topic, I hope they put in troubadours or something. I've always felt like it was missing ever since I've played Morrowind... that'll be almost 10 years now... Time passes too fast.

i lol'd

But i personllay think that adding NPC musicians and some true scandinavian instruments would be aaaaawesome! but this is asking too much isn't it?

Arena had lute and flute players in taverns, I can't remember if Daggerfall did.

Skyrim really really should have some traveling bards. Even if theres only one, who should have a really cool personality, that we can just meet from time to time in various towns.

But since they have jobs already, playing at an Inn for your room and a meal would be pretty cool.