Bard Melee -vs- Instrument Question

[GardylooGubbins]

I need some help. I'm reading a lot on the forums about how bard melee is terrible, and I shouldn't be doing it post 30 or so. I currently have a level 30 bard, and have been mostly soloing via fear kite. I know how to swarm kite but don't enjoy it and honestly feel bad monopolizing a zone. I haven't really tried charming yet.

My question is, if I wanted to still do methods like fear kiting, should I just be using dots with instruments instead of melee? What would the song rotation look like at my level? Just Consonant Chain, Screech, and Fufil's?

*Edit, just tried the rotation listed above with instruments only and with melee. Melee was much faster. What am I missing?