How Did Old School Bards Do It?

[Menenolly]

I played as a bard for the first few years and I was twisting non stop unless I was purely running somewhere or talking to someone. I ended up with a bad case of carpal tunnel and I was forced to give up bardic life and moved on to the beastlord class. Some people get carpal and some are seemly immune to it and can play a bard for a couple decades. I would suggest taking breaks a lot and be lazy with the songs in groups or when solo don't chant kite or do the mass kite. Go with charming. Please EQ overlords, add /melody.