Think of a violin, contrabass, metal flutes. Gilneas, with its more Victorian vibe, should focus more on pianists and small groups of classical musicians.

Similarly, 'popular' Stormwind music can most likely contain a number of choirs. The old Thunder Bluffs music had a wonderful string section, with instruments that could fairly be used ICly by Tauren musicians. Think of the drums and stringed instruments that you hear in their intro's when making a new character. A case can be made for some of the old Delta Blues tunes, as they require little more than a pair of strings, harmonica, or a deep voice.įor Orcs and Tauren you'd expect something more tribal however. Songs would mostly be about the deeds of others, or they could be elaborate limericks. Instead, a simple lute or even a simple parlor guitar should suffice. Bards should be commonplace, but they shouldn't be cranking out sick riffs on a Gnomeson Flying V through a Marshall stack. Warcraft is still a high fantasy (albeit with significant sci-fi and 'what is currently popular? copy that!' vibes) setting at its core, and I personally feel like that needs to be honoured.

It might be good to add the disclaimer 'Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.' I personally think anything is game, as long as your character is not slapping out an FL Studio 20 or Ableton Live 11 on their engineered device. Wow does have the cultures and technologies for any of it to develope. Truthfully, as much as someone might dislike the idea of implementing real world music styles in wow. The first digital Sampler was invented in 1996. The technology has reached the point where they can make Selfie Cameras, if we assume it is DSLR, it was invented in 1991 irl. Between huge genres (like rock that started in 1940s, and rap starting in 1970s) there are maximum 20-30 years gap.

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