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Keywords are:  'musical instrument performance performing polyphonic drone rhythm'

perform [instrument] <args> - play a musical number with an instrument

perform notes    - the number of notes you can play in a performance
perform list     - see the types of instruments you have performed with
perform help     - syntax for the perform command

set midi <0-100> - midi playback controls (client dependent)

To perform, you must have an instrument wielded, held or worn around
your neck. There may are certain large instruments, like pianos
and organs, that can be played as long as you are in the same room.
You can play while sitting or standing. Performing with instruments
consumes a small amount movement or mana, depending on whether or not
the instrument is magical in nature.

The number of notes you can play in a performance depends mostly
on your intelligence and little bit on your charisma.

Some instruments, mostly drums, are rhythm only, and can play only
a single note.

Some instruments, such as bagpipes, have a drone that plays a set
note continuously throughout a performance.

Some instruments are polyphonic and can be used to play both chords
or individual notes. The chords are triads, except for keyboard
instruments, which play a fourth note one octave below the tonic.

The musical notation is as follows:

Single notes have 2 to 4 components:

Accidentals: # for sharp, & for flat (this is optional)
Pitch:       A-G baseline, prefix + for high notes, - for a low notes
Duration:    1-9 beats

Note: rhythm instruments cannot have a note designated and will
always play the same note. Only a duration needs to be designated.

Example: 
#A4 - high A sharp for 4 beats

Chords have 4 to 5 components:

Mode:       M - major, N - minor, U - augmented, I - diminished
Accidental: # for sharp, & for flat (this is optional)
Key:        root note of the chord, same usage as single notes
Duration:   1-9 beats

Example: 
M+c3  - High C major chord for 3 beats

Rests have 2 components:

R (for rest)
Duration: 1-9 beats

Example:
R2  - Rest 2 beats

Special: duration can be substituted with "t", which has a very short
duration. Multiple notes, chords or rests can be parsed in this way
in succession to produce something approximating a trill

You cannot start or end performances with a rest, nor can you have
two or more rests in a row. A rest will not stop a drone from playing.