Playing through a musical battle or traveling on a melodic adventure is a rollicking good time inTheatrhythm: Final Bar Line. However, when your mind’s on flying music triggers, the state of your HP, and defeating that rage-quit-worthy boss, it’s easy to miss the deeper qualities of Final Fantasy’s masterful scores.

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A Fat Chocobo sits next to a treasure chest and gramophone in Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line’s Museum Menu.

Is there a way to listen to your favorite FF music without distractions? Fortunately, Theatrhythm’s Music Player lets you do precisely that. Furthermore, operating the Music Player is as natural and fluid as listening to your favorite playlist on Spotify or Apple Music.

Where Is The Music Player?

The Music Player is part of Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line’sMuseum Mode.First, open the Museum by selecting the icon of the columned building in the Main Menu. Then, select the third tab,“Music Player.”

How To Navigate The Music Player

Navigating the Music Player is almost identical to choosing a song in Music Stage mode. Moveup and downtoscrollthrough songsorleft and righttochange song categories. If you’re unsure what to listen to, pressZL (Switch) / L2 (PlayStation)to jump to arandom song.

You canre-sortthe game’s music by pressing theY (Switch) / Square (PlayStation) button. There are five ways you can sort your music:

A playlist featuring an acoustic cover of Final Fantasy 6’s  “The Decisive Battle” in Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line.

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How To Make A Playlist

One of the Music Player’s coolest features is the ability to make playlists. you may createthree different playlists, and putting one together is quick and easy!

Adding Songs To A Playlist

To add a song to a playlist, find and highlight the song you wish to add. Then, press theZL (Switch) / L2 (PlayStation) buttonto open thePlaylist Menu. When the small dropdown menu pops up, choose a playlist to add the song. Songs you’ve added to a playlist will don that playlist’s icon. You can add a single song to multiple playlists.

Removing Songs From A Playlist

To remove a song from a playlist, highlight the song, open the Playlist Menu, and choose the playlist you wish to remove the song from.

Where Are My Playlists?

Your playlists are thelast three categoriesin the music player, regardless of sorting.

Arranging A Playlist Order

To re-organize your playlist, first open the playlist you wish to change. Then, highlight the song you wish to move and open the Playlist Menu. When the dropdown menu appears, selectSort. Finally,move the songup or down the playlist with thedirectional buttons/thumbstick, andconfirmits new position with theA (Switch) / X (PlayStation) button.

Screen Off Mode (Nintendo Switch Exclusive)

Suppose you want to listen to your favorite Final Fantasy music while in handheld/tabletop mode without burning through your Nintendo Switch’s battery. In that case, you canturn the Music Player screen off by pressing the - button. This feature turns the Switch’s screen off and continues playing music without the console going to sleep. Screen Off Mode has a pared-down control scheme consisting of the following functions:

Press L three times

A drop down menu allows players to add songs to a playlist in Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line’s music player.

Press R two times

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A dialog box explains the Screen Off Mode’s controls in Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line’s music player.