Item: magic one-string banjo; when played, the face beatboxes an accompaniment. The instrument is not versatile enough to be used for many different Bard spells, but it can be used by anyone to cast a limited form of Animate Objects, causing them to stomp and shuffle awkwardly along in time with the music rather than actually doing your bidding. The spell lasts as long as you can keep the song up.

Item: Rhythm Drones, Construct assistants for Bards that can each store three song-spells, providing +2 on the proficiency bonus. If multiple drones know the same song-spell, their bonuses stack, up to seven of them. Alternatively, their song-spells can be any of the Bard cantrip-spells, which they are able to play on their own without a Bard taking the lead. The songs may be changed out each morning by a trained Bard, just as a magic-user would learn their spells for the day.