Ok so I understand that you can replace material, somatic and verbal actions with playing a instrument but is this action for action ( verbal action replaced, somatic action replaced and material action replaced) for 3 actions used or does the instrument count as multiple actions gained and replaced using one action ( 1 action replaces somatic and verbal which leaves 2 actions to use).
"Because you’re a bard, you can usually play an instrument as part of your Material Casting and Somatic Casting actions, so you usually don’t need spell components or another hand free. You can usually also play an instrument for your Verbal Casting actions rather than speaking."
