It depends on what your group has.
If you're the only person who can haste, use your strongest and prioritize keeping it up above all else. If your group has a dedicated haster, stack songs that add attack.
Remember one thing though, you are a bard and even with a good set of gear and strong instruments you will not add much relative dps. I'd bail on using any songs which give you dps (your dots or self haste) and focus all your efforts in improving the perform and of others.
At your level I would prioritize hymn of restoration (stacks with nivs click on BOH - replace this song with cantana) and mana pulse. A lot of bards don't appreciate this but your healing potential starting at level 6 with a lute spread across a whole group is unmatched. You can't blast heal of course, but you keep even that to a minimum. Keeping regen up at all times everyone isn't at 100% will help your healer and your group a lot more than a dot or 2. I've had groups where I was the only one doing the healing - bored clerics get to nuke.
At your level my song line up was
1 haste
2 melee stats (flex)
3 regen
4 mana pulse
5 snare/slow
6 flex slot - (nivs with lute, selos, resists, etc)
7 always charm
8 always mez
(9 - nivs BOH click)
General twist was 1 (9) 2 3 4 while fighting
Down time 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 with lute
Nivs is modified by strings so there is a benefit in having the actual song up for down time with lute depending on how much regen the group can benefit from. Occasionally on down time it would be
3 6 4 4 3 6 4 4
Every hit point you heal via regen is one less hp the group needs to heal.
In the upper 50s a bard can give nearly 50 hp/tick to everyone - 200-300 healing per tick in a full group where everyone is not 100%.
Take home point: you're a Bard who will always have bad dps. Focus your efforts on making everyone else better and making their jobs easier. Your groups will profit and will remember that having you around made their lives easier and their xp roll in faster.
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