Should I be getting my three ballads up, then the anthems, then using my cries (to make use of the ballad buffs), and finish with the coda last?

Or should I be doing three ballads, anthems, then coda (which also gives a buff), then cries?

In other words, do my cries benefit more from the ballad buffs or the coda buff?

I've been enjoying my solo red line minstrel for years, but I have never quite understood this.