Using Instrumental Metatags for AI Song Generation
Instrumental Tags
Songs can have instrumental sections that can be prompted similarly to [Verse] and [Chorus], but without lyrics, the landmarks aren’t as clear.
An instrumental ‘break’ can replace a verse as its own section, or it might be a short bridge in the music. These seem to work best when only one is used at a time, but adding commas inside the prompt may work. Experiment!
Prompt Examples
Some examples of instrumental metatags include:
[Break] - Indicates an instrumental break.
[Instrumental Interlude] - Specifies an interlude without lyrics.
[Melodic Bass] - Suggests a melodic bass section.
[Percussion Break] - Indicates a break focusing on percussion.
[Syncopated Bass] - Specifies a syncopated bass section.
[Fingerstyle Guitar Solo] - Suggests a solo played in a fingerstyle technique.
[Build] - Indicates a building instrumental section.
[Bass Drop] - Suggests a bass drop, common in EDM genres.
Stay in the Genre
The genre is important! You may need to describe the instrument within the Style Prompt if you want to manipulate it with metatags.
A [Bass Drop] is a common feature of EDM-genre, but it makes no sense in an acoustic guitar solo.
A [Bluegrass Banjo Interlude] will be easier to conjure within a Country-genre song, but might not work at all within an orchestral symphony…
Then again, it might work if a ‘banjo’ is added to the style prompt.
Experiment with ‘Instrumental Lyrics’
Songly.gift will sometimes respond to un-singable text as a musical instrument. A few lines of punctuation-only might help to force a short instrumental solo.
Less reliable, and sometimes hilarious, try onomatopoeic words that mimic the sounds of the musical instruments. Often they are sung as lyrics, but sometimes trigger the intended instrument.
Examples
[Percussion Break]
. .! .. .!
!! ... ! ! !
[sad trombone]
waah-Waaah-WAAH
[chugging guitar]
chuka-chuka-chuka-chuka