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A comprehensive guide for music lovers who want to create with AI but don't have formal music theory training. Learn prompting techniques, music fundamentals in plain English, and how to add your own unique sounds.

📌 Repository Status: Active development - some sections are complete, others are in progress. See 📊 status indicators below.

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Documentation Status

Status Meaning
✅ Complete and tested
⚠️ In progress - partial content
🚧 Planned - skeleton/outline only
📝 Empty - needs content

Table of Contents

What's Inside

📚 Fundamentals ✅

Music theory in plain English - no prior knowledge required.

🎤 Sound Design ✅

Create unique sounds to enhance AI-generated music.

🎹 Platform Guides

Platform-specific techniques and documentation.

Complete:

  • ✅ Suno - Comprehensive guide with credits, settings, quirks
  • ✅ Suno Tags Reference - 100+ instruments, structure/meta/vocal tags, testing status

In Development:

💡 Prompting

Learn how to craft effective prompts.

🎵 Sample Library ⚠️

Real examples with prompts and analysis. Status: Partial - many placeholders.

Complete:

  • ✅ Trap Beats - Comprehensive guide with tempo paradox explained

Minimal Content (links only):

  • ⚠️ Most other samples have audio links but lack detailed prompts/analysis

Empty (needs content):

  • 📝 4-on-Floor, Boom-Bap, Breakbeat, Waltz, Shuffle, Polyrhythm beats
  • 📝 Acapella vocals

Help wanted: Contribute sample content

🔧 Resources 🚧

Complete:

NEW - Skeleton outlines available:

🔬 Research ✅

Systematic testing and findings.

  • ✅ Bar Timing Research - Comprehensive study showing bar tags don't work reliably
  • ✅ Supporting methodology documents

Quick Start Examples

Basic Structure Tags

[verse]
And now for something completely magic

[chorus]
It's all about a girl
Who digs a guy

[verse]
And-
And now-
A-a-a-a-a-
And now for something completely magic

[chorus]
It's all about a girl
Who digs a guy

Define verse and chorus elements for song structure.

Example: Ghosts of You

Vocal Style Control

"Dominus Lucis, abandon the dawn…" + [reading to a church]

Creates whispered voice effect.

Credit: @mixofthings

Alternating Vocals

Choir: Ave Solis Vacuus…
Lead: I am reborn in your ruinous sun.
Choir: Deus Mortis Vocet…
Lead: Salvation bleeds where faith begun.

Alternate between two (or more) vocal styles in same track.

Credit: @mixofthings - Sermon of the Hollow Sun

Active Experiments 🧪

Dialect & Accent Control

New Discovery: Phonetic spelling and dialect variations in lyrics can control vocal accent!

  • ✅ Confirmed: Jamaican Patois spelling produces authentic Jamaican accent
  • 🧪 Testing: Multiple dialects, phonetic intensity, genre matching
  • 📊 Comprehensive Tests: Full song structures with verse + chorus for reliable results
  • Experiment framework | Ready-to-test prompts

Quick Example:

  • Standard: "You are my favorite color"
  • Jamaican Patois: "Yu a fi mi favorite color" → Produces Jamaican accent!

Test Sets Available:

  • "Summer Rain" in 5 dialects (American, Jamaican, Southern, Cockney, Australian)
  • "City Lights" with progressive phonetic intensity (5 levels)
  • Genre-dialect matching pairs (does Reggae + Patois work better than Classical + Patois?)
  • Mixed accent sections (can you switch mid-song?)

See all active experiments →

Specific Samples

Acapella

Sample - Vocals only, no instruments

Platform-Specific Tips

Suno

Inspiration Playlist Method

  1. Go to Create → Inspo tab
  2. Create playlist from similar songs you like
  3. Use that playlist to define style for new creations

Credit: @mixofthings

Udio

📝 Coming Soon - Udio documentation is planned but not yet available. See Platform Comparison for status updates.

Contributing

This guide is community-driven and actively seeking contributions!

What We Need Most

High Priority:

  • 📝 Sample library content (prompts + analysis for existing placeholder files)
  • 🧪 Testing and documentation for Udio and Producer.ai
  • 💬 FAQ answers from your experience
  • 🔧 Troubleshooting solutions

Also Welcome:

  • New techniques and discoveries
  • Platform comparison data
  • Audio samples and examples
  • Bug reports and corrections

How to Contribute

  1. For samples/examples: See Community Examples
  2. For bug reports: Open an issue
  3. For content: Submit a PR with:
    • Clear explanation for beginners
    • Audio sample or link (if applicable)
    • Prompt/settings used
    • Testing notes (what worked/didn't work)
    • Credit to original discoverer

Contribution Guidelines

  • Write for beginners (no jargon without explanation)
  • Test before documenting (note platform version)
  • Include evidence (links, samples, screenshots)
  • Follow existing document structure
  • Be honest about limitations and reliability

Learning Path

New to music? Start here

  1. Song Structure
  2. Music Terms
  3. Beats & Rhythms

Know the basics?

  1. DIY Recording
  2. Suno Platform Guide and Tags Reference
  3. Prompt Templates 🚧 for quick starts

Advanced?

  1. Research - Systematic studies and findings
  2. Sample Library - Real examples (⚠️ partial content)
  3. Contribute your discoveries

Repository Roadmap

Current Focus:

  • ✅ Suno documentation (complete)
  • 🚧 Filling sample library content
  • 🚧 Completing FAQ and troubleshooting guides
  • 📝 Udio documentation (planned)

See TODO.md for detailed task list.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

  • @mixofthings for vocal techniques and inspiration playlist method
  • All community contributors

License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details

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