Suno AI Advanced Generative AI Music Prompting Tips

Suno AI allows you to create some amazing AI-generated music. Today I'm sharing some advanced prompting tips that will help you gain an extra level of control and take your AI music to the next level. Here is a complete list of the controls I have personally identified and used so far:

[start]
[Intro]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Pre-chorus]

(record scratching)

[Drum Solo]
[Guitar Solo]

[Intense Guitar Outro]

[guitar, outro]
[outro]
[End]

(write lyrics here) - backup singers

[Ecstasio]

Some tips I have picked up while messing around with the AI model. In the text prompt box, describe the essence of the song you want Suno to generate. So include -
Genre (pop, hip hop, ambient, etc.)
Overall mood/feeling (uplifting, scary, raw, filtered, happy, sad etc)
Tempo/pace (express as bpm, so anything from 40 bpm to 180 bpm seems to work but from testing I'd stay in the 70 - 140 range)
Instruments (specify what you want to include, I have not been able to exclude. e.g. Drums, Bass, Piano, Strings would include in varying degrees all of the instruments but may also add others as well)
Song theme and topics (Literally e.g. a song about jack running up a hill to fetch a pail of water but falling down the hill and injuring himself, on a rainy day in London)
Length (define a duration from 5 secs to 10 minutes (1 minute) on free package but they can be stitched to make complete duration)
Time Signature (choose a time signature like 4/4 or 6/8)
Key (pick a musical key like A Minor or C Major)

Additionally in the lyrics box, try things like -
[start]
[Intro]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Pre-chorus]
(record scratching) *if you put (la-la-la-la) here it will be performed by backing singer(s) or (bird song) you'll get just that.
[Drum Solo]
[Guitar Solo]
[Intense Guitar Outro]
[solo vocal, outro]
[Outro]
[Fade Out]
[End]

These are just some that seem to work (usually) but I am sure there are many other prompts I have yet to try.

P.S. Fadr is the perfect companion to Suno.

Have fun 👍

[dumpsky]

you can actually go way further and add musical descriptions into the brackets, like for example:

music styles: Trap, Bass-Heavy Massive Sound, Electro-Trap

[intro, sinister synths, building suspense]
[trap beats, rapid-fire hi-hats, dark undertones]
[pre-chorus]
your lyrics...
[build, swelling bassline, siren-like synths escalating]
[verse]
your lyrics...
[drop, explosive future bass drop, mind-blowing synth chords]
[verse]
your lyrics...
[pulsating electro house rhythms, distorted bass]
[build, drum and bass break, accelerating tempo]
[drop, massive big room house drop, broad sonic impact]
[bridge, brief respite with ambient pads, the calm before the storm]
[chorus]
your lyrics...
[final drop - unexpected switch to double-time trap, overwhelming bass]
[outro, instrumental]

[arshan]

Based on your explanation, the following may apply to sonu ai

**Music description word classification:**

* **Mood:** Fast-paced, quiet, mysterious, scary, startling, happy, relaxed, depressed, depressed
* **Music style:** Blues, Tango, Samba, Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton, folk, school folk, Korean Gayo, Electronic, New wave, Hip hop, Jazz, rap, disco, 80s, Gospel, soft rock, lite rock,
* **Others:** Strong sense of rhythm

**Vocal Type:**

*female vocal
*Soprano
*mezzo-soprano
*alto
*tenor
* baritone
* male bass

**Musical Structure:**

* [cappella]
* [Duet]
*[choir]
*[start]
*[Intro]
*[Verse]
*[Chorus]
*[Bridge]
*[Pre-chorus]
*[Drum Solo]
* [Guitar Solo]
*[Intense Guitar Outro]
* [guitar, outro]
* [outro]
*[End]
*[instrumental]
(record scratching)
* [solo vocal, outro]
* [Fade Out]
* [latin harmony]

[vullrath]

creating music is my new addiction... thanks for the tips!

[katja]

Thank you for giving me new ideas with SUNO AI!

[pafnayn]

I'm a lyricist I post some songs I write with songs I let ai write and it's a perfect tool for me. Not everyone wants to sell their lyrics or change them to someone's style. With ai I have full control, even if it's with a few minor generation problems I usually find EXACTLY what I want

[getkraken]

AI critics, lawmakers and users need to realize that creating a successful song on AI involves a lot of work. Listening to countless false first song stems, altering lyrics for better structure, writing lyrics that flow to begin with. Currently, the popular misconception is you drop a few words into AI prompt box and out comes a hit song. But it can do amazing things.

[TravelingDsgnrArt]

I have created hundreds of songs.. while it is not too amazing 90% of the time, 10% of songs are mind blowing hits. Listening to real songs on the radio or top 40, i recognize lyrics and certain melodies that have me questioning if those real radio songs were generated by ai… really crazy.

[carmd]

I've had some success using [Spoken] followed by words that will be spoken instead of sung.

[WAIVEmusichannel]

Great video. We create many of our music channel's song using Suno. It's an incredible AI tool for sure!

[landonmatthew]

this is awesome thanks for walking us through

btw, “bridge” generally later in the song, after the 2nd chorus. anything between verse and chorus is called “pre-chorus”. Maybe this helps for arrangements.

[jesseburson]

I've learned also that adding powerful or quiet depending on what effect your looking for can change the chorus etc.

[TAGZMEDIATV]

you can also put {cut & scratches} only put few words under neither...

[TheSuperStroker]

Thank you! Made some ridiculous raps thanks to you. Cannot stop smiling

[arock]

Thank You! Other than using something like RVC after the song is generated is there a way to keep a consistent singer between songs in Suno that can be specified as a prompt?

[joepham]

Can you edit the lyrics of a song that it has made? In other words, keep the same song musically but just with lyrics slightly edited.

[JoeyBComer]

Didn't go through comments see if mentioned. But if you want to add a pause in lyrics it seems to work when uses ellipses....
And then....
Continue....
This worked most of the time for me. Also it seemed to understand using (pause) or (silence) (music break down) (intsrumental) (instrumental prelude) (instrumental interlude) etc.
Does a pretty great job understanding these things.
I tried using (chorus) (verse 1) etc. It works, but I found it shuffles the composition of the song around more often then. I think it knows where to place those in the music so it tries to do that more often. So I leave it off now, if I want my lyrics exactly as I put them. Still shuffles around, but not as often. Particularly with lengthy lyrics.

[kolbjrnjohansen]

You say : Some tips I have picked up while messing around with the AI model. In the text prompt box, describe the essence of the song you want Suno to generate. So include -
Genre (pop, hip hop, ambient, etc.)
Overall mood/feeling (uplifting, scary, raw, filtered, happy, sad etc)
Tempo/pace

In what box do use this? Under custom mode there are these options: first Lyrics text box, then style of music, and lastly Title. Should also every metatag include brackets? Can you show examples of code?

[thescribe]

I've found that if you want an instrumental break, you have to use \[instrumental break\].

You can't just use [instrumental break] or [interlude]

[bluepixlefx]

I committed 1 day to suno. I'm still working on it but making custom songs is super easy. Though, not 100%. Of these songs are radio worthy, most are. It takes practice but you can easily make a radio worthy song with a detailed prompt, or custom lyrics.