Connaître les nombreux paramètres et mots clés de Suno est indispensable pour une bonne maîtrise de ce fabuleux outil créateur de chanson : texte, musique, voix…

• L’adresse du Wiki Suno est ici : https://www.suno.wiki/
• Ce Wiki mentionne un PDF de 123 pages : PROMPTS FOR AI DANCE MUSIC

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• Convertir la liste de paramètres ci dessous en PDF
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Voici les paramètres et les mots clés réunis sur une seule page :

Metatags

Verse and Chorus

A pattern that works well for Continued songs is to have a verse and chorus in each clip. The tags are not necessary, the AI will build a song pattern from the lyrics with or without them.

Verses are usually rhythmic and restrained, while the chorus has more melody and energy. A chorus is usually the ‘hook’ of the song, when it repeats it makes the song feel intentional and emotional. 

Chirp’s AI-generated lyrics often use 1 verse and 1 chorus per clip.

[Verse]

[Chorus]

Add descriptive Style Words to metatags to guide how the lyrics should be sung.

• [Sad Verse]
• [Happy Chorus]

Use musical terms to influence the genre.

• [Rapped Verse]
• [Powerpop Chorus]

Lyrics are Stronger than Metatags

Metatags can ‘nudge’ the AI within the lyrics, but the lyric-structure, the current song pattern, and the Style Prompt, are stronger influences than the tags.

Even when they work, they don’t always work. When they do work, it can still feel like a casino.

• A fast rap song needs more words per line than a slow ballad.
• Verse and Chorus need different syllable-per-line counts and phrasing, or they will sound the same and blur together.
• It’s possible to have a song that’s just verses, when all the lyrics follow the same pattern and rhyme scheme.

Pre-chorus and Bridge

Pre-chorus and bridge are for stray lyrics outside the main pattern. They build anticipation as the song transitions, and often don’t rhyme or appear to fit the meter.

• [Pre-Chorus]
• [Bridge]

AI-generated lyrics sometimes include a pre-chorus without labeling it, causing Chirp to sing it as an awkward extra line that doesn’t fit the meter.

Adding a metatag label tells Chirp this break in the song pattern is intentional, and it should be sung as its own pattern.

Lyrics generated by AI

[Verse]
Cruisin’ down the streets with nowhere to go
Miles of cars, it’s a never-ending show
Round and round, it’s like a crazy maze
Every parking space, a mirage, a haze
Anxiety’s building, it’s drivin’ me insane

[Chorus]
Driving in circles, looking for a spot
I’m runnin’ out of gas, I’m losing all my shots

Edited to add a [Pre-chorus]

[Verse]
Cruisin’ down the streets with nowhere to go
Miles of cars, it’s a never-ending show
Round and round, it’s like a crazy maze
Every parking space, a mirage, a haze

[Pre-chorus]
Anxiety’s building, it’s drivin’ me insane

[Chorus]
Driving in circles, looking for a spot
I’m runnin’ out of gas, I’m losing all my shots

Pre-chorus is a lead-in to a chorus. A bridge can go anywhere. It may be enough to simply set apart the lyrics with any descriptive tag:

• [Shout]
• [Whimsical]
• [Melancholy]

Song Structure Tags

There are other parts to a song than just the verse/chorus pattern.

We can influence the song structure with metatags, although the ai tends to have a mind of its own and follow it’s own pattern.

[Intro]

This one is notoriously unreliable. It’s probably better to describe it like an instrumental break.

• [Short Instrumental Intro]

[Hook]

A hook is a repetitive phrase or instrumental. Try repeating a short line 2 – 4 times with or without the label.

• [Catchy Hook]

[Break]

A break is a few bars of the song where the lead instruments or singer go silent, and the accompanying instruments play. A [Break] can sometimes be used strategically to interrupt the current pattern.

• [Break]
• [Percussion Break]

[Interlude]

Interlude is a useful tag to create an instrumental section within the lyrics.

• [melodic interlude]

[Outro]

An Outro can help to prime the song to end, and may create a loop to fade out in post edit.

Refrain seems to get more ‘creative’ when wrapping up the end of the song, while Big Finish may change the melody or tempo to create a climax.

• [Outro]
• [Refrain]
• [Big Finish]

[End]

An end tag in the lyrics may work best alone as its own clip. Clear the Style Prompt, or add ‘End’ to the style description.

• [End]
• [Fade Out]
• [Fade to End]

See: How do I end the song?

As always, prompting an AI is not like paying someone to edit your music on Fiverr. The reliability of these tags can be influenced by the lyrics, the song cycle, and the AI just being random.

Instrumental Tags

Songs can have instrumental sections which can be prompted the same as [Verse] and [Chorus], but without lyrics the landmarks aren’t as clear.

An instrumental ‘break’ can replace a verse standing as its own section, or 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 include:

• [Break]
• [Instrumental Interlude]
• [Melodic Bass]
• [Percussion Break]
• [Syncopated Bass]
• [Fingerstyle Guitar Solo]
• [Build]
• [Bass Drop]

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’

Suno 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.

[Percussion Break]
. .! .. .!
!! … ! ! !

[sad trombone]
waah-Waaah-WAAH

[chugging guitar]
chuka-chuka-chuka-chuka

Voice Tags

A singing voice is generated randomly for each song, but we can influence the voice in both the style prompt and in lyrics prompts.

Genre

The Style and Lyrics prompt will influence the type of voice chosen for your song:

• HipHop may default to an urban male
• Country will often sing with a western accent
• Jazz may feature a soulful female vocal
• Pop vocals are often female

Language

Chirp can sing natively in many languages, even switching languages inside the lyrics. No special prompt is needed, the language is auto-detected.

Gender

Voice and gender can be described within the Style/Genre Prompt, although it is not always reliable:

• sultry male singer
• female narrator
• bass male vocal

Singing Style

Some known style-words to try, both in the style description and as lyric prompts:

• Gregorian chant
• Melismatic
• Narration
• Spoken Word
• Sprechgesang
• Emotional
• Sultry
• Resonant
• Ethereal
• Lounge Singer
• Vocaloid

Metatags

Style vocals can be used as song-section metatags

• [Female Narrator]
• [Diva Solo]
• [Gospel Choir]
• [Primal Scream]
• [Rap Verse]

Limitations

Suno doesn’t reveal details about how Chirp creates it’s voices. Some observed limitations include:

• child voices hard to prompt for (so far…)
• many languages have native-accents, but not all
• few regional accents, except when associated with a genre (Reggae, Country)

Style and Lyrics

Style and Genre List

These v2 tested style-words, genres, sub-genres, and song-types can be combined to create interesting style prompts, but this list will never be complete – our list is missing many world genres and regional sounds, not to mention all the undiscovered style words used in everyday language.

Style

Danceable

• Dance
• Festive
• Groovy
• Mid-Tempo
• Syncopated
• Tipsy

Dark

• Atmospheric
• Cold
• Dark
• Doom
• Dramatic
• Sinister

Eclectic

• Adjunct
• Art
• Capriccio
• Mellifluous
• Nü
• Progressive
• Unusual

Emotion

• Anthemic
• Emotional
• Happy
• Jubilant
• Melancholy
• Sad

Hard

• Aggressive
• Banger
• Power
• Stadium
• Stomp

Lyrical

• Broadway
• Cabaret
• Lounge
• Operatic
• Storytelling
• Torch-Lounge
• Theatrical
• Troubadour
• Vegas

Magical

• Ethereal
• Majestic
• Mysterious

Minimal

• Ambient
• Cinematic
• Heat
• Minimal
• Slow
• Sparse

Party

• German Schlager
• Glam
• Glitter
• Groovy

Soft

• Ambient
• Bedroom
• Chillwave
• Ethereal
• Intimate
• Heat
• Sadcore

Weird

• Carnival
• Distorted
• Glitchy
• Haunted
• Hollow
• Musicbox
• Random

World/Ethnic

• Arabian
• Bangra
• Calypso
• Chalga
• Egyptian
• Hindustani
• Hōgaku
• Jewish Music
• Klezmer
• Matsuri
• Middle East
• Polka
• Russian Navy Song
• Suomipop
• Tribal

Genre

Country

• Appalachian
• Bluegrass
• Country
• Folk
• Freak Folk
• Western

Dance

• Afro-Cuban
• Dance Pop
• Disco
• Dubstep
• Disco Funk
• EDM
• Electro
• High-NRG
• House
• Trance

Downtempo

• Ambient
• Downtempo
• Synthwave
• Trap

Electronic

• Ambient
• Cyberpunk
• Drum’n’bass
• Dubstep
• Electronic
• Hypnogogical
• IDM
• Phonk
• Synthpop
• Techno
• Trap

Jazz/Soul

• Bebop
• Gospel
• Electro
• Frutiger Aero
• Jazz
• Latin Jazz
• RnB
• Soul

Latin

• Bossa Nova
• Latin Jazz
• Forró
• Mambo
• Salsa
• Tango

Reggae

• Afrobeat
• Dancehall
• Dub
• Reggae
• Reggaeton

Metal

• Black Metal
• Deathcore
• Death Metal
• Heavy Metal
• Heavy Metal Trap
• Metalcore
• Nu Metal
• Power Metal

Popular

• Pop
• Dance Pop
• Pop Rock
• Kpop
• Jpop
• RnB
• Synthpop

Rock

• Classic Rock
• Blues Rock
• Emo
• Glam Rock
• Hardcore Punk
• Indie
• Industrial Rock
• Punk
• Rock
• Skate Rock
• Skatecore
• Suomipop

Urban

• Funk
• Electro
• HipHop
• RnB
• Phonk
• Rap
• Trap

Type

Background

• Elevator
• Jingle
• Muzak

Call to Prayer

• Adan
• Adjan
• Call to Prayer
• Gregorian Chant

Character

• I Want Song
• Hero Theme
• Strut
• March
• Military
• Villain Theme

Children

• Lullaby
• Nursery Rhyme
• Sing-along
• Toddler

Composer

• Adagio
• Adjunct
• Andante
• Allegro
• Capriccio

Instruments

• Acoustic Guitar
• Bass
• Doublebass
• Electricbass
• Electric Guitar
• Fingerstyle Guitar
• Percussion

Noise

• Chaotic
• Distorted
• Glitch
• Noise
• Random
• Stuttering

Orchestral

• glissando trombone
• legato cello
• Orchestral
• spiccato violins
• staccato viola
• Symphonic

Retro

• 1960s
• Barbershop
• Big Band
• Classic
• Doo Wop
• Girl Group
• Mambo
• Salooncore
• Swing
• Traditional

Suffix

• …core
• …jam
• …out
• …wave

Traditional

• Americana
• Barbershop
• Christmas Carol
• Traditional

Voice

• A Cappella
• Arabian Ornamental
• Dispassionate
• Emotional
• Ethereal
• Gregorian chant
• Hindustani
• Lounge Singer
• Melismatic
• Monotone
• Narration
• Resonant
• Spoken Word
• Sprechgesang
• Sultry
• Scream
• Torchy
• Vocaloid

Should my Style Prompt use commas?

According to Suno devs, commas used in the Style Prompt will create a ‘balanced’ list where each item has an equal chance of contributing to the song.

Style Prompts without commas should follow language conventions. Typically one word modifies another, and style words may work better changed to description text.

The prompt:
Loud, Rock, Guitars
is different than:
Loud Rock Guitars

But how different? All 3 words are compatible with the genre ‘rock’ – ‘loud’ and ‘guitars’ are so common in rock these words might be unnecessary. You may get better results with shorter simpler prompts.

Can [metatags] use commas?

yes, metatags can use commas to make multiple commands within the same tag, but it’s usually a good idea to keep tags short or they might be sung aloud.

[soft guitar, male narrator]

Combine commas and descriptions

A typical Style Prompt might combine short descriptions in a comma-separated list

dreamy shoegaze, pulsing Yamaha bass, raw distorted guitars, warm synthpads, slow female whisper

For the list to be weighted equally, the prompt needs to include a space after each comma.

Other punctuation should work similarly to commas.

How do I make an Instrumental?

Suno can add an [Instrumental Break] between lyrics, or can create a whole song without words or singing. Depending on your genre, you may need to encourage the AI to sing, or instruct not to sing. Here are some tips to help.

Switch to Custom Mode

First, choose Custom mode on the Create page to get separate Lyrics and Style/Genre prompts. The Simple 1-prompt mode is not reliable for creating instrumentals.

Switch to Instrumental

New in v3, the Instrumental switch deletes any lyrics and closes the Lyric Prompt panel.

The Instrumental switch doesn’t guarantee you won’t hear hallucinations. Some genres seem to be built around vocals and are more likely to sing gibberish if no lyrics are provided. Some additional measures might be

• switch off Instrumental
• add ‘instrumental’ in the style prompt, if necessary
• add [Instrumental] to the Lyrics prompt as a metatag, if necessary

I want an instrumental ‘song’ with sections like Verse and Chorus

Instrumentals can use a verse-chorus song structure without lyrics. Style metatags can also be added to describe the music or emotional effect.

[Dramatic Verse]

[Melodic Chorus]

We can force space between the sections by adding text that can’t be sung, like unicode characters:

[Verse]
┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻
┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳┻┳

I want an instrumental break

A [Break] triggers a short pause in the melody, just a few bars where the bass and percussion play. Try a [Break] to interrupt the singing pattern.

[Break]

An instrument solo is also a kind of Break:

[Bass Drop]

[Percussion Breakdown]

[Melodic Flute Interlude]

[Guitar solo]

Follow with the chorus or a new verse in the same clip to keep the voice ‘warm’. If the voice is silent for too long, Chirp may ‘forget’ how that voice should sound, and create a new voice to continue the song.

[Break]

[Melodic Interlude]

[Chorus]

Use Metatags

Without [Verse] and [Chorus], instrumentals still have prompts that are useful for structuring the song. Some known prompts:

• [Break]
• [Melodic Instrumental]
• [Percussion Break]
• [instrument]
• [Beat Drop]
• [Build]
• [Breakdown]
• [Beat Drop]

Use sparingly, if needed at all. Simple prompts allow Chirp to be more creative.

A string of instrumental prompts seems to create conflicts, and often does nothing at all.

Are duets possible?

yes and no.

Duets sometimes happen spontaneously, and might continue as long as both voices are heard near the end of the clip before.

HOWEVER, the Suno voices will be random, and often the wrong gender. Duets are more of an exploit, definitely not a feature.

Add Duet to the Style Prompt

We can try for a duet in the style prompt:

duet
male and female duet
romantic duet

Some genres may be easier than others. Try ‘Broadway’ or ‘Musical Theater’ – genres where duets are common.

tagging each section

Metatags within the lyrics might assign multiple voices, but the gender and consistency are not reliable:

[Mary]
This is my line…

[John]
But now I am singing…

[Mary and John]
There is a chance both of us are singing together…

v3.5 is more responsive to metatags. Using ‘Mr. and Mrs.’ has also worked.

Similarly, rap battles and spoken announcers can be formatted like scripted dialog.

Rapped Verse

Genre’s can be used as style words, and Suno might create a new voice just to sing that part – especially if the genre has a favorite gender:

[rapped verse] – typically male
[powerpop chorus] – typically female

Continue from Time

With v3 it’s possible to use Continue From Time to start a new continuation for each vocal section. The style prompt can be adjusted at each clip.

The odds of getting the desired voice may not be any better, but it may help to preserve partially-successful clips. Once the duet pattern is established, Suno may even continue with the duet on its own, at least for a while.

Not very reliable

Duets are not reliable. The voices will swap roles, you might get 2 voices that are too similar, or the song with the ‘good’ voices is not the best version.

Creating a duet is fun, but it can also soak your credits.