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songwriting-and-ai-music

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Songwriting craft and Suno AI music prompts.

Provides songwriting reference (structure, rhyme, meter, prosody) and Suno AI prompt-writing formulas.

Use it when

  • Writing song lyrics or structuring verses/choruses/bridges
  • Adapting or parodying an existing song's lyrics
  • Crafting Suno style-description and structure prompts
  • Checking rhyme scheme, meter, or emotional dynamics of a draft

Skip it if

  • You need actual audio generation, not just prompt text
  • You want strict rules rather than adjustable guidelines
  • You're not using Suno specifically for the AI-prompt portion

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NousResearch/hermes-agent
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Actively maintained
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skills/creative/songwriting-and-ai-music/SKILL.md

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# Songwriting & AI Music Generation

Everything here is a GUIDELINE, not a rule. Art breaks rules on purpose.
Use what serves the song. Ignore what doesn't.

---

## 1. Song Structure (Pick One or Invent Your Own)

Common skeletons — mix, modify, or throw out as needed:

```
ABABCB  Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Bridge/Chorus    (most pop/rock)
AABA    Verse/Verse/Bridge/Verse (refrain-based)    (jazz standards, ballads)
ABAB    Verse/Chorus alternating                    (simple, direct)
AAA     Verse/Verse/Verse (strophic, no chorus)     (folk, storytelling)
```

The six building blocks:
- Intro      — set the mood, pull the listener in
- Verse      — the story, the details, the world-building
- Pre-Chorus — optional tension ramp before the payoff
- Chorus     — the emotional core, the part people remember
- Bridge     — a detour, a shift in perspective or key
- Outro      — the farewell, can echo or subvert the rest

You don't need all of these. Some great songs are just one section
that evolves. Structure serves the emotion, not the other way around.

---

## 2. Rhyme, Meter, and Sound

RHYME TYPES (from tight to loose):
- Perfect: lean/mean
- Family: crate/braid
- Assonance: had/glass (same vowels, different endings)
- Consonance: scene/when (different vowels, similar endings)
- Near/slant: enough to suggest connection without locking it down

Mix them. All perfect rhymes can
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