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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| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ✅ | Complete and tested |
| In progress - partial content | |
| 🚧 | Planned - skeleton/outline only |
| 📝 | Empty - needs content |
- What's Inside
- 📚 Fundamentals ✅
- Song Structure ✅
- Music Terms ✅
- Sound Elements: Melody | Harmony | Rhythm | Tempo | Timbre
- Musical Techniques: Cadence | Dynamics
- Sound Effects/Textures: Reverb | Distortion | Staccato | Legato | Syncopation | Crescendo/Diminuendo | Arpeggio/Chords
- Beats & Rhythms ✅
- 🎤 Sound Design ✅
- 🎹 Platform Guides
- Suno ✅ - Comprehensive platform guide
- Suno Tags Reference ✅ - Complete tag library with 100+ instruments
- Udio 📝 - Coming soon
- Producer.ai 📝 - Coming soon
- Platform Comparison 🚧 - Feature & quality comparison
- Suno ✅ - Comprehensive platform guide
- 💡 Prompting
- Prompt Guide
⚠️ - Minimal content, needs expansion - Prompt Templates 🚧 - Ready-to-use templates
- Music Prompting Deep Research ✅
- Prompt Guide
- 🎵 Sample Library
⚠️ - Partial content- Beats: Trap ✅ | 4-on-Floor 📝 | Boom-Bap 📝 | Breakbeat 📝 | Waltz 📝 | Shuffle 📝 | Polyrhythm 📝
- Tempo: Slow
⚠️ | Moderate⚠️ | Uptempo⚠️ - Melodies: Simple
⚠️ | Catchy⚠️ | Complex Runs⚠️ - Harmonies: Minimal
⚠️ | Rich⚠️ | Tight Vocal⚠️ - Rhythm: Steady
⚠️ | Driving⚠️ | Syncopated⚠️ - Timbre: Warm Acoustic
⚠️ | Bright Synth⚠️ | Dark Bass⚠️ - Dynamics: Soft/Intimate
⚠️ | Quiet Verse/Explosive Chorus⚠️ | Gradual Build⚠️ - Cadence: Definitive Ending
⚠️ | Unresolved Ending⚠️ - Vocals: Acapella 📝
- 🔧 Resources 🚧 - NEW
- Troubleshooting Guide 🚧 - Common issues & solutions
- FAQ 🚧 - Frequently asked questions
- Version Tracking 🚧 - Platform update history
- Community Examples 🚧 - User submissions welcome!
- Copyright & Legal Guide ✅ - Lyrics copyright explained (not legal advice)
- 📚 Fundamentals ✅
- Quick Start Examples ✅
- Contributing
- Learning Path
📚 Fundamentals ✅
Music theory in plain English - no prior knowledge required.
- Song Structure - Verse, chorus, bridge explained
- Music Terms - Melody, harmony, rhythm and more
- Beats & Rhythms - BPM, time signatures, trap tempo paradox
🎤 Sound Design ✅
Create unique sounds to enhance AI-generated music.
- DIY Recording - Make sounds with household items
- Processing Sounds - Edit and transform recordings
- Integration Methods - Combine DIY sounds with AI music
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:
- 🚧 Platform Comparison - Feature/quality comparison (skeleton)
- 📝 Udio - Coming soon
- 📝 Producer.ai - Coming soon
Learn how to craft effective prompts.
- ✅ Music Prompting Deep Research - Research-backed techniques
⚠️ Prompt Guide - Basic principles (needs expansion)- 🚧 Prompt Templates - Ready-to-use templates (skeleton)
🎵 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:
- ✅ Copyright & Legal Guide - Comprehensive guide to lyrics and copyright (educational, not legal advice)
NEW - Skeleton outlines available:
- 🚧 Troubleshooting Guide - Common issues (structure ready, content needed)
- 🚧 FAQ - Frequently asked questions (structure ready, content needed)
- 🚧 Version Tracking - Platform update history (structure ready)
- 🚧 Community Examples - Accepting submissions!
🔬 Research ✅
Systematic testing and findings.
- ✅ Bar Timing Research - Comprehensive study showing bar tags don't work reliably
- ✅ Supporting methodology documents
[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
"Dominus Lucis, abandon the dawn…" + [reading to a church]
Creates whispered voice effect.
Credit: @mixofthings
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
Sample - Vocals only, no instruments
- Go to Create → Inspo tab
- Create playlist from similar songs you like
- Use that playlist to define style for new creations
Credit: @mixofthings
📝 Coming Soon - Udio documentation is planned but not yet available. See Platform Comparison for status updates.
This guide is community-driven and actively seeking contributions!
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
- For samples/examples: See Community Examples
- For bug reports: Open an issue
- 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
- 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
- DIY Recording
- Suno Platform Guide and Tags Reference
- Prompt Templates 🚧 for quick starts
- Research - Systematic studies and findings
- Sample Library - Real examples (
⚠️ partial content) - Contribute your discoveries
Current Focus:
- ✅ Suno documentation (complete)
- 🚧 Filling sample library content
- 🚧 Completing FAQ and troubleshooting guides
- 📝 Udio documentation (planned)
See TODO.md for detailed task list.
Special thanks to:
- @mixofthings for vocal techniques and inspiration playlist method
- All community contributors
MIT License - See LICENSE for details