Learn to write prompts that get the song you meant
Forty short lessons, sixteen topic hubs and a pile of reference lists — all aimed at one thing: turning a vague idea into a style line, a lyric sheet and a result you can repeat.
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Beginner path
Four lessons and three tools. Enough to write a style line that does what you meant.
Prompt craft path
Move from writing prompts to editing them: cut, resolve, retest.
Lyrics path
Structure the words, tag the sections, time the lines, export a video.
Testing path
Spend fewer generations and learn more from each one.
Full catalog
Seven units, in order. Each lesson is a few minutes and ends with something to practise.
Unit 1 · Prompts & genre
What a prompt actually does
Where the style field ends and the lyrics box begins, and what each one controls.
Anatomy of a style line
The handful of slots every solid style line fills, in the order that reads cleanly.
Improving a weak prompt
Take a vague one-liner and rewrite it into something the model can act on.
Recognising genres by ear
Train yourself to name what you hear before you try to describe it.
Matching a genre to a sound
Pick the genre word that lands closest to the record playing in your head.
Recalling genre names on demand
Build a short mental shortlist you can reach for without looking anything up.
Combining two genres
Blend styles on purpose instead of leaving the model to guess at a mixture.
Genre review challenge
A mixed drill that checks whether the genre vocabulary actually stuck.
Unit 2 · Vocals
Vocal types
Naming the voice you want: solo, group, spoken, or none at all.
Tone and texture
Breathy, raspy, smooth, nasal — the adjectives that change a vocal the most.
Delivery and phrasing
Describing how a line is sung, not just who sings it.
Harmony, duets and choirs
Asking for more than one voice and still getting a clean result.
Vocal review challenge
Drill the vocal vocabulary against short, awkward briefs.
Unit 3 · Instruments
Instrument families
Strings, keys, brass, winds, percussion and electronics as one working map.
Rhythm instruments
The drum, bass and percussion words that set the floor of a track.
Melody instruments
Choosing the lead voice that has to carry the hook.
Acoustic or electronic
One word that swings an entire arrangement in either direction.
Instrument roles
Say the job — lead, pad, counter-line, texture — not only the instrument name.
Instrument review challenge
Assemble arrangements from short briefs and check your picks against the goal.
Unit 4 · Mood & energy
Naming moods
Which mood words move the output and which ones are just decoration.
Energy levels
Setting intensity separately from tempo so fast never has to mean frantic.
Tempo language
BPM numbers, feel words, and knowing when each is the better tool.
Mood and movement
Keeping a mood from sitting still for three straight minutes.
Mood review challenge
Match mood language to briefs quickly, then justify each choice.
Unit 5 · Song structure
Verses and choruses
The two blocks every song leans on, and how to tag them so they read.
Intros, bridges and outros
The connective sections that decide how a song opens and how it lands.
Build and release
Shaping tension across sections so the payoff feels earned.
Making the chorus lift
Concrete changes that make a chorus sound bigger than the verse before it.
Structure review challenge
Rebuild broken song maps and explain what each section is doing.
Unit 6 · Production
Production character
Describing the overall finish — polished, raw, lo-fi — in words that carry.
Space, width and reverb
Placing a song in a room without drowning it in one.
Warm, bright, dark
Tone-colour adjectives and what each one does to a mix.
Modern or vintage
Era cues that change instruments, tone and mix with a single phrase.
Production review challenge
Diagnose finished-sound problems from short written descriptions.
Unit 7 · Prompt craft
Building from a song brief
Turn a plain-language brief into a complete, ordered style line.
Choosing cues that earn their place
Keep the words that change the output and cut the ones that only sound good.
Removing repetition
Spot restated ideas that quietly eat the room you have to work with.
Resolving conflicts
Find cues that fight each other, then pick a winner instead of hoping.
Improving a result you already have
Read what came back and decide the single next edit worth making.
Final prompt challenge
The capstone: a brief goes in, a tested style line comes out.
Browse by topic
Getting started
The shortest path from opening the app to a style line you can defend.
Prompt craft
Writing, cutting and testing style lines like an editor rather than a hopeful.
Genres
Genre vocabulary plus a dedicated guide for each family.
Instruments
Families, roles and the acoustic-or-electronic decision.
Vocals
Voice type, tone and delivery as three separate controls.
Mood & energy
Mood, intensity and tempo, pulled apart so each one is usable.
Production
Finish, space and tone colour in a handful of careful words.
Song structure
Sections, tension and the moves that make a chorus land.
Lyrics
Writing, tagging and timing the words inside the sections.
Reference lists
Prompt-ready term lists for genres, instruments and regions.
Tags
The square-bracket syntax that gives you an arrangement.
Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the vocabulary used throughout.
Negative prompts
Exclusions that help, and the positive cues that usually help more.
Limits
Budgeting prompt length, generations and song duration.
Troubleshooting
Diagnose a weak result, then make exactly one change.
FAQ
Short answers with links to the longer versions.
Questions people ask before starting
Do I have to do the lessons in order?
The units build on each other, so reading them in order is the fastest route. If you only have ten minutes, do the first three lessons of unit one and skip to the hub for whatever is going wrong.
How long does the whole course take?
A couple of hours of reading, spread over as many sessions as you like. The practice sections are where the time actually goes, and they are worth it.
Is any of this specific to one version of the product?
The vocabulary and the habits are not. Anything that depends on a number — field lengths, credits, plan features — is deliberately left qualitative here, because those move.
Do I need the tools to follow along?
No, but they save typing. Every tool on this site runs in your browser and none of them require an account.
What if I disagree with a recommendation?
Test it. Two generations that differ by one cue settle most arguments faster than any guide can.
Ready to write one?
Open the builder, fill the eight pillars, and copy a style line you can start testing in the next minute.