AI prompts for music

• tutorial · 6 min

  Suno prompt for an Indian classical meditation track

  Ask Suno for an evening instrumental in Yaman, a raga (melodic framework), with bansuri (bamboo flute) over tanpura (a continuously plucked drone instrument). Specify an alap (a slow, unmetered opening) and tivra Ma (the raised fourth), then check the result rather than trusting the label.

• tutorial · 6 min

  Suno prompt for a bansuri and tabla instrumental

  Name bansuri (North Indian bamboo transverse flute), tabla (paired hand drums), genre, tempo, mood and taal (repeating rhythm cycle) in your Suno prompt. For example, request a calm North Indian instrumental in teentaal (16 beats in four groups of four) at around 90 beats per minute.

• tutorial · 7 min

  ChatGPT prompt for a composition brief in raga Yaman

  For a Yaman piece, give ChatGPT your voice or instrument, tempo and mood. Ask for a one-page composition brief covering allowed notes, identifying phrases, teentaal (a 16-beat rhythmic cycle) and form, with numbered items you can check.

• tutorial · 5 min

  ChatGPT prompt for a playlist pitch: Spotify editors and independent curators

  Ask ChatGPT for an editorial pitch, a note for Spotify’s playlist team, and two sentences for a curator, someone who runs an independent playlist. Supply confirmed release facts, and ban invented artist comparisons, unsupported praise, and claims about streams or press.

• tutorial · 5 min

  ChatGPT prompt for an artist bio: independent Indian musicians

  Ask ChatGPT for a 120-word artist bio, a short profile description, using only your supplied facts. Tell it to open with your voice or instrument, genre and city, then check every sentence against your fact list.