A pattern that works well for Continued songs is to have a verse and chorus in each clip. Guide the lyrics and music breaks with [Metatags] to help Chirp transition from section to section. A small number of metatags were reenforced when training the AI model, but the rest have been discovered! The choice of genre and your lyrics will also influence how Chirp creates the song. Verses are usually rhythmic and more 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]
Style words can also be used with metatags, for instance to guide how the lyrics should be sung:
[emotional Verse]
[Happy Chorus]
Keep it simple. Overloading the metatag might lead to the whole tag being ignored, or it might be sung as part of the lyrics.
❌ [call and response between percussion and bass]
Other parts of the song help break the binary of the verse/chorus pattern. Intros are typically instrumental, while outros repeat a refrain.
[Intro] (not currently reliable)
[Hook]
[Break]
[Outro]
[Refrain]
Lyric sections are often longer than the time available. We want the beginning of the next clip to continue the lyrics smoothly, where they left off.
How do I make the song longer?
There are no sure rules, just strategies. You may need to try one, then the others:
Begin the new clip with a few lines of lyrics that have already been heard. Chirp will find it’s place in the lyrics by listening to the end of the clip. (Seems to work best on faster paced songs) Start with the line that was interrupted (may work on medium to slower lyrics) start with the next line, don’t repeat anything (may work on very slow lyrics)
Chirp may drop a line, or hallucinate lyrics when it continues a clip but doesn’t find the expected words or song pattern. It may even hallucinate an extra chorus.
Sometimes adding a [Break] as the first prompt in the new clip can help ‘reset’ Chirp’s song pattern and stop hallucinations.
Pre-chorus and bridge are for stray lyrics and melody 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]
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 verse. Adding a label tells Chirp this break in the song pattern is intentional, and it should be sung as it’s own pattern.
*[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
[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
Songs also have instrumental sections which can be prompted as [Verse] and [Chorus], although not always reliably.
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 Instrumental]
[Percussion Break]
[Syncopated Bass]
[Guitar Solo]
[Build]
[Bass Drop]
How do I make an Instrumental?
Vocal sections can have prompt instructions too:
a massive list of music terminology