Instrumental Tags

Guide instrumental sections, featured instruments, solos, breaks, sound effects, and genre-appropriate arrangement choices.

Instrumental tags can create non-vocal sections, highlight a lead instrument, or change the arrangement. They work best when the requested instrument fits the style prompt.

Instrumental Sections

Use these when you want space without lead lyrics:

  • [Instrumental]
  • [Instrumental Break]
  • [Interlude]
  • [Solo Section]
  • [Guitar Solo]
  • [Piano Solo]
  • [Drum Solo]
  • [Bass Solo]
  • [Percussion Break]

Example:

[Verse]
The river keeps the moon awake

[Instrumental Break]
[Fingerstyle Guitar Solo] [Room Reverb]

[Chorus]

Instrument Families

FamilyUseful tags
Guitars[Acoustic Guitar], [Electric Guitar], [Distorted Guitar], [Fingerstyle Guitar]
Keys[Piano], [Electric Piano], [Organ], [Synthesizer], [Synth Pad]
Bass[Bass Guitar], [Synth Bass], [808 Bass], [Walking Bass]
Drums[Drums], [Electronic Drums], [Hand Percussion], [Drum Machine]
Strings[Violin], [Cello], [String Section], [String Quartet]
Brass and winds[Trumpet], [Saxophone], [Flute], [Clarinet], [Brass Section]

Stay in the Genre

Instrumental tags are stronger when the style prompt supports them.

RequestMore reliable with
[Bass Drop]EDM, trap, dubstep, house
[Bluegrass Banjo Interlude]Country, bluegrass, folk
[Saxophone Solo]Jazz, funk, city pop, R&B
[String Section Outro]Cinematic, orchestral, ballad

If a tag seems ignored, add the instrument to the style prompt too:

Style:
country folk, banjo, acoustic guitar, male vocal, warm room sound

Lyrics:
[Instrumental Break]
[Bluegrass Banjo Solo]

Sound Effects and Non-Musical Cues

You can sometimes use sound effects as arrangement texture:

  • [Rain]
  • [Thunder]
  • [Ocean Waves]
  • [Crowd Noise]
  • [Vinyl Crackle]
  • [Tape Hiss]
  • [Record Scratch]
  • [Reverse Reverb]

Experimental Instrumental Lyrics

aimusicfactory may treat unsingable text as rhythmic or instrumental material. This is less reliable, but useful for experiments.

[Percussion Break]
. .! .. .!
!! ... ! ! !

[sad trombone]
waah-Waaah-WAAH

[chugging guitar]
chuka-chuka-chuka-chuka

Use this sparingly. It can produce surprising results, but it can also be sung literally.