Suno Bossa Nova Prompt: Style and Exclude Lines

Bossa Nova example: a nylon-string guitar leaning on a hammock on a breezy beach veranda at sunset, a cocktail on a rattan table — Mood still for this style, made with the Lookbook's image prompts. The page has no audio. Scene: a nylon-string guitar leaning on a hammock on a breezy beach veranda at sunset, a cocktail on a rattan table.

What it is

Late-1950s Brazilian blend of samba rhythm and cool jazz harmony, felt in a slow two: soft nylon guitar comping, a rim-click clave and brushes.

Suno prompt

Two boxes, ready to paste. The Style line goes in Suno's Styles field, the Exclude line in Exclude styles.

Style

bossa nova instrumental, late 1950s Brazilian style, nylon string guitar comping, soft rim-click clave pattern, brushed snare, upright bass, gentle flute melody, breezy and relaxed

Exclude

vocals, singing, humming, scat, salsa, samba school, batucada, loud brass, timbales, reggaeton, EDM, rock drums, distorted guitar, trap hi-hats

The parts

The lead is the one instrument that carries the tune. Colour instruments add texture and never take the melody. The bed is the rhythm section underneath.

Tempo: 66 bpm
Meter: 4/4
Swing: 4% on the off-16ths
Key: D major
Lead (carries the tune): gentle flute, or a nylon guitar melody
Colour (never the melody): vibraphone, soft string pad
Bed: nylon guitar comping, upright bass, rim-click clave, brushes

Not this

Not salsa or carnival samba: no brass hits, no batucada, no timbales. Bossa murmurs; it never shouts.

Other names

bossa, Brazilian lounge jazz

Pairs with

slow pan across a sunlit balcony
faded 1960s slide-film color
a thin elegant sans title

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