Style recipe for Suno v5
Swing
Swing jazz from the 1930s: trumpet section, trombone section, alto saxophone lead, triumphant and playful in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.
History
Swing grew out of 1920s dance bands and was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1946. Louis Armstrong played his solos in 4/4, accenting the second and fourth beats and slipping lead-in notes ahead of the main ones, so the pulse fell between the beats as well as on them. Don Redman's arrangements for Fletcher Henderson's band pitted brass against reeds in call and response, and pianist Earl Hines built his phrasing on the same displaced accents. Bennie Moten renamed his signature tune from Moten Stomp to Moten Swing, and in December 1932 a Philadelphia audience demanded seven encores. The era dates from Benny Goodman's show at the Palomar in Los Angeles on 21 August 1935, and the bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Glenn Miller kept dancers doing the Lindy Hop. The war years wore the big bands down: a musicians' union strike halted recording from 1942 to 1944, a 1941 cabaret tax took 30 percent of ticket sales, and bebop moved in. Swing lived on in western swing, new jack swing, the late-1990s revival led by Brian Setzer and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and the electro swing of Parov Stelar.
The recipe
Opening the recipe…
Tag breakdown
Every descriptor in this style, listed one at a time.
| # | Tag |
|---|---|
| 1 | Swing jazz |
| 2 | 1930s |
| 3 | triumphant |
| 4 | playful |
| 5 | nostalgic |
| 6 | trumpet section |
| 7 | trombone section |
| 8 | alto saxophone lead |
| 9 | chunking rhythm guitar |
| 10 | slap upright bass |
| 11 | swing kit drums |
| 12 | clarinet obbligato |
| 13 | riff based arrangement |
| 14 | one chorus solos |
| 15 | mixed male–female lead vocal |
| 16 | bright and clear |
| 17 | easy mid range |
| 18 | band stand singer |
| 19 | crooning |
| 20 | call and response |
| 21 | band chorus answers |
| 22 | live band room |
| 23 | warm mono mix |
| 24 | single ribbon overhead |
| 25 | brass forward balance |
| 26 | brass reeds trading |
| 27 | guitar bass pulse |
| 28 | live hall bloom |
| 29 | single mic depth |
| 30 | four four swing |
| 31 | rhythm guitar chug |
| 32 | reed intro statement |
| 33 | brass hits lift |
| 34 | shout chorus climax |
| 35 | warm characterful mix |
| 36 | 160 BPM |
| 37 | for the dancefloor |
37 tags, 662 characters, 120–200 BPM — that's the full anatomy of this recipe, born out of the 1930s.
Artists in this style
Substyles
- New Jack Swing1990s · 105–120 BPM
- Gypsy Swing1930s · 140–230 BPM
- Electro Swing2010s · 110–128 BPM
- Swing Revival1990s · 140–200 BPM
- Western Swing1940s · 120–165 BPM
- Manouche Swing1940s · 160–260 BPM
- Big Band Swing1940s · 130–210 BPM
- Electro Swing Pop2010s · 110–130 BPM
- Electro Swing House2010s · 120–128 BPM
- Afroswing / Afro-Swing2010s · 95–110 BPM
- Sweet Band / Sweet Swing1930s · 90–140 BPM
- Chamber Swing1930s · 110–170 BPM