Arrangement and MIDI uchikomi (打ち込み, MIDI programming) - realistic part-writing for each instrument (drums/bass/guitar/piano/strings/brass), groove design, humanization parameters, band-sound production, yotsu-uchi (four-on-the-floor) dance and Trap beats,…
Quick-reference library of standard Japanese chord progressions - Ōdō shinkō (royal road, 4536), Canon progression, Komuro progression, Maru-sa progression, cyclic/reverse-cyclic patterns, clichés, descending bass lines, minor two-five and 100+ more patterns,…
Method for harmonizing a melody with chords - key identification, diatonic chords, cadences, non-chord tone handling, the three staple progressions, and 7th upgrades. Use when the user has a melody that needs chords, is unsure which chord fits a given…
J-Pop composition fundamentals - the full composition workflow (drums → chords → bass → melody), basic music theory, rhythm patterns, diatonic chords, and cadences. Use when the user wants to write a J-Pop/Japanese-style song from scratch, asks about the…
Advanced harmony techniques - slash chords, secondary dominants, two-five progressions, ura-code (tritone substitution), subdominant minor borrowing, tension-note selection, cliché lines, passing diminished, sus4, blues. Use when the user wants chord…
Line-drawing jazz improvisation - draw the melodic contour line first, then fill in notes. Covers the line-type system, chord-tone priority beat positions, gake (large leaps), approach notes, chromatic scale, scale selection, kishotenketsu solo construction,…
Melody-writing methodology - pitch-motion mechanics, note duration and rhythm, modes and pentatonic scales, motivic development, phrase construction, lyric-melody fit, and whole-song climax design. Use when the user wants to write a melody (verse/chorus),…
Mixing techniques - low-end strategy (Kick/808/Sub layering), saturation/harmonics, sidechain, vocal processing and effects, classic techniques like Gated Reverb, and sound-recreation parameters for 17 genres based on landmark albums. Use when the user's low…