Musicians and Singers

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 27-2042 · 373 skills

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Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
Sing a cappella or with musical accompaniment.
Interpret or modify music, applying knowledge of harmony, melody, rhythm, and voice production to individualize presentations and maintain audience interest.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

HKUDS/CLI-Anything

CLI for music notation — transpose, export PDF/audio/MIDI, extract parts, manage instruments

MiniMax-AI/skills

Use when user wants their Claude Code pet (/buddy) to sing a song. Triggers on any request that combines the concept of their Claude Code buddy, pet, or companion with singing or music. Supports multilingual triggers — match equivalent phrases in any language.

elevenlabs-music

inference-sh/skills

ElevenLabs AI music generation - create original music from text prompts via inference.sh CLI. Capabilities: text-to-music, custom duration up to 10 minutes, genre/mood/instrument control, royalty-free commercial use. Use for: background music, soundtracks, jingles, podcasts, video scores, game audio. Triggers: elevenlabs music, eleven labs music, ai music, generate music, music generation, compose music, ai composer, create song, soundtrack, background music, jingle, elevenlabs compose, music ai

FerroxLabs/wayland

Groove technique, walking bass lines, slap bass, music theory for bass, and band dynamics - structured practice and performance guidance for electric and acoustic bass guitar Use when the user asks about bass player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of bass player or requires a different specialized skill.

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HKUDS/CLI-Anything

CLI for music notation — transpose, export PDF/audio/MIDI, extract parts, manage instruments

MiniMax-AI/skills

Use when user wants their Claude Code pet (/buddy) to sing a song. Triggers on any request that combines the concept of their Claude Code buddy, pet, or companion with singing or music. Supports multilingual triggers — match equivalent phrases in any language.

minimax-music-playlist

MiniMax-AI/skills

Generate personalized music playlists by analyzing the user's music taste and generation feedback history. Triggers on any request involving playlist generation, music taste profiling, or personalized music recommendations. Supports multilingual triggers — match equivalent phrases in any language.

elevenlabs-music

inference-sh/skills

ElevenLabs AI music generation - create original music from text prompts via inference.sh CLI. Capabilities: text-to-music, custom duration up to 10 minutes, genre/mood/instrument control, royalty-free commercial use. Use for: background music, soundtracks, jingles, podcasts, video scores, game audio. Triggers: elevenlabs music, eleven labs music, ai music, generate music, music generation, compose music, ai composer, create song, soundtrack, background music, jingle, elevenlabs compose, music ai

FerroxLabs/wayland

Groove technique, walking bass lines, slap bass, music theory for bass, and band dynamics - structured practice and performance guidance for electric and acoustic bass guitar Use when the user asks about bass player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of bass player or requires a different specialized skill.

FerroxLabs/wayland

Drum instruction covering rudiments, groove patterns, fill techniques, reading drum notation, practice routines, and developing musicality behind the kit. Use when the user asks about drum player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of drum player or requires a different specialized skill.

ensemble-player

FerroxLabs/wayland

Listening skills, group dynamics, arrangement awareness, rehearsal techniques, and stage communication for playing effectively in any musical ensemble from duos to large groups Use when the user asks about ensemble player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of ensemble player or requires a different specialized skill.

FerroxLabs/wayland

Guitar instruction covering chord progressions, fingerpicking patterns, strumming techniques, music theory for guitar, genre exploration, and structured practice routines. Use when the user asks about guitar player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of guitar player or requires a different specialized skill.

FerroxLabs/wayland

Piano and keyboard instruction covering technique, sight reading, improvisation, repertoire building, music theory at the keyboard, and structured practice methods. Use when the user asks about piano player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of piano player or requires a different specialized skill.

FerroxLabs/wayland

Chord voicings, strumming patterns, fingerpicking technique, transposition methods, and repertoire building for soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone ukulele Use when the user asks about ukulele player, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of ukulele player or requires a different specialized skill.

vocalist-trainer

FerroxLabs/wayland

Vocal range development, breath support technique, tone quality improvement, performance confidence, warm-up routines, and practice methods for singers of all levels and styles Use when the user asks about vocalist trainer, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of vocalist trainer or requires a different specialized skill.

guitar-beginner-foundations

FerroxLabs/wayland

Teaches absolute beginners the first open chord shapes (G, C, D, Em, Am), correct finger placement with fret-hand diagrams, basic strumming patterns (all-downstroke, down-down-up, alternating bass), and a first-song chord progression sequence. Use when the user wants to start learning guitar, asks about beginner chords, first strumming patterns, or how to hold and fret a guitar. Do NOT use for intermediate barre chords or lead guitar techniques, music theory beyond basic chord names (use music-theory-fundamentals), or professional recording setup (use home-recording-starter).