Sea shanty Suno prompt

Style

Sea shanty, stomping drums, accordion, deep male choir call-and-response, rowdy tavern chorus, 100 BPM

Exclude styles

synths, 808

Why it's written this way

Call-and-response is how shanties work. Write the lyrics as one leader line, then a group answer line.

Change one thing

• Add "fiddle, fast jig" for a pirate party.
• Swap to "female lead, haunting, 70 BPM" for a ghost-ship ballad.

Music video look

Wooden ship in a storm, lanterns swinging, sailors raising mugs.

How to use it

1. Copy the Style line (and the Exclude line if your Suno plan shows that box).
2. Paste it into Suno's custom mode, or press the button above to fill it in SunoMV.
3. Write or generate your lyrics, set Instrumental as shown, then create the song.
4. Turn the finished song into a music video on SunoMV with the look above.

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