A lyrical melody played live on wind controller over four completely different AI arrangements. The contrast between the simple melody and what came back surprised me every time.
I've been playing wind instruments for most of my life. When Suno came out I started experimenting right away, mostly trying to figure out if it could work as a serious creative tool. And the deeper I went, the more excited I got.
The problem I kept running into was that Suno would take my melody and replace it with something generic. My idea would just disappear.
Then I found the phrase that changed everything.
preserve the original melody exactly, arrangement only, do not change the main theme, keep the melody unchanged
From that point Suno stopped rewriting my melody and started building around it. I took one simple lyrical melody, slow, 64 BPM, and ended up with funk, Dirty Loops style jazz, bossa nova with soprano sax, and full symphonic orchestra with jazz harmony. Same melody in all four, played live on top.
I put together a video with the full workflow and the results. Honestly the results surprised even me. Happy to share if anyone's interested.
For the past two months I've been working on something a bit unusual: using brass-style fingering without a wind controller - on a regular computer keyboard or a MIDI keyboard.
The system is called VG EVI Keys. It's based on EVI fingering, modified to handle register changes. Three fingers of the right hand work like trumpet valves - same combinations. Three fingers of the left hand shift the register. I'm also using a TEControl breath controller for dynamics, but that part is optional.
I know this sub is for wind controller players, so I'm curious whether this kind of approach resonates - same muscle memory, same valve logic, just a different input device.
More details about the fingering: vgtrumpet.com/vg-evi-keys/
There's also a longer video with a full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/MPjdxQU1Y6o
If you want to try it, VG Wind Ensemble Core is free: vgtrumpet.com/vg-wind-ensemble/
To play on a computer keyboard you'll also need a small HTML file - drop a comment or write to me through the contact on vgtrumpet.com.
One thing I keep wondering: could the same approach work with saxophone fingering?