BRACKETS IN UDIO

Have you ever wondered how some people can get a beat that builds up to chorus? Or how a song switches from singing to speaking? Well, that’s all due to one thing—brackets.

Yes, those little square parentheses that everybody forgets exist on their keyboard until they accidentally press it are the solution to all of those questions.

This condensed guide will cover the basics of brackets and how to use them and trust me when I say you can do almost anything with them.

When you go to create a song and pick to customize your lyrics you will see a lightbulb with the words Tips next to it. A lot of people actually forget that Udio does have some built- in tips and one of them includes using [Verse] or [Chorus] for more control.

With that information we can infer that brackets are the cause of this as when added into lyrics, the ai does not read them and instead they are inputted as commands to the code. When you use [Verse] and [Chorus] in a song you can audibly hear the difference as with a chorus you can hear the beat speed up, slow down, that all depends on your genre.

Verses tend to be more consistent in beats with not a lot of change in speed throughout the song. You can also add [instrument name here solo], such as a guitar solo, and when a song gets to that point it will add an instrumental part of that one instrument, or multiple if listed, as a lead or solo part of that section.

Brackets can add structure but you can also characterize parts of your song to add more depth and uniqueness to them. An example that I, ItsDani, use personally a lot is the trait Spoken. When adding this to a verse by doing [Verse, Spoken]—capitalization not mandatory—it shifts the ai from singing to a spoken sound, though it may not sound as good depending on your lyrics strength and clarity. You can also use brackets to sometimes determine the speed of a verse or chorus by declaring it as Fast or Slow such as {Verse, Fast] and vice versa.

There is still a wide range of structure, characteristics, and other uniqueness when it comes to brackets, some even unknown. I recommend messing around with some extra credits to really see just what brackets can do—and yes, genres do count as some might act differently than others. Hopefully this will help when it comes to adding that extra fl air to your upcoming songs and using a bracket, it’s a good habit.

🧠 Contributor: ItsDani