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Afrobeats & African90 BPMMedium slowVocals

Gnawa

A afrobeats & african style prompt for Suno (Gnawa) at about 90 BPM. Mood: mysterious and spiritual. Built around bass and traditional plucked strings. With vocals.

Style prompt

Gnawa, guembri bass lute, qraqeb metal castanets, hypnotic call and response vocals, North African spiritual trance, ancient and groovy

Paste into the Style field in Suno (Custom mode).

Suno settings

Set these under Advanced Options in Suno. They are not part of the prompt text.

BPM
90
Weirdness
28
Style influence
94

Lyrics tips

Afro styles love chantable hooks and call-and-response. Keep the hook to 4-6 words and repeat it; mixing languages (e.g. English with Yoruba or Pidgin) fits the genre. Suggested structure: [Intro] guembri → [Call] → [Response] chorus → [Trance] crescendo → [Close]