Ibrahim Tatlises — Suno AI prompt
A ready 60-90-word style descriptor for the Style field in Suno v5.5. Era, instruments, production, vocal anchor — no name used, Suno's filter lets it through.
Ibrahim Tatlises (b. 1952) is the defining voice of Turkish arabesque — the emotionally raw, Arab- and Kurdish-influenced popular folk style that dominated Turkey from the late 1970s onward. Born in Sanliurfa, his powerful Kurdish-Turkish tenor, soaked in Eastern-Anatolian folk melisma and the free-rhythm uzun hava tradition, made him both a musical icon and a cultural phenomenon — a popular TV host and film actor. His arabesque sound combines a lead baglama/saz, lush orchestral strings (the signature arabesque string swell), Arabic-influenced melodic modes, kanun and oud textures, and a slow-to-mid emotional pulse under his yearning, melismatic voice. Defining works — "Mavi Mavi", "Aramam", "Yalan", "Fosforlu Cevriyem" — define the genre and still play across the Middle East. To build such a track in Suno, set arabesque's emotional intensity: baglama/saz, orchestral string swells, Eastern modes, kanun and oud, and a yearning male tenor with abundant melisma — the canon of Middle-Eastern orchestral-string balladry.
A short AI reference of this style — a guide for the prompt, not the artist’s original track.
How to build this style in Suno
- Lead with the genre and era: «turkish-arabesque-folk, 1980s».
- Tempo around 80 BPM (60–100), mood: melancholic, passionate, heartfelt.
- Don’t put the name “Ibrahim Tatlises»/«Ибрахим Татлысес” in the text — Suno’s copyright filter will reject it; describe the sound and vocal in words. The exact ready-made prompt is in the block below.
💡 Drifting off? Strengthen the genre’s anchor tags (turkish-arabesque-folk) and drop extra instruments.
What tempo suits this style?
60–100 BPM, core around 80 BPM.
How to make this in Suno without a rejection?
Describe the genre (turkish-arabesque-folk), era (1980s), instruments and vocal type in your own words — without the artist’s name in the prompt text.