Reference
Glossary
Every word the app uses for something of its own, in one place.
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Lyric Genie names a few things in ways that are not obvious from the outside. This is what each one means.
What you make#
Song The document you write lyrics in. It holds the lyrics themselves, a title, an AI Context, a Scratchpad, any recordings you attach, and on a shared song a tab per writer. See Songs.
Concept An idea that is not a song yet: a title, a mood, a theme, and optionally some similar artists. Concepts sit upstream of songs and can become one when you are ready. See Concepts.
Recording A piece of audio. A recording belongs to a song, or to nothing yet. Either way it appears in the Recordings tab. See Recordings.
Idea Web app only The web app's word for a recording that belongs to no song yet, which iOS labels Song Idea.
Project A named, colour-tagged folder that holds a list of songs. The colour shows on the folder and above the title of every song in it. An album, an artist you write for, a session. See Projects.
Inside a song#
AI Context Three fields attached to the song: mood, theme, and similar artists. Everything the AI writes for that song is steered by them. The song wizard collects them by asking you three questions. See The song editor.
Scratchpad A ruled notepad that slides up from the bottom of the editor. It saves with the song but is not part of your lyrics, so nothing in it reaches Perform or a lyric sheet. On a shared song each writer has their own, marked Private · only you can see this with an eye icon.
Section A labelled block of a song: Verse, Chorus, Bridge and so on. A line becomes a section header when the app recognises its text, which it does with or without brackets. See Sections and song structure.
Arrange mode The mode where you select whole sections by their headers and move, copy, delete or send them, to the Master or to a collaborator. See Arrange mode.
Perform Full-screen playback of the lyrics: black background, white words, no controls in the way. For singing from, not writing in. See Perform.
Lyric sheet A published web page of one song's lyrics, with writer credits, at its own link. It is a frozen snapshot, so editing the song afterwards does not change a link you already sent. See Lyric sheets.
The AI features#
Wish Workshop The genie lamp. With text selected it rewrites that text; with nothing selected it offers Creative Spark. Its requests are called wishes, and the row of chips above the field are ready-made ones. See Wish Workshop.
Genie Web app only The chat panel beside your lyrics in the web app, where you ask for ideas in plain words and where Guided Start runs. See Genie.
Creative Spark What Wish Workshop does when nothing is selected: writes new material for the song rather than reworking a line you already have.
Refine Context Reads your song and suggests AI Context fields for you, instead of you filling them in by hand. It uses your AI calls.
AI Style Standing instructions that apply to every AI call in every song: a paragraph of style guidance, and a list of words you never want the AI to use. See AI Style.
In-line suggestions Ghost text that appears ahead of your cursor when you pause while writing. Tab or tap to accept. Silent if you do not have AI access. See In-line suggestions.
Anchor In the rhyme tool, one of the two stressed syllables the app picks out of your phrase. Rhymes are offered for each anchor separately, and for both at once. See Rhymes.
Faithfulness score The colour-coded number on a syllable-adjusted line, saying how close the new line stayed to your meaning. The highest score is not always the best line. See Syllables.
Collaboration#
Collaborator Someone you have invited to write on a song. Each one gets their own tab and their own colour. A song can have up to eight, you included. Older versions of the apps said co-writer.
Invite code A six character code, plus a share link, that lets someone join one song. It is not an email invitation and nothing is sent for you. The recipient enters it under Settings, Song Invite Code. See Inviting a collaborator.
Master tab The agreed version of a shared song. Anyone on the song can type in it, one writer at a time, or send sections to it from their own tab. See The Master.
Master lock The lock that appears on the Master tab while someone is typing in it, in their colour and with their initial. Only they can type until they tap the lock to let others in, or stop typing for 30 seconds. See One writer at a time.
Mailbox Where lines a collaborator sent you used to arrive, in version 2.21 and earlier of the iPhone app. Sent lines now arrive as cards in the song's chat. See Sending lines to a collaborator.
Note A comment on highlighted words in a song. Collaborators reply, and anyone can resolve it. See Notes on lyrics.
Alternate line
A second option kept on the same line, after a spaced slash: main / alt. Only
the main line is read by most tools. See Alternate lines.
Session Live video and voice with collaborators inside a song, with your DAW's audio if you share it from a computer. On the web, and on the iPhone app from version 2.23. See Song sessions.
Just a session Web app only A session started from Home without a song. It becomes a song once someone writes or names it. If it ends empty, it goes away and any takes move to Ideas. See Song sessions.
Your account#
Writer profile Your legal name, publisher, performing rights organisation and contact email. These are the credits printed on a lyric sheet, and they are separate from your display name. See Your profile.
Display name What collaborators see. Separate from your writer profile and from your email.
Pro The paid plan. It raises the AI, rhyme and recording limits, adds in-line suggestions and keeps your original files. Collaboration is not a Pro feature, and joining a session is free, though starting one needs Pro. See Plans and Pro.