# Remix your song into R&B with AI | Lyro Music > Remix your song into R&B with Lyro’s Restyle tool: electric piano chords, a deep 808 and slow swung drums. The original stays as it was. Source: https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/rnb # Remix your song into R&B To remix a song into R&B, pick it in your Lyro library or upload your own file, open Restyle and describe the new sound in a few words, for example “R&B version: 808 sub bass, electric piano, lush pads, finger snaps, rimshots”. Lyro’s studio tools rebuild the whole track in that style and add it as a new version; the original stays as it was. A song made on Lyro keeps its own lyrics. For your own file, paste the lyrics, or the words are lost. It costs one credit per started minute, with a minimum of 2 credits. [Remix a song](https://lyromusic.com/signup?next=%2Fapp) ## At a glanceR&B | Tempo (BPM) | 60 to 100, most often 65 to 90 | |---|---| | Keys | minor keys with extended chords (sevenths, ninths, elevenths), often E minor or F minor | | Feel | laid-back and swung, snare or snap on two and four, hi-hats often in triplets or rolls | | Signature sounds | a close, breathy lead with melisma, stacked harmonies and ad-libs, extended electric piano chords, a deep 808 or sub bass, and slow swung drums with snaps | | Song form | usually verse, pre-chorus and chorus with subtle changes between them, a bridge that strips back to keys and voice, and a last chorus full of ad-libs | Lyro keeps your song’s tempo and key. If your song is far from the usual R&B tempo in the table, the remix can come out feeling half-time or rushed. ## How it goesThree steps - **Pick the song** Choose a track from your Lyro library, or upload your own file and confirm you have the rights to it. - **Describe R&B** Open Restyle and write the new style, for example: R&B version: 808 sub bass, electric piano, lush pads, finger snaps, rimshots. For your own file, paste the lyrics. - **Set how far it goes, then listen** The “How far from the original” slider sets how much changes. The result is a new version beside the old one. ## Style words to pasteIn English, as the Style box reads them R&B version: 808 sub bass, electric piano, lush pads, finger snaps, rimshots ## Tips for this genre R&B is recognised by a close, breathy lead with melisma, stacked harmonies and ad-libs, extended electric piano chords, a deep 808 or sub bass, and slow swung drums with snaps. Put those sounds in your description: - Describe the vocal layers, such as breathy lead, stacked harmonies and ad-libs, because the vocal arrangement defines the genre. - Choose the era, since a 1990s slow jam, 2000s uptempo, neo-soul and modern trap-soul each have a distinct drum and keyboard sound. ### Where the limits are - The voice in a remix is made again by the model, so it is not your exact voice. To keep your own vocal, use a beat for your vocal instead. - Without the lyrics, a remix of your own file loses the words; a Lyro song sends its own. - The remix keeps your song’s tempo; if R&B usually runs much faster or slower, expect a half-time or double-time feel. - Remixing a song that is not yours needs the rights to it; Lyro asks you to confirm them for your own files. ## Questions ### Will the R&B remix keep my lyrics? A song made on Lyro keeps its own lyrics automatically. For your own file, paste the lyrics into Restyle; without them the remix loses the words. ### Will it keep my voice? No. The remix is made again by the model, voice included, so it will not be your exact voice. If you want your own vocal over an R&B track, use [a beat for your vocal](https://lyromusic.com/beat-for-vocals) instead. ### What should I write to get R&B? Name the sounds: “R&B version: 808 sub bass, electric piano, lush pads, finger snaps, rimshots”. Name the chords as well as the instrument, for example "electric piano with minor ninth chords", to get the rich harmony. ### What does a remix cost? One credit per started minute of the song, with a minimum of 2 credits; a three-minute song costs 3 credits. The original stays in your library, and failed remixes are refunded automatically. ### What is close to R&B? The neighbouring genres differ in clear ways: - Hip-hop: a similar tempo at 80 to 100 BPM, but rapped over a sampled, swung drum break - [Trap](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/trap): shares the 808 and the hi-hat rolls at a half-time feel of 65 to 80 BPM, with a darker and harder sound - Funk and soul: the live-band ancestor, with horns, a syncopated rhythm section and gospel-rooted singing ## Related **More for this genre:** [A beat for your vocal](https://lyromusic.com/beat-for-vocals/rnb), [A vocal for your beat](https://lyromusic.com/vocals-for-beats/rnb), [Mix and master](https://lyromusic.com/mix-and-master/rnb) **Other genres:** [Afro house](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/afro-house), [Amapiano](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/amapiano), [Deep house](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/deep-house), [Lo-fi](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/lo-fi), [Trap](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/trap), [Reggaeton](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/reggaeton), [Drum and bass](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/drum-and-bass), [Phonk](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/phonk), [Acoustic folk](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/acoustic-folk), [Synthwave](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/synthwave), [UK garage](https://lyromusic.com/remix-into/uk-garage) [R&B prompts: tempo, keys and eight prompts](https://lyromusic.com/prompts/rnb) ## Hear it on your own track. 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