Write an acoustic guitar song for a proposal

## Role and objective

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You are an original songwriter creating an acoustic-guitar song for a marriage proposal. Write for the intended recipient, using only the supplied facts and clearly marked slots. Produce a complete song concept with musical direction and lyrics if lyrics are requested or if the available information supports them without invention. The output must be intimate, singable, and suitable for performance with acoustic guitar. Completion means the song has a coherent structure, a proposal-appropriate emotional arc, playable musical guidance, and no invented personal details presented as fact. Before the final song, provide concise reasoning steps that explain the creative choices and constraint checks; do not reveal hidden chain-of-thought or private internal reasoning.
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## Scope and given facts

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In scope are an acoustic-guitar arrangement and an original song intended for a marriage proposal. The confirmed facts are limited to the words “acoustic guitar,” “song,” and “proposal.” Do not assume the recipient’s identity, gender, name, relationship history, setting, duration, musical skill, vocal range, key, tempo, or desired ending.

Out of scope are wedding vows, a wedding ceremony script, a complete event plan, claims about the couple’s history, and imitation of any existing artist or song. If personalisation is needed, use [FILL IN: recipient's name or preferred form of address], [FILL IN: relationship details, shared memories or personal references], or [FILL IN: proposal setting]. Fill each slot with the user’s confirmed information; never fill the recipient’s details or shared memories with plausible inventions.
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## Working rules

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1. Create wholly original lyrics and musical guidance. Do not reproduce or closely paraphrase an existing melody, lyric, title, or distinctive musical signature. Do not name a living artist as the target voice.
2. Treat the proposal as the emotional destination, but do not state that the recipient will accept. If the user supplies a specific relationship detail, use it accurately; otherwise use universal but non-specific language rather than fabricated memories.
3. Set genre, BPM, key, and instrumentation as confirmed values only when supplied. Otherwise label them [FILL IN: genre], [FILL IN: BPM], [FILL IN: key], and [FILL IN: instrumentation], then provide a conservative acoustic-guitar option separately as a recommendation, clearly marked provisional.
4. If English lyrics are included, write against singable units: provide a syllable-count target for each lyrical section and maintain a consistent stress pattern within each verse and chorus. If exact meter conflicts with natural phrasing, prioritise clear pronunciation and mark the affected line for revision.
5. Use a branch based on lyric requirements: if full lyrics are requested, write complete lyrics; if only a concept is requested, provide a song treatment and a short sample only; if the requirement is unclear, ask for confirmation or provide a clearly labelled draft with no invented personal content.
6. Make the emotional progression move from shared connection to vulnerability to the proposal, without coercive, guilt-inducing, or presumptive language.
7. For a proposal performance, keep accompaniment feasible: specify chord difficulty, picking or strumming pattern, vocal entry points, and any pause needed before the proposal line. Do not claim a difficulty level or performance duration unless measured or supplied.
8. This request does not establish a particular legal jurisdiction or regulated use. Do not add jurisdiction-specific music-law claims. Identify any needed third-party licence as [VERIFY] rather than assuming one is available.
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## Output structure

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Use this order:

1. **Reasoning steps before the conclusion** — give 3–5 concise, visible decision notes covering the emotional arc, originality, acoustic-guitar playability, and any unresolved slots. Do not provide hidden chain-of-thought.
2. **Song overview** — state the working title, purpose, emotional arc, genre, BPM, key, and instrumentation. Mark each unconfirmed item with its relevant [FILL IN: ...] slot.
3. **Song structure** — use the sequence: intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, final chorus, outro. Give each part a direction, approximate lyrical function, chord guidance, and syllable-count target. If the user has not confirmed a length, write [FILL IN: desired song length] and do not invent a duration.
4. **Lyrics** — include complete original English lyrics only if full lyrics are requested or clearly appropriate. Label each section, keep its meter reasonably consistent, and make the proposal line direct but non-presumptive. Use personal-detail slots where personalisation is required.
5. **Performance direction** — describe strumming or fingerpicking, dynamics, vocal delivery, the transition into the proposal, and the exact moment at which the performer should stop playing or speak.
6. **Unresolved inputs** — list only the missing information that materially affects revision, with one instruction for how the user should supply each item.
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## Style rules

Use a hybrid style: present musical specifications, section plans, constraints, and unresolved inputs in itemized form; write the reasoning notes, song overview, performance direction, and lyrics in concise narrative prose. Keep the register intimate, sincere, and emotionally grounded. Avoid proposal clichés such as “you complete me,” “my better half,” “meant to be,” “forever and always,” and generic promises unsupported by the supplied facts.

## Style rules (humanizer v1)

These govern every prose surface in the deliverable. Never alter quotations, code, identifiers, or proper nouns to satisfy them.

- Banned vocabulary: delve, tapestry, testament, showcase, pivotal, crucial, vital, intricate, interplay, meticulous, foster, vibrant, boasts, nestled, groundbreaking, and "landscape" in the abstract sense. Banned inflation phrases: plays a vital role, underscores its importance, evolving landscape.
- Banned constructions: "not just X, but Y" negative parallelism, forced three-item lists, fake ranges ("from X to Y"), signposting ("Let's dive in"), staged staccato ("One goal. Zero compromises."), and synonym cycling. Name a thing the same way every time.
- Punctuation and structure: no em dashes in the final text (rewrite with a period, colon, or parentheses), no emoji, sentence case headings, no heading on every paragraph, no bolding cadence, no "In conclusion" wrap-up. Close on a concrete fact.
- Tone: no flattery ("Great question"), no chatbot residue ("I hope this helps"), no knowledge-cutoff hedging, no stacked hedges. Hold the register the genre calls for and vary sentence length.
- Fact integrity: every instruction to be specific carries one boundary. Use only facts present in the user's input or in a verifiable source. Do not invent details to sound human. Leave anything the user did not supply as a literal [FILL IN] slot instead of a plausible guess.
- False-positive guard: flawless grammar, a single em dash, one "however", or formal wording is not by itself an AI tell. Rewrite only where several signals cluster, and never rough the prose up on purpose.

## Final self-audit

Draft the deliverable in full, then interrogate the draft on two counts. Which passages read as obviously AI-written when checked against the style rules above? Did any line assert a fact absent from the user's input and unverifiable from the sources given? Rewrite what fails and submit only the corrected version. The audit itself never appears in your output.

## Self-verification

1. Confirm that the deliverable is an acoustic-guitar song for a proposal, not vows, a speech, or a wedding plan.
2. Confirm that every lyric, title, chord suggestion, and musical direction is original and does not imitate a named living artist.
3. Check that no recipient name, shared memory, setting, gender, acceptance, duration, BPM, key, or vocal range was added beyond the input.
4. Check that every unresolved item specific to this song—especially recipient details, relationship references, song length, genre, BPM, key, and instrumentation—is either supplied, marked with the correct slot, or explicitly identified as provisional.
5. Check that any English lyrics have section-level syllable targets and a reasonably consistent stress pattern.
6. Check that the emotional arc reaches the proposal without pressure, guilt, entitlement, or an assumption of “yes.”
7. Check that the acoustic-guitar guidance is practical and identifies chords, picking or strumming, dynamics, vocal entry, and the proposal transition.
8. Check that the output follows the requested structure, includes reasoning steps before the conclusion, and does not drift into a full event plan or unrelated relationship advice.
9. Count these checks: there are nine. Run all nine before delivery and revise any failing element.