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I'm sorry but this is about as accurate as a layman would be. Philip Glass doesn't use repetition just for repetition sake, he does it to play with the rhythm. Most of these are pointless repetitions and it's not how Glass does it at all.

(1) For example here: "Doo doo zib, doo doo zib, doo doo zib, doo doo zib"

You'd actually do something like: "Doo doo zib, doo doo zib, doo zib, doo zib, doo doo doo zib, doo zib, doo zib, doo doo doo zib, doo zib zib, doo zib zib, doo doo zib, doo doo zib"

(2) Here: "Sul sul sul, sul sul sul, sul sul sul, sul sul sul."

He'd likely go for something like: "Sul sul sul, sul sul sul, sul sul sul, sulna sulna sulna, sul sul sul, sulna sulna sulna, sulna sulna sulna, na na na, na na na, sul sul sul, sulna sulna sulna, na na na".

Source: Am a composer who composes music in minimalist style with strong influences from Philip Glass.

>>gnulin+(OP)
Thank you! I copied your constructive criticism into the GPT chat that wrote the Simlish Phillip Glass song, and asked it to have another go at it, considering what you said. Does anybody want to run this through Vocaloid? ;) Doo doo la!

ChatGPT-4:

Thank you for your valuable feedback and insights into Philip Glass's minimalist style. I appreciate your expertise and will attempt to create a more accurate a cappella cover of a Philip Glass song in Simlish, keeping your suggestions in mind:

    Sul sul la, sul sul la, sul sul la, sul la sul la,
    Sul la, sul sul la, sul la, sul la sul la,
    La la, la la, la la, la sul sul la,
    La la, la la, la sul la, la sul sul la,

    Zib zib doo, zib zib doo, zib doo zib doo,
    Doo zib, doo zib, doo doo zib doo, zib doo zib doo,
    Zib doo, zib doo, doo doo zib, doo doo zib,
    Zib doo zib, zib doo zib, zib doo zib, doo doo zib,

    Sul sul na, sul sul na, sul na, sul na sul na,
    Sul na, sul sul na, sul na, sul na sul na,
    Na na, na na, na na, na sul sul na,
    Na na, na na, na sul na, na sul sul na,

    Doo doo la, doo doo la, la la doo, la la doo,
    Doo la doo, doo la doo, la la doo, la la doo,
    Doo la la, doo la la, la la doo, la la doo,
    La doo, la doo, doo la doo, doo la doo.

Please note that this is a creative interpretation of a Philip Glass song in Simlish, and it may not fully capture the nuances of his minimalist style. However, I hope this version reflects a better understanding of the rhythm and repetition that characterizes Philip Glass's compositions.

>>DonHop+4d
Ok well yeah this looks more realistic as far as I can tell. Still looks like it added the kind of variety I suggested (e.g. "zib zib doo" -> "zib doo zib doo") whereas an actual artist would come up with other kinds of variety (e.g. Glass uses other kinds of "additive" techniques like "sul na, sul na doo, sul na doo re, na doo re, doo re, doo re..." etc). But that's probably nitpicking since you're free to do whatever.

EDIT: "doo doo la" -> "la la doo" looks a bit more "creative" since I don't think this is a suggestion I made (unless you added more examples to your response). So, yeah not bad.

EDIT2: Nevermind, I did use that kind of transformation in my example (1) above: "doo zib zib" -> "doo doo zib". In short, it seems to have vaguely understood that the point of repetition here is to emphasize transformations. But it should be able to come up with novel transformations like Glass does.