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Before
You Start... |
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Writing a song is
very much a craft, and whatever one already knows
about music, from advanced theory to simple
appreciation of a good rhythm, provides valuable
material to shape into a piece... |
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Lesson 1: Choosing
A Subject and Keeping
It Simple |
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As
you can see this is the first lesson! That's why it
starts with the boring part... But if you came this
far, you probably won't be bored to death by reading
the rest too... |
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Lesson 2: The
Use Of Repetitions |
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The name says it all: Literal Repetitions are literal
repetitions of a part of the lyrics. One very much used example is called
the Chorus... |
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Lesson 3: Adding Rhythm
To Your Lyrics |
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This pattern is a very basic
one. Advantage of this is that it's rather easy to
use. But the big disadvantage of this one is that
your lyrics may become quite boring and predictable
when you misuse this pattern-form... |
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Lesson 4: What Rhyme
Can Do To Your
Lyrics |
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A special kind of rhyme is
rhyme that occurs within a line of a song/poem. This
form can occur in lyrics that use the normal
rhyming-methods but also in lyrics and poems that
don’t seem to rhyme at all and lack all kinds of
patterns at the end of the lines... |
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Lesson 5: The Structure
- A Global View |
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If there’s one element that
you can’t avoid to use then it’s the verse. Every
song has at least one verse... |
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Lesson 6: A
Closer Look At Writing
Intros |
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There are various methods of writing/composing intro’s,
which can also be combined in many ways... |
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Lesson 7: How
To Write A Chorus |
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A song without a chorus can hardly be called a song... |
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Recommended Reading
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The necessary readings... |
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