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(4 intermediate revisions not shown) Line 10: Line 10: * [[Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling]]* [[Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling]]- ===Step 1: Destination-Write and Create Columns===- Include "who," "where," and "when," and make sure to use sense-bound language involving the six keys of connection as you learned in lesson 1:- - * sight- * sound- * taste- * touch- * smell- * movement- - ===Step 2: Find Rhyme Pairs===- - Look for rhyme pairs within and between the external and internal columns. The rhyme types from most closure to least are:- - # Perfect- # Family- # Additive/Subtractive- # Assonance- # Consonance- - ===Step 3: Choose a Rhyme Scheme and Toggling Pattern===- - Plan to write either a four-, five-, or six-line verse. Choose a rhyme scheme and toggling pattern from the chart below. Make sure your pre-chorus, if you have one, contrasts in number of lines and rhyme scheme.- - ====Toggle Pattern Choices====- - {| style="text-align: center;"- |-- ||No. of Lines||Rhyme Scheme||Toggle Pattern- |-- ||2||XX<br />AA||EI<br />II- |-- ||4||XAXA AAAA<br />ABAB AABB<br />AABA ABAA||EIEI EEII<br />EEEI IEEI<br />IIEI- |-- ||6||XXAXXA XXABBA<br />XAAXAA ABBABB<br />ABCABC AABCCB||EEIEEI EIEEIE<br />IEIIEI IEIIEI- |}- - ===Step 4: Add Prepositions and Conjunctions===- - Connect the phrases of your toggled verse with prepositions and conjunctions. Try exchanging "and" for "but," "as" for "when," and pay close attention to how it affects the conversational quality of the lyric.- - ===Step 5: Choose a Plot Progression===- - Choose from the two possibilities below and develop the song content. Write the pre-chorus according to your chosen strategy.- - ====Possibility 1====- - Verse 1: What is the problem in detail? What was the past like?- Optional Verse 2: Describe more of the problem in detail.- Optional Pre-chorus: Can it be different? Does it have to be this way? Is there hope?- Chorus: What would different feel like?- Bridge: What struggles must be overcome?- - ====Possibility 2====- - Verse: The way things used to be. The way I'd like things to be.- Pre-chorus: Is there hope?- Chorus: The way things are- Bridge: Everything's gonna be okay- - ===Step 6: Destination-Write Again using Thought/Feeling Language===- - You're looking for titles and chorus material this time. Destination-write again, only this time, talk about your thoughts and feelings. Start by reading through your original destination writing and begin where you left off, speaking from the mind of your main character. Underline the external and parenthesize the internal words and phrases of your new destination writing. Transfer your favorite phrases into the columns you already formed from your original destination writing and find additional rhyme pairs.- - ===Step 7: Look for Titles and Write the Chorus===- - Look for titles within your original and new destination writing. Follow your toggling pattern and write the chorus. Remember the body-guard and power position. Add conjunctions and prepositions.- - ===Step 8: Construct Second Verse and Pre-chorus===- - Follow the plot progression and use pyramiding to write your second verse and pre-chorus. Use the toggling pattern of your first verse, but involve more internal detail this time. You may choose to use the same pre-chorus or write a new one to add further meaning to your chorus. Add conjunctions and prepositions.- - ===Step 9: Construct Bridge===- - Follow your plot progression and pyramiding to toggle a bridge. Choose a toggling pattern that contrasts with your chorus and verse for maximum effect. Consider how your section will add new meaning to the last chorus. Add conjunctions and prepositions.- - ===Step 10: Assess Verbs, Tense, and Point of View===- - Check your verbs for specificity. Change the tense of your lyric and see how it affects the overall feeling. Make sure your point of view—whether first, direct address, or third—is consistent throughout the lyric. Read through your lyric out loud. Are there any fragmented phrases? Can you exchange conjunctions and prepositions to better connect phrases? Do "who," "where," and "when" all appear within the first few lines of the song? Rewrite where needed.+ # Destination-Write and Create Columns+ # Find Rhyme Pairs+ ** Perfect+ ** Family+ ** Additive/Subtractive+ ** Assonance+ ** Consonance+ # Choose a [[Rhyme Scheme]] and [[Toggle Pattern]]+ # Add Prepositions and Conjunctions+ # Choose a [[Plot Progression]]+ # Destination-Write Again using Thought/Feeling Language. Look for titles and chorus material.+ # Look for Titles and Write the Chorus+ # Construct Second Verse and Pre-chorus+ # Construct Bridge+ # Assess Verbs, Tense, and Point of View[[category:Music]][[category:Music]]Current revision as of 19:14, 29 January 2012
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Song ModelSongwriting Lyrics - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form Song Form Title - Chorus - Verse - Prechorus - Bridge Lyric Infobox Lyrics: Top Level Title - Song Plots - Rhyme - Rhyme Scheme - Lyric Triad Patterns - Lyric Writing Checklist - Scratch - RhymeZone - Titles - Category:Lyrics - Template:Rhyme - Template:Lyric Lyric Lyric - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form Harmony Infobox Major Modes Ionian - Lydian - Mixolydian Minor Modes Dorian - Aeolian - Phrygian - Locrian Other Modes Major Pentatonic - Minor Pentatonic - Major Blues Scale - Minor Blues Scale Key Signatures A-flat - A - B-flat - B - C-flat - C - C-sharp - D-flat - D - E-flat - E - F - F-sharp - G-flat - G Harmonic Tools Modal Comparison Charts - Power Progressions - Cadences - Chord Finder Harmony Lyric - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form Songwriting: Harmony Melody Infobox Melody Lyric - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form
Andrea StolpeForm Infobox Form Lyric - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form
- Destination-Write and Create Columns
- Find Rhyme Pairs
- Perfect
- Family
- Additive/Subtractive
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Choose a Rhyme Scheme and Toggle Pattern
- Add Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Choose a Plot Progression
- Destination-Write Again using Thought/Feeling Language. Look for titles and chorus material.
- Look for Titles and Write the Chorus
- Construct Second Verse and Pre-chorus
- Construct Bridge
- Assess Verbs, Tense, and Point of View
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