Thursday, March 3, 2011
Rhym-ey Song
I'm great with lyrics in the way that they come easily; I have just one problem. I cannot rhyme. Does anybody know how I can make rhymes? I mean, I can, but it just takes me awhile to think of things and by the time I've thought of things I've forgotten the tune and general idea of the song I was going for... Help me!!
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My advice would be not to rhyme, don't worry about it it. I never do! And look at me now, auditioning the be in creative writing. Your poetry relies on the meter (i.e. the size of the lines and the spacing that indicate how you say it), any rhyme thereafter is just extra. If you have to add rhyme I would suggest you experiment with an abab rhyme scheme, like so:
ReplyDeleteShe sat on a hill
Awaiting the night
While eat a dill
And flicking a mite.
Hopefully something better than that... that could be an entertaining song though.
Having an instrument is always helpful in the songwriting process. That way you can remember what you've written so far, but you don't always have that available. I'd say rhyming is an important part to a euphonious song. But it doesn't have to be: "cat. hat. mat. sat. fat. rat. bat." or something. as long as they're just phonetically similar. Like a vowel. For example, "alone" and "know". They don't "rhyme" per say, but if you have them each at the end of a line, they sound nice together because of the "o" sound. But after a while of thinking about it, and just doing more with words (reading, writing, poetry, etc) it'll begin to come easier and the quality of your songs will improve. Also I would recommend poetry because it's great practice and it's fun to experiment with different forms.
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