Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure

A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming for Poets and Lyricists - 2nd Edition-Improve your songwriting technique with this practical and fun guide to the art of lyric writing from Berklee College of Music songwriting tutor Pat Pattison.If you have written lyrics before even at a professional level you can still gain greater control and understanding of your craft with the exercises and worksheets included in this book. In the Essential Guide To Rhyming you will be shown how to find better rhymes and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing and this guide will provide you with all the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. Make rhymework for you and your lyric writing will greatly improve.You will learn to:Use different types of consonant and vowel sounds to improve your lyric story.Find more rhymes and choose which ones are most effective.Spotlight important ideas using rhyme.The second edition of this classic songwriting text contains new strategies and insights as well as analyses of the rhymes of Randy Newman Warren Zevon T.S. Eliot and other songwriters and poets.

You Can Teach Yourself Song Writing is the ideal 'how to' book for any aspiring songwriter. In this easy to understand guide Larry McCabe addresses a variety of concepts including: how to getstarted how to write in different song forms how to approach titles themes and lyrics the creation of a melody utilization of various chords and chord progressions finding the right chords for the melody handling variousrhythmic elements creating a lead sheet and copyrighting the tune. Special features include a glossary essential supplies for novice songwriters master chord diagrams for Keyboard and Guitar and an index of recordedmusic. Includes access to online stereo audio.