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CREATIVE SONG LYRICS

Self-teaching Manual



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Self-Teaching Guide to

WRITING SONG LYRICS

By Paul Rodricks

    Have you ever felt the urge to write your own songs?
To compose your own lyrics and melody?
    Are you a lyricist wishing to set music to your lyrics?
Or a music composer desirous of writing the lyrics to
your music? 
Or a music lover and hobbyist wondering how songs are crafted?
    If so, Creative Songwriting is just the right practical
self-teaching manual for you. Because Songwriting has
never been made so easy and simple.



CREATIVE SONGLYRICS

     Is all about Lyrics Composing – Song forms, Title/Hook lines, Storylines and Themes, Rhyme Scheme, Crafting the Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Tag, Song Performing Styles and much more.
  
     The latest in Gospel/Worship Songwriting is also presented in a whole separate chapter devoted to it in this book.
  
     Become a successful Songwriter.  Compose your own Lyrics and Music to styles such as Pop, Rock, Blues, Country, R&B, Jazz and Gospel.


Lyrics: The Composition

Section 1 (Continuation...2)

“The soul never thinks without a mental picture.” 
– Aristotle



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Popular Forms of Lyrics (Continued)


3. AAA, the trade-mark of the popular Blues song form. Where every verse follows the other and normally lasts for 12-bars:

Verse 1:

    Well now, it's three o'clock in the morning 
    And I can't even close my eyes. 
    Three o'clock in the morning 
    And I can't even close my eyes. 
    Can't find my baby 
    And I can't be satisfied

Verses 2 & 3 follow in the above format.

Some Blues songs last for 16-bars and modern blues songs can extend beyond 24 bars.

4. AACA format has a Bridge in place of the usual Chorus after the 1st and 2nd Verse, then followed by the 3rd Verse.
    The following example is of the AACA song format which gives you a general idea of the other formats as well. Song Title: “True Confession” Copyright 2002 Paul Rodericks.

Verse 1:
True Confession
The song as you sing
Your heart pleads silently with mine
For the love you once abandoned 
True confession
I mustn’t feel this way
This feeling of past obsession
No, not on my wedding day.
Verse 2:
True Confession
We have shared good times
And today you're here as the best man
We've no other obligation
True Confession
You will find someone to love
Beyond the point of no return
As long as she trusts you enough
Bridge:
True Confession
I cannot be your partner
Any more in love nor share your pain
Our distant feelings of love will always remain
As silent whispers of our hearts.
Verse 3:
True Confession
The man I marry today
Is the one who will share my life
No reasons for temptation
True Confession
Maybe you’ll know this someday
When your heart whispers again
To another on your wedding day.

5. ABC format, meaning: A - the Verse, B - the Pre-Chorus and C - the main Chorus. In this form, the pre-chorus section is a shorter interesting version, which attracts the listener‟s attention, leading into the main chorus of the song. Lyrically, you make an interesting point here before going into the chorus, and for a musical appeal a contrast by way of a short riff or chord-change, for example:
Song Title: “If She’d Only Give Me A Choice”

After the Verse A:
Pre-Chorus or Bridge:
I would never think of leaving her
If she’d only give me a choice
We would never be in this situation
If she’d only give me a choice
Chorus:
If she’d only give me a choice
I would not be in this situation
With the kind of person she is
Past caring and so selfish
I‟ve simply lost the will to rejoice
If she’d only give me a choice.

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