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LEARN ADVANCED TECHNIQUES & RHYMING SKILLS!
This is one of songwriting’s foundational skills. Rhyming patterns, family rhyme and using poetry techniques can help elevate your songs. Knowing how to do it and when not to separates those starting out with next-level songwriters. By learning simple, advanced techniques you can elevate your songs past your years of experience quickly.
To start, I would recommend using a rhyming dictionary so you can put all of the techniques into practice and provide yourself with a wide array of word options. You can also use the Rhyming Worksheet to put some solid rhyming skills into practice. You can use this worksheet to try different types of patterns, as well as expand your word options to help replace end rhymes in a line that may not be working.
Rhyme Posts
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Rhyme Patterns
Understanding rhyme patterns is one of the best ways to increase your songwriting ability. What Are Rhyme Patterns To me, rhyme is one of the fundamental building blocks, or can be one of the most destructive forces, in a song. How you arrange your rhymes is called the pattern. You’ll…
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Rhyming Tools
A rhyming dictionary is important if you’re a songwriter. It’s a great tool to find new ways of saying things and get you away from predictable rhymes like: when it snows, I have to blow my nose. Here’s a little assistance to finding a good one. Online Tools For Rhyming…
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Rhyme Families: Your Secret Weapon
Using rhyme families effectively can help you not only move through a song, but add nuances to the rhythm, melody and feel or tone imparted. The goal is to find rhymes that don’t sound awkward, like “with love I swing for the fences/when I see you it all commences;” or…
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