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Book Songwriting

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780793511815
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book Songwriting written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming and Better Lyrics : This book has a very specific purpose: to help you 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 rhyme work for you and your lyric writing will greatly improve. 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. Hone your writing technique and skill with this practical and fun approach to the art of lyric writing. Start writing better than ever before! Pat Pattison has been teaching lyric writing and poetry at Berklee College of Music since 1975. He played a central role in developing Berklee's unique songwriting major, the first complete songwriting degree offered anywhere. Doctoral work in philosophy at Indiana University and a Master of Arts in Literary Criticism gave him the knowledge and inspiration necessary to concentrate on the art of lyric writing. In addition to his work for television and film, as well as numerous clinics and workshops, Pat writes monthly articles for Home and Studio Recording magazine."--P. 4 de la couv.

Book Essential Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book Essential Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary written by Kevin Mitchell and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed by the New York Times as "part muse, part quick reference," this dictionary is an easy-to-use tool geared specifically toward the contemporary songwriter. A concise collection of the most-often used words in popular music, this enhanced format allows for fast reference with ease, while the 15,000 entries provide more than ample rhyming options.

Book Pat Pattison s Songwriting  Essential Guide to Rhyming

Download or read book Pat Pattison s Songwriting Essential Guide to Rhyming written by Pat Pattison and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Press). 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 rhyme work for you, and your lyric writing will greatly improve. 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. Hone your writing technique and skill with this practical and fun approach to the art of lyric writing. Start writing better than ever before! 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.

Book Songwriting Without Boundaries

Download or read book Songwriting Without Boundaries written by Pat Pattison and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: • tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details • effectively use metaphor and comparative language • add rhythm to your writing and manage phrasing Songwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Divided into four sections, Songwriting Without Boundaries features four different fourteen-day challenges with timed writing exercises, along with examples from other songwriters, poets, and prose writers.

Book The Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book The Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary written by Sammy Cahn and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the correct or most suitable word, r hyme and rhythm is the hard part of songwriting. Sammy Cahn'' s rhyming dictionary is designed to help anyone with a block in the mind and a song waiting to escape to a greater audie nce. '

Book Nothing Rhymes with Orange

Download or read book Nothing Rhymes with Orange written by Bessie G. Redfield and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irresistible rhymes you need, in a book that?s fun to read. An entertaining and browsable reference, Nothing Rhymes with Orange is to rhyme what Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge is to mnemonic devices. Revised and updated from the perennial seller Capricorn Rhyming Dictionary, this edition includes an introduction by children?s author Hope Vestergaard, as well as a phonetic spelling guide, a key to rhyming sounds that are spelled differently, fun sidebars, and a list of poetic terms. Now anyone can quickly and easily find rhyming words that end in: -act (abstract, attract, bract, cataract, compact, contract, counteract, detract) -ipsy (gipsy, tipsy) -isp (crisp, lisp, will-o?-the-wisp) and countless others!

Book Writing Better Lyrics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pat Pattison
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2009-12-11
  • ISBN : 1599631660
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Writing Better Lyrics written by Pat Pattison and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Must-Have Guide for Songwriters Writing Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics. Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to more advanced techniques.Songwriters will discover: • How to use sense-bound imagery to enhance a song's emotional impact on listeners • Techniques for avoiding clichés and creating imaginative metaphors and similes • Ways to use repetition as an asset • How to successfully manipulate meter • Instruction for matching lyrics with music • Ways to build on ideas and generate effective titles • Advice for working with a co-writer • And much more Featuring updated and expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs, Writing Better Lyrics gives you all of the professional and creative insight you need to write powerful lyrics and put your songs in the spotlight where they belong.

Book Songwriting  Essential Guide to Rhyming

Download or read book Songwriting Essential Guide to Rhyming written by Pat Pattison and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1991-11-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Berklee Press). This book has a very specific purpose: to help songwriters find better rhymes and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyrics writing, and this guide will provide all of the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. The exercises and worksheets help experienced writers take a fresh look at their techniques, and prevent novices from developing bad habits. Use this book to start writing better than ever before!

Book The Song Writers Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book The Song Writers Rhyming Dictionary written by Gio Williams and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a rap and hip-hop songwriter who feels short of words when it comes to getting your song lyrics in rhyme? Or are you a songwriter who is willing to try his or her hand at writing for rap and hip-hop? No matter which category you fall in, the key to good songwriting for rap and hip-hop is to get the rhymes right. For anyone who believes that you require some sort of innate talent to get your rhyming right, here is a book that you can use to better your skill. If you feel short of words while looking for the right word to end a line, here is an elaborate book on rhyming for rap and hip-hop. In addition, the book contains examples and suggestions, which allows you to use it as a reference while writing songs for your next release.

Book The Modern Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book The Modern Rhyming Dictionary written by Gene Lees and published by Port Chester, N.Y. : Cherry Lane Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary of rhymes is arranged alphabetically by the last syllable or group of syllables.

Book Songs Without Rhyme

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rosanne Cash
  • Publisher : Hyperion
  • Release : 2001-03-21
  • ISBN : 9780786862771
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Songs Without Rhyme written by Rosanne Cash and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2001-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you ask today's top songwriters to apply their talents to prose You get a surprising and diverse collection of writing as penetrating and unforgettable as your most beloved album. Like writers and poets, the best songwriters are storytellers; their words and music inspire, move, and comfort us. This wholly original collection brings together the talents of today's most accomplished songwriters in a compelling and rewarding anthology -- not of songs, but of prose. Although most of the songwriters included here have never before published a work of this kind, their talent for it is undeniable. Between these covers are pieces by David Byrne, Marc Cohn, Paula Cole, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Joe Henry, Lyle Lovett, Steven Page, Jane Siberry, John Stewart, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III, Lucinda Williams, and Johnny Cash, whose daughter, Grammy winning musician and songwriter Rosanne Cash, serves as editor of this volume. Each piece is paired with the song lyric that inspired it, offering a rare glimpse into the artists creative process. Together, they comprise a fascinating collection of unique talent and creativity -- one that music fans and readers of all kinds will find hard to resist.

Book Songwriters  Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book Songwriters Rhyming Dictionary written by Jane Shaw Whitfield and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Book of Rhymes

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  • Author : Romane Armand
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-03
  • ISBN : 9780991273515
  • Pages : 440 pages

Download or read book Book of Rhymes written by Romane Armand and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference book full of words that rhyme together that helps songwriters and poets to overcome writer's block and quickly find the right rhymes.

Book Song Writer s Rhyming Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jason Soft
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2019-04-20
  • ISBN : 9781095331804
  • Pages : 101 pages

Download or read book Song Writer s Rhyming Book written by Jason Soft and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-20 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps you compose your own music, write lyrics and take notes. Make your song writing organized, neat, and professional looking. Suitable for Music students, Music teachers composers and Song writers. Products information: 50 pages of evenly spaced staff lines/Manuscript Paper for Composing 50 pages of evenly spaced lined Notes perfect for writings, thoughts, Music Title, ideas, lyrics and Date. 100 Pages 6x91n Get Your Copy Today!

Book Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary Made Easy

Download or read book Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary Made Easy written by Jake Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the right rhyme can be excruciating, songwriters too often choosing ridiculous words in desperation. This resource is suitable for a budding songwriter or even an experienced lyricist with writer's block. It features tips on songwriting, and focuses on the types of rhyme and assonance for a range of popular styles.

Book Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book Songwriter s Rhyming Dictionary written by Jake Jackson and published by Flame Tree Music. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the right rhyme can be excruciating, songwriters too often choosing ridiculous words in desperation. This is an invaluable resource for any budding songwriter or even an experienced lyricist with writer's block. Featuring tips on songwriting, the book focuses on the types of rhyme and assonance (end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, beginning rhymes, first syllable rhymes) for a range of popular styles. Arranged phonetically and drawn from a variety of musical 'dialects', from rock and pop to folk and hip-hop, this is the quick and simple guide you need.

Book Sammy Cahn s Rhyming Dictionary

Download or read book Sammy Cahn s Rhyming Dictionary written by Sammy Cahn and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Sammy Cahn is, without a doubt, one of the best songwriters ever to have lived. Now you can get a glimpse into his thought processes and years of experience with this dictionary! Cahn felt strongly that it didn't matter what a lyric looked like on paper; what mattered was how it sounded when it was sung. As a result, this book was put together with the songwriter's needs in mind. It contains 50,000 words that are arranged phonetically, according to vowel sounds, rather than alphabetically. This invaluable reference tool also includes a 32-page introduction by Cahn, in which he relates stories from his work with notable composers and partners Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen. For any lyricist with a song in their heart but a block in their brain, there is no better muse than The Sammy Cahn Rhyming Dictionary . "Sammy's words fit my mouth the best of all the writers." Frank Sinatra "Sammy Cahn's music literally traces the development of American popular song from the 1920s until nearly the end of the 20th century." Chuck Kaye, President, DreamWorks Music Publishing Lyricist Sammy Cahn 's prolific career began with the composition of his first hit song at age 16, and went on to span more than five decades. An Oscar and Emmy winner, Tony nominee and inductee in the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Cahn put words into the mouths of some of America's most celebrated singers.