Writing Rhyme Schemes and Bars

Music writers often take for granted the ability to compose an efficient 16 bar verse for a song. Infact, it's quite difficult when you add in complex rhyme schemes along with the flow behind the voice. Music writing is difficult, but it can be accomplished if you have the right techniques.

Ask any music writer today and they'll tell you, it's hard, or at least it used to be. Writing lyrics for a song can challenge even some of music's most prolific writers. For some it's a challenge of "whether this sounds catchy," or "when I do switch to the next bar?" Some of the best songwriting comes from those who actually take the time to feel what it is they're writing about.

First and foremost, before you begin writing to any beats or form of music, actually take the time to listen and feel the song. Get into the rhythm of the song and take it's structure inside of you. Try to feel what the music means to you and what kind of song you can make out of it. Not every song can give you the same feeling and it isn't suppose to. Different music gives different emotions.

Another a good idea to consider is to perhaps number each bar line out. The two bars used in this particular rhyme scheme are correlated by their context and ending words. This perhaps one of the most basic ways to rhyme; waiting for the ending of each bar.

1. Moonlight in the ghetto, shining dreams over the truth.
2. Accomplishing feats - something our forefathers used to do.

The internal rhyme is the use of rhyming words that actually rhyme within the bar. Internal rhymes can be a little more complex as they require more vocabulary and proper
formation to stay on rhythm.

1. Teaching the youth the values of good deeds,
2. Keep em out of the booth, we value the seeds.

In writing music, consider the vowel sounds and the number of syllables of each line. Sometimes having one syllable or vowel too many can cause difficulty when you try to read it along with the music. Be sure to proofread and read your work aloud so you can hear how it will sound when you go to record it. Last but not least, practice the delivery of your recordings. Music is about expression and nothing sounds better than an artist who is good at expressing himself. Just the mixture of how you say and mix your words can give you a significant difference in your delivery. There aren't many directions for music other than practicing for perfection.