- Musical Composition
- Music
- Music Theory
- Performing Arts
Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics
Completed by Cheryl Denise Young
January 3, 2019
12 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Define and identify the point of view, form, and the "who, what, where, when, and how" in a song
Identify whether a lyric is stable or unstable through the use of line lengths, number of lines, stressed and unstressed syllables, and melody
Utilize the various rhyming techniques to evoke specific emotions in a song and define the difference between Assonance and Consonance rhyme
Use phrasing to clarify your ideas
Skills you will gain

