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Writing better lyrics : the essential guide to powerful songwriting / Pat Pattison ; foreword by Gillian Welch.

by Pattison, Pat, 1942-

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Writer's Digest Books, c2009.

Lyric writing (Popular music)

Popular music -- Writing and publishing.

Musical meter and rhythm.

Composition (Music)

9781582975771 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Lyrics : the essential guide to powerful songwriting

vi, 298 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"The must-have guide for songwriters"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Object writing : the art of the diver -- Rusty's collar : a lesson in showing and telling -- Making metaphors -- Learning to say no : building worksheets -- Clichés : the sleeping puppy (a case study) -- Productive repetition -- Verse development and power positions -- Travelogues : verse continuity -- Stripping your repetition for repainting -- Perspectives -- Point of view : second person and the hangman -- Point of view : second person as narrative -- Dialogue and point of view -- Meter : something in common -- Spotlighting with common meter -- Meter : two by two -- Managing couplets -- Prosody : structure as film score -- Understanding motion -- Form follows function : building the perfect beast -- The great balancing act : courting danger on the high wire -- Song forms : (Im)Potent packages -- Song forms : (Im)Potent packages II -- Process -- Appendix. Co-writing : the "no"-free zone.

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. Pat Pattison is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing and poetry. His books include Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, and Pat Pattison's Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming : a step-by-step guide to better rhyming for poets and lyricists.

Welch, Gillian.

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