These are small finishing touches that will help take a song from good to great.
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1. Pay Attention To Vowel Sounds 00:37
2. Syllable Placement 01:12
3. Chord Motion 01:50
4. Melody Start and End Points 04:19
5. Lyrical Spotlights 04:49
6. Pronoun Consistency 05:30
7. Verb Tense Consistency 06:03
8. Lyrical Direction 06:57
9. Create a Character We Can Root For 7:20
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37 Replies to “Subtle Aspects Of Great Songwriting”

  3. Great lesson! I'm wanting to write instrumental guitar pieces for my own amusement. So far I've written 5 of them and have put them in AABA form, and I've extended them to a kind of "Rondo" structure (AABACA) to make them a bit more interesting. I just wish I knew more of the "rules" of musical form for writing my parts…I have so many questions…Like can an instrumental piece simply be a collection of 8 bar sections strung together in whatever order, with some sections repeating? Would be awesome to know…

  5. Sorry, man. I had to cut you off, to go listen to this song. I hope I didn't offend you. (feel free to use this line in a song.)

    Yours truely
    A Fan.
    The good kind. Not the ones that follow you home at night.

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  22. Wish you touched more on the song structure and less on the lyrics. I think most people dont really listen to lyrics enough to have it make a difference. Although you do make good points on the emphasis which you should place on syllables

  24. Hey bro the secret of getting great songs consistently is working hard, write alot and write even if your not inspired, but i gat a question on how you go about this, so is it better to write alot of songs different songs and choose the best from the many songs you have written or work on one song till you get it right in short rewriting the melody the lyrics. Which way is better cuz i'm having a hard time deciding which is the best way to go, please assit me.

  34. One of the criminally overlooked aspects of songwriting in my not-so-humble opinion is arrangement. A good arrangement can salvage a mediocre tune and poor arrangement on the oyjer hand can easily ruin a musical masterpiece.

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