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: Why do all of my lyrics have 3/4 feeling I write song lyrics for fun and I always add simple music so the song can be performed. About 40% of my songs are in 3/4 (6/8) signature which is
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: What's the technique of putting ellipsis to show hesitation in a lyrics called? You saw me the day before It all ended, and yet you've left me without words I wish...
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: Is it okay to put an inversion in a song lyrics? In the dark alley of my youth, light, it shone from the cloud-ladden sky. I've been listening to the chirping in the trees.
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: Difference between Indian and English lyricism? Suppose we sing or rap about dark themes (similar to modern American music from 1970-present day) in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, or Malayalam over Indian
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: Use of punctuation in song lyrics? https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/The_Edge_of_Dawn_(Seasons_of_Warfare) The following is the short version of "The Edge of Dawn". Reach for my hand, I'll
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: How to display a duet in lyrics? I wonder if someone can tell me whether there is a convention when laying out a lyric to show different parts (or even a chorus). In my novel, there are
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: Translating a song from other non-alphabet languages and counting syllables? You know when writing translations of other songs, you need to know the number of syllables on each line, but the
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: Iambs or Trochees in songwriting According to this website, English speakers prefer to hear iambs rather than trochees. We naturally bias our readings toward iambs. However, in my reading about
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: How to transition from poetry to song-writing? I've written poetry since I was nine, and I would say I'm pretty good at it. I also really like music, and I can create simple melodies that
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: Elongated vowel sounds When we speak sometimes we draw out certain sounds for emphasis. We also see this technique in song, for both emphasis as well as expanding the meter to make the words
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: Is it important to consider tone, melody, and musical form while writing a song? Be it Mowgli and balu singing Bare Necessities or Enrique singing Somebody's Me, each song (or poem) has their
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: How do we tell someone how to sing a lyric? People usually use a musical sheet to tell how a song should be sung, but when you read a lyric you have no idea how a song should be sung
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: How should we write a passage where a character sings? I am wondering how to do this in a novel. Do you write the song (lyrics) in its entirety in one single spurt, or do you spurt a verse
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: Translating non-English lyrics to English I am wondering what are some guidelines when translating the lyrics of a song to another language, because lyrics depend a lot on musicality (rhymes,
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: Writing a well rounded lyrics with incredible musicality and incredible poetry Most songs use very simple language that resonate within their readers. They use short sentences that are simple and
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: What language shall they sing in? I'm writing a middle-grade novel in English. I have time-traveling kids from 1995 America who go to Ancient Egypt to join the Exodus. None of the kids
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: What are some of the most common structures for lyrics? More specifically, what are the repeating parts usually in popular songs, and where do we put them normally? I want to write the lyrics
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: Song quote for an 'in memoriam' I would like to quote a few lines of a lyric from St. Vincent's song "New York", for an 'in memoriam' I want to put in a newspaper on the anniversary day
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: What are some techniques used to increase the melodicality of a lyric? Is there any trick, rule, principle for increasing the melodicality of a lyric? I want to write a lyric, but I don't
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: Difference between Writing Song-Lyrics and Writing Poetry Not sure how to jazz this question up other than to say that I've tried putting my poems to music and found it to be somewhat challenging.
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: How do you cite song lyrics parenthetically in MLA? I am in the process of finishing up a research paper for school that I am writing on the debate over whether or not you should listen
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: Can I legally use these song lyrics as book/chapter names? This topic has been discussed--but please advise me on this particular test case. The title of the fiction novel is "Shorter of Breath"
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: Copyright Lyrics to Songs I have written lyrics to which I would like to have music put to. What's the safest and most advantageous way to copyright the lyrics?
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: Is it legal to use a song lyric on the back of a wine label if we give attribution to the creator? I would like to use a quote from a song for my new wine label. We would use quotation
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: Is writing a novel about a song considered plagiarism? I am interested in writing a novel about a song from a band. It will have the exact same plot but different names of the characters.
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: What's the correct way to quote song lyrics? Do you attribute it to whomever wrong the lyrics, or to whom actually sings/speaks them? Or it is simpler/more correct to just use the name of
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: There is too much beauty in this picture I can persevere I don't know if this is the right place to ask these kind of questions. I am not a native English speaker but I am not at the
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: Writing song lyrics I find writing song lyrics really difficult -- maintaining a regular rhythm, making it rhyme and writing something that makes sense all at the same time. Does anyone have
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: Quoting lyrics in a book of film criticism I'm writing a book of film criticism, in which I refer to lyrics from the soundtrack as a way to empathise the narrative. Am I required to obtain
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: Quoting Song Lyrics or Naming a Song, Or Possibly Group/Singer Can you quote music lyrics in a book? Like this: Stuck in traffic, main character is blasting Rage Against the Machine, Testify
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: What comes first: the hook or the rest? What is generally accepted method or writing a good song? To start with the hook and let the rest of the song point to it, or start from the beginning
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: Is there a standard for dealing with lyrics in dialogue and narration in creative writing? I'm peer-reviewing/editing a paper for a final in my English course and in it, the author has a character
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: Are music lyrics copyrighted? I tried to find copyright information about music lyrics, but it is too confusing, because it is related to the usage. There are lots of websites providing lyrics,
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: Writing a Lullaby I need to write a short folk lullaby as part of my story, but am having trouble getting the feel of it in my lyrics. What are the general conventions of writing a lullaby?
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: Proper attribution of copyrighted lyrics in a story If I put several lines of a copyrighted song in my text, and mention the band name, how can I be certain that my attribution is sufficient
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: How could I share my lyrics? I've been writing lyrics for quite sometime now (at-least five years). Although there have been several of those moments when I've thought I'd have an act for music
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: Who pays for lyrics or quotes? Occasionally, novels will include song lyrics in the story, or start out chapters with songs or quotes. In many cases, these lyrics or quotes are from copyrighted
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: When parodying a song, how important is it to replace words with homophones thereof? I often decide to parody songs to adapt them to different contexts -- mainly for fun, for improving my English
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