Songwriting strategies: a 360° approach
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...........................................................
vii
INTRODUCTION
..................................................................ix
CHAPTER
1.
SONG SEEDS
......................................................1
Catching Seeds
....................................................... 2
Seeds and Personal Voice
........................................... 3
Seed vs. Filler
...................................................... 3
Varieties of Song Seeds
................................................ 5
Concept Seeds
..................................................... 5
Lyric Seeds
........................................................ 8
Musical Seeds
.................................................... 12
The Art of Seed Catching
............................................. 15
Exercise
1.1.
A Week of Song Seed Catching
..................... 18
Conclusion: Song Seeds and the Facets
................................20
CHAPTER
2.
THE SONGWRITER S COMPASS
..................................21
The Four Facets
.....................................................21
Words and Music
................................................. 21
Sound and Sense
..................................................22
The World
...........................................................23
Sound and Timbre
................................................24
Structure
...........................................................25
Traversing the Compass: Songwriting Strategies
.......................26
Setting
...........................................................26
Casting and Framing
..............................................27
Structuring Strategies
.............................................29
General Creative Strategies
........................................30
Summary of Compass Elements and Moves
............................32
Example: Hurricane Revisited
........................................33
Framing Hurricane
..............................................33
Setting Hurricane
...............................................35
EXERCISE
2.1.
CAST FROM A CONCEPT SEED TO EACH FACET
..........39
On to the Facets
.....................................................40
CHAPTER
3.
RHYTHM
........................................................41
The Challenge of Rhythm in Songwriting
...............................41
Working with Rhythm
..............................................42
Dimensions of Rhythm in the Song
..................................43
Rhythmic Song Seeds
................................................44
Exercise
3.1.
Compose a Dry rhythmic Phrase
.................45
Notating
Rhythms: Woodblocks and Bagpipes
......................46
exercise
3.2.
write interlocking accompaniment
and Vocal Rhythms
...........................................47
The Temporal Framework
.............................................49
The Flow of Musical Time
..........................................49
Strict vs. Loose Time
...............................................49
Pulse
..............................................................50
Time Signature and Tempo
.........................................51
Working with the Temporal Framework
..............................51
Exercise
3.3.
Songwrite-Irama: Transform a rhythmic
idea by altering tempo
........................................52
Accompaniment Rhythm
.............................................53
Exercise
3.4.
Cast from a Groove to a Lyric, Melody, Chords
... 54
The Rhythmic Phrase
.................................................55
Attributes of Lyric Rhythm
.........................................55
Exercise
3.5.
Regular to Irregular Lyric Rhythm
...............58
Rhythmic Events
...................................................58
Rhythmic Pace
...................................................60
Rhythmic Patterns
.................................................62
Working with the Rhythmic Phrase
................................63
Exercise
3.6.
Write a rhythmic Song Section
....................63
CHAPTER
4.
LYRICS
..........................................................65
Sound Aspects of Lyrics
..............................................65
Thought Phrase
...................................................66
Word Boundaries
..................................................67
Syllabic Stress Patterns
.............................................67
Mapping Lyrics to Syllabic Rhythm
...................................69
Syllabic Rhythm Example
..........................................70
Exercise
4.1.
Develop Alternate Syllabic Rhythmic
Settings for a Lyric Line
......................................73
exercise
4.2.
pivot: lyric line
—
syllabic setting
—
new line
... 74
Syllabic Rhythm to Lyric Rhythm
......................................74
Anatomy of a Syllable
.................................................76
Sound Color Aspects
...............................................76
Additional Rhythmic Aspects
.......................................77
Sense/Sound Lyric Strategies
..........................................78
Lyric Sense to Sound: Paraphrasing
.................................79
Lyric Sound to Sense
..............................................80
Lorem
Ipsum:
Dummies for Dummies
..............................80
Sense vs. Sound Approximations
...................................80
The Gibberish Scale: Seven Levels of Nonsense
.......................82
Exercise
4.3.
lyric-by-Sound Strategies
.........................83
Sonic Contours
...................................................84
exercise
4.4.
Match a Lyric Line s Sonic contour
................85
Setting from Rhythm to Lyric
.........................................86
Rhythm to Lyric by Sound
..........................................87
Energy Contour of a Rhythmic Phrase
.................................88
Vowel and Consonant Contours
....................................89
Syllable Buds to Words to Lyrics
.....................................91
A Few Small Repairs
................................................92
CHAPTER
5.
MELODY
........................................................95
Exercise
5.1.
A Cappella, Rubato
Melody
........................95
Challenges in Melody Writing
........................................96
Thinking Melody
.................................................96
Melodic Memory
..................................................97
Exercise
5.2.
Strengthening melodic memory
...................97
Melodic Design
......................................................98
Melodic Contour
..................................................99
Melodic Shape: Scales, Arpeggios, and Figures
......................99
EXERCISE
5.3.
WRITE A MELODIC RlDGELINE
....................... 101
The Power of Pentatonics
......................................... 102
Melodic Transformations
......................................... 102
Shifting Figure and Field
......................................... 103
Melodic Range
................................................... 104
Melody/Rhythm Connections
....................................... 105
The Melody/Rhythm Continuum
.................................. 105
Rhythm to Melody
............................................... 105
Melody to Rhythm
............................................... 106
Melody/Lyric Connections
.......................................... 108
Lyric Sounds and Melody
......................................... 108
Natural Intonation and Speech Melody
............................ 109
Exercise
5.4.
The Well. Transform a
spoken line to vocal melody
................................. 109
Lyric Rhythm and Melodic Contour
..................................
Ill
Review of Syllabic and Lyric Rhythm
..............................
Ill
Melismas and Chanting Tones
.................................... 112
Lyric Pace and Melodic Pace
...................................... 113
Redefining Melodic Rhythm
...................................... 114
Effects and Uses of Melodic Textures
................................. 117
Process Considerations
........................................... 117
Melismas and Chanting Tones in Revision
......................... 118
Melodic and Lyric Pace Relationships
............................. 119
EXERCISE
5.5.
INDEPENDENCE IN LYRIC AND MELODIC PACE
........... 119
Comfort Zones in Melodic/Lyric Pace
.............................. 120
Phrasing Templates
.............................................. 120
Exercise
5.6.
Phrasing Templates
............................... 121
Exercise
5.7.
Altering the rhythm of a Chanting-Tone Melody.
. 121
CHAPTER
6.
HARMONY
.....................................................123
Sound and Sense in Chords
..........................................123
Sound Aspects of Harmony
....................................... 124
Sense Aspects of Harmony
........................................ 124
Process Considerations
...........................................125
Chordal Song Seeds
.................................................127
Chords as Sound, Shape, and Feel
.................................127
Chords at Your Instrument
.......................................128
EXERCISE
6.1.
JACKSON POLLOCK
..................................128
Using Your Chord Seeds
...........................................131
Chord Seeds Away from Your Instrument
..........................132
Chord Progressions
................................................. 136
Simple Chords
...................................................136
Chord Roots as Scale Degrees
.....................................137
Exercise
6.2.
Six Chords in Search of a Composer
.............138
Intervallic Motion in Chord Progressions
.......................... 138
Directional Effects of Chord Root Movement
.......................139
Rising and Falling Moves
..........................................141
Exercise
6.3.
Analyze a Progression by Root Motion
...........144
Working with Root Tone Contours
..................................145
EXERCISE
6.4.
WRITE A PROGRESSION USING
Six Intervals of Root Motion
................................ 146
Harmonic Rhythm
...................................................147
Cyclic vs. Narrative Progressions
......................................149
Cyclic Progressions
...............................................149
Narrative Progressions
........................................... 150
Motivic Progressions
.................................................151
Exercise
6.5.
Unwinding a Chord Cycle to a
Narrative Progression
...................................... 153
CHAPTER
7.
MELODY/HARMONY CONNECTIONS
............................155
Independence of Melody and Harmony
............................... 156
Melody/Harmony Counterpoint
......................................157
Species Counterpoint in Melody/Harmony
.........................158
Contrapuntal Motion in Melody/Harmony
..........................159
Melody/Harmony Contrapuntal Textures
..............................159
Pedal-Point Melodies
..............................................159
Ostinato
Melodies
............................................... 160
Parallel Textures
..................................................161
Lazy Melodic Lines against Chords
................................ 163
EXERCISE
7.1.
LAZY MELODY OVER CRAZY CHORDS
.................. 164
Chord-Driven Melodies
............................................165
Independent Tonal Melody
........................................167
Modal Melody/Harmony
.............................................169
Expanding the
Songbook..........................................170
Counterpoint in Modal Melody/Harmony
...........................170
Modal Palettes and Mosaics
.......................................172
CHAPTER
8.
STRUCTURE
....................................................175
Structure in the Song
.............................................. 175
Starting from Structure
..........................................176
Structural Challenges
............................................177
Phrase Structure
....................................................177
Exercise
8.1.
Shift a Lyric Line against the Phrase
.............. 178
Independence in Phrase Structure
................................178
Exercise
8.2.
Shift a Chord Sequence
against a Structural phrase
................................
18O
Motivic Structure
...................................................181
Motives vs. Song Seeds
...........................................181
Unfolding: Motives into Structure
................................181
Exercise
8.3.
Answer the Question, Question the answer!
..... 183
Fulfilling: Structure into Motives
................................ 183
Exercise
8.4.
juggle Phrases in a Section
......................187
Counterpoint in Motivic Structure
..................................188
Counterpoint within Facets
..................................... 188
Exercise
8.5.
Contrapuntal Strategies in a Lyric Section
.......190
Counterpoint Across Facets
.......................................191
CHAPTER
9.
USING THE COMPASS: FURTHER STEPS
........................193
Revisiting the Compass
............................................. 193
The Compass as a Unity
...........................................193
From Compass to Tetrahedron
....................................194
Facets: From Vertices to Edges
.................................... 195
Facets as Faces: Facet Triads
...................................... 196
From Counterpoint to Irony: Back to the World
....................... 198
Sound and Sense: Facets, World, and Structure
.......................200
CONCLUSION: FROM A SONG TO THE WORLD
...................................201
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
...........................................................203
INDEX
.........................................................................204
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