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Posted on November 22, 2008 by Pearle Tsuji | Posted under Reference and Education
How To Write A Ballad: Easy Steps For A Perfect Piece
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First thing that any song, ballad or poem requires is a starting phrase. Usually it is not the starting line, but the chorus one. Keep playing in your mind with a couple of lines and start from there. Describe an event, and action or a person or simple use whatever you think at the moment for the starting phrase. Do not try to force a starting line, just wait for a little inspiration moment and you will do just fine. That starting phrase usually summaries the whole story of the ballad and it is repeated in different forms through the whole song. If your song is about a specific event or person or thing then you can start by compiling a sum of keywords that describes that. Combine them and see what you get. Once you find a catchy phrase, do not hesitate to use it. Next in line is to form your chorus lines, usually using lines that rhyme together. There are many rhymes that you can use in your verse; you can use pair rhymes, when each line rhymes with the next, in pairs, or you can have lines that rhyme with each other skipping one or more lines in between. In some ballads the chorus lines are placed in each verse, usually at the beginning and the end of it. Try to use the same number of syllables for each line or at least for the ones that rhyme together. Use a similar meter or syllable pattern for the whole ballad, giving it more rhythm and making it sound better. Use any type of rhythm that you like and keep your ballad consistent. Try singing it when you wrote it down and modify any line or word that sounds weird. Keep writing the rest of the song using the rhythm and rhyme of the chorus for a template and tell your story from start to end in this manner. Start with the chorus and repeat it; you can change it or not through the length of the ballad, by replacing words but try to keep the same structure and rhyme in the end. You can change the rhyme from place to place as long as you are sure that it sounds right. Give it a little time and check back on your ballad. You will find out that you may want to change a thing or two, add more lines and adjust some of the old ones that do not sound that good. Read it and sing it a couple of times. Try to be original and do not copy others; in the end, your ballad will be surely a good song and you will be proud of it. Share it with your friends and family and do not forget to give yourself a round of applause! About The Author: Visit www.articleclick.com for additional article contributions by Pearle Tsuji. |
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