Kelisms

When writing mine

I'm feeling fine

to take the time

and make them rhyme....

and that's the problem...TOO ORDINARY !!!!!

Good write man

Rhyming is something I've been trying to pay more attention with lately.

 

I am finding it interesting how some writers really seem to have a knack for finding words that are perfect for what they are trying to say, and do have rhyming qualities but aren't exact rhymes. Often they just have the same vowel sounds or a similar sound like "sh" or "ch". When the vocal performance is done just right that can be magic that sticks in your brain forever yet doesn't seem cliche at all.

 

I think it's very important to determine whether your lyrics need to bring a sense of finality or resolution to the listener by rhyming or if it is more effective to be more subtle about it or not rhyme at all. Sometimes not rhyming at all at a point where it felt like a rhyme was coming for sure can be really eerie and unsettling. But in a good way.. a way that serves the song.

Hi Derek.

Indeed, not rhyming when expected is another way of adding tension, but that is another installment. 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Kel

Aha I have just learned that the type of rhyme you use can create a feeling in the lyric separate from the actual words. Actually to call these rhymes is a bit of a misnomer. More like sonic connections than rhymes. Because songs are sung not red rhymes in songs are vowel biased. The consonants do not matter as much. Here s a list of rhyme types going from the most stable to the least.

The function of stability in rhyme is it controls the movement in the lyric. This is why rhyming couplets AA make a song drag because the rhyme scheme completely resolves and the song does to a stop.

The list

Rhyme. Type

Blame/game. Perfect

Mug/blood. Family

Cry/smile. Additive

Smile/cry. Subtractive

Ran/cat. Assonance

End/bond. Consonance

As I said when you get down to assonance and consonance it is better to call them sonic connections rather than rhymes. That is why when you read a lyric tat seems to have few rhymes it still works and you not quite sure why.

Sonic connections.

Cheers

Gary

Thanks Gary, I don't usually try to be too technical here (maily because I tend to get the term confused!). Good input though, as usual.

Cheers, K