How to write good poems and lyrics

Appearing together with the melody of the song, the lyrics are the original intention of the song.

It is faster to learn songs by reading the lyrics

It is not easy to forget the lyrics after a long time. The lyrics further express the purpose and soul of the song. The lyrics often elaborate on the feelings and expressions of a song. Purpose. The quality of lyrics sometimes determines the quality of a song to a great extent. Therefore, many famous singers will also hire famous lyricists to write lyrics. Currently, people who are relatively good at writing lyrics include Lin Xi, Huang Weiwen, Fang Wenshan, etc.

As people pay more attention to lyrics, the genre of lyrics will be increasingly used by people.

There are two situations in writing a good lyric. One situation is that the person is very talented and writes good words casually. But this is only for a few people; another situation is that you have mastered the skills of lyric creation and become a top master of lyric creation. Sadly, talent and passion alone are not enough.

If you want to write a good lyric, you must first understand that lyrics are not the same as poetry.

Lyrics and poetry have many similarities. For example, both have the same artistic specialization, focusing on rhythm and smoothness, sublimation of emotions, and word matching.

The most important thing about lyrics is that the language is easy to understand, simple and smooth, so that people will scream as soon as they read it. Poetry is another sublimation of language. You may not be able to read it, but you can feel it. Secondly, lyrics are a carrier created to match the music. No matter how outstanding a lyric is, if it cannot find suitable music, it will be like a gem with its light obscured, and it will be worthless. On the contrary, a good poem can still make people read the artistic conception even without music. If you want to write good lyrics, poetry is the foundation.

How to write the cries in lyrics.

When you decide to write a lyric, don’t do anything deliberately first. The famous poet Lin Xi once expressed his thoughts on his creation in four words: no distractions. You must know that lyrics do not need to be piled up with gorgeous words. If you want to write moving lyrics in the most common and popular language, you cannot start with the beauty of the language, but invest all your feelings. Remember not to be pale. Weak fantasy.

It is difficult for people with little experience to write a lyric like a story. Lyrics, like poetry, pay attention to connotation. Lyrics without connotation are just bones and bloodless. The past few years have been the heyday of Chinese pop lyrics, with various genres emerging in all kinds of strange ways. Most popular lyrics are about love, singing wildly, being nostalgic, and crying. It's overwhelming. No wonder patriotic music and ethnic lyrics are so popular in the industry and are worth hundreds of times.

About the rhythm of the lyrics.

The lyrics are more metrical than modern poetry. Of course, if there is a tune, it is easy to fill in a traditional lyric. The rhythm of the lyrics will follow the music. With the complete tune as the basis, the rhythm will naturally come out. Generally speaking, if there is no music, to produce a lyric in the traditional sense requires the author to have a certain concept of the melody, and to have a prototype in his mind before writing. Traditional lyrics are generally divided into several formats: ABC AB ACB CAB, with seven characters and one sentence being the most common. For novices who are learning to write lyrics, the AB format is the easiest, followed by ACB. In lyrics creation, A represents the main point, which means getting to the main topic from the beginning, and section B is the expression, which is the climax of the lyrics. The C section is usually a small chorus, which can be placed at the beginning or as a transitional climax. When composing each paragraph, you might as well write it sentence by sentence separately. The number of words should not be too different, otherwise it will also bring a certain degree of difficulty in composing music.

Grasp the scale of rhyme.

It is not recommended to use more than two rhymes in one word. If a word has no special requirements, it is not recommended to have rhyme changes. Unless you are a top lyricist who can use each rhyme freely without any flaws or stiffness.

Generally speaking, when a lyric needs to change rhyme, you need to pay attention to several points: 1. Do not change rhyme in the middle of the same paragraph. Second, the best place to change rhyme is at the end of the paragraph or at the beginning of the second paragraph. Third, if there is a rhyme change in the last sentence at the end of the paragraph, then another rhyme must be used in the next paragraph, and it should not be the same as the rhyme at the end.

The choice and matching of words.

As mentioned before, lyrics are different from poetry and need to use popular words. How can these words be stacked together to produce wonderful effects? I personally think that novelty is the most important point in the creative process. Many good lyrics come by accident. Don't look for them just because you want to write a great line. Lyrics written deliberately in this way will appear stiff. You might as well relax yourself, maybe wonderful sentences will appear in your ears.

Choose words. The choice of words in different parts of the lyrics is also very particular. Especially when there is a melody to fill in the lyrics. You need to grasp the connotation of the melody and choose words with different strengths. In this way, even without hearing the melody, others will naturally associate it with the rhythm of the music.

In general, if you want to write a good song, in addition to having enough talent and enthusiasm, you also need to master the necessary technical rules. Otherwise, the words will not become words, and the poem will not become poetry.

First of all, the lyrics should be composed of 4 sentences into one paragraph, so that the composer will be very comfortable, even if you don’t want the music.

Second, the lyrics should naturally rhyme, but don’t rhyme because of it Ignoring the readability of sentences, to achieve this requires a relatively strong ability to control words.

Third, each short lyrics must have the same sentence structure, that is, the same number of words, but the climax It doesn’t have to be the same number of words as the previous ones

No. 4, as a scholar, it’s best to make an outline first and write clearly what you want to write in each paragraph

No. 5, don’t think you are beautiful Or cut it with words with artistic conception, so that readers will be confused.

Sixth, you must have true feelings and write when you really have some feelings, otherwise it will be very painful.

My writing may be very slow when I first start, but it will get better and better as I persist, come on!

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