How to Rhyme Song Lyrics with Purpose and Write Better Songs | Commercial Songwriting | Rhyming

Download Your Free Songwriting Handbook Now: berkonl.in/3wSocKI
Earn Your Songwriting Degree Online with Berklee: berkonl.in/3wNQbv0
Sometimes we overlook the importance of rhymes. In this video, Berklee Online instructor Andrea Stolpe says that rhyming is almost a necessity in great songwriting, and in the same way harmony has all of its nuances and possibilities, there are countless ways in which you could connect two words with each other. Your rhyming creates a structure, a motion in your lyrics-but you can subvert the listener’s expectation by changing that same structure, by not rhyming when it’d be expected, or prolonging the execution of an expected rhyme. It’s also important to try letting the rhyme play a part in the story, and when it does, it can add so much more meaning and feeling to the whole piece. This video comes from the Berklee Online course, “Commercial Songwriting Techniques,” by Andrea Stolpe.
Learn more about this course: berkonl.in/3GG6kWc
ABOUT ANDREA STOLPE:
Andrea Stolpe is a multiplatinum songwriter, performing artist, and educator. She has worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing. Her songs have been recorded by artists including Faith Hill, Jimmy Wayne, Julianne Hough, and others. Andrea is the author and instructor of the course Commercial Songwriting Techniques, part of Berklee Online's songwriting program. Her books, “Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling,” and “Beginning Songwriting,” describe how to apply a unique process for uniting our artistic voice with the commercial market.
About Berklee Online:
Founded in 2002, Berklee Online is the premier innovator and largest provider of worldwide music education, offering the renowned curriculum of Berklee College of Music at a fraction of the cost through award-winning programming and instruction. Contact an Academic Advisor today:
1-866-BERKLEE (US)
1-617-747-2146 (international callers)
[e-mail]
/ berkleeonline
/ berkleeonline
/ berkleeonline
Andrea Stolpe | Commercial Songwriting | Rhyming | Rhymes | Rhythm | Lyrics | Song Lyrics | Songwriting Tips | Free Songwriting Lesson | Online Songwriting Lesson | Songwriting Tutorial | American Songwriter | I Create Music | Berklee | Berklee Online | Berklee College of Music

[@athomesongwriting]

Andrea is such a great instructor and she inspires me.

[@Taffafilms]

What a masterclass on Rhyme! Truly Love content like this and I can never get enough of it. Well done, you're a star. Thank you!

[@PaulIsbell]

I LOVE this content. Thank you Berklee for providing videos for those of us who are wanting to continually progress in their craft and writing capability.

[@JoshDare]

You are easily my favorite instructor to go to online when it comes to songwriting. It genuinely blows me away how informative and helpful your videos always are. Thank you so much!

[@jovantemusic68]

I could listen to Andrea for hours, great video thanks!

[@pierre-claudemeriot6562]

Truly a magnificent lesson.

[@OXPITCH]

THIS INSTRUCTIONS HELP ME SO MUCH!

[@mimidhof2179]

I love her way to teach and to explain songwriting. She makes so interesting topic easy to understand.

[@zoxx972]

so much useful insights, and this voice, this charm, litterally music to the ears

[@jamescoyle007]

great ideas.. thank you!

[@HeatherDMorris]

Songwriting is hard work !

[@ricardohernandez2771]

Muchas gracias!

[@yolandahoward1099]

This was really nice.
Thanks for the good
advice.

[@atashbeats8055]

Cubase in the background. Good choice my lady.

[@yngamilli6648]

Thank you🥺

[@user-ho9pd2zp8n]

Thank you

[@merlisist]

Thank you!!!!! P.x

[@kleteazy5983]

Damn woke up and y’all came in clutch I plan on joining for PERFORMANCE ARTS

[@its210pm2]

I think the "Mary had a little lamb" example would benefit from a visual example. If I could see the words highlighted on the screen as she's saying them, I would be able to more easily conceptualize the core message.

[@kevinconnelly3341]

I would like to see Mary and the lamb on the screen as I find visuals of the scene really expand the rhyme space and opportunity for extended unity in verse. Graphic rhyming is what I'm exploring now.

[@toddbell3923]

What a linguist and a lawyer

[@wearashirt]

andrea stople also mixes? :D

[@rob1016ny]

If you wanna rhyme with purpose…
… Tortoise.
I see what you did “hear”
Well played.

[@tiedyedakman017]

Day 1 of trying to get Berklee t like my comment so I can bring this up at my interview next year.

[@VW.907]

You need to change the batteries in your clock.

[@PaulCusick]

Thank you