Power point on songwriting
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The document provides guidance on writing songs by considering the 3 M's (Mood, Movement, Meter) and 3 R's (Rhythm, Rhyme, Reason) of music and lyric writing. It involves brainstorming ideas related to a topic, like graduation. Students then develop lines about memories, moving on, and saying goodbye. These lines are set to music by considering the mood, meter, and feel. By working together, the class can create a complete collaborative song.
Power point on songwriting
- 1. A Formula For Songwriting Minding your “M”s and “R”s
- 2. Brainstorming The first question we have to ask ourselves is, “what do I want my song to be about?”. For the sake of this project lets say we are writing a song about graduation . With one or two people at the board to put ideas in writing, class members call out lines and words that come to mind when they think about graduation. These lines do not have to be poetic just relevant to the subject. That means everyone can contribute. Memories live on… Moving On… Saying goodbye
- 3. The 3 R’s of Lyric Writing R hythm- Making the words fit rhythmically into the musical lines and the meter of the song R hyme- Making the ideas fit together and flow poetically R eason- Making sure that your lyric is not just a senseless strain of rhyming words that have no real significance Some of the biggest obstacles in song writing stem from a lack of consideration for these three elements of lyric writing
- 4. The 3 M’s of Music Writing Mood Movement Happy=Major Key Sad=Minor Key Fast and Driving or Slow and flowing Meter 2/2 …3/4…4/4…2/4… 6/8…12/8…
- 5. Ideas to Lyrics Moving on to new things Sad to say goodbye Excited and scared Wondering what’s next I’ll miss my friends We’ll stay in touch I won’t forget you Where am I going? We’re moving on It won’t be long before we have to say goodbye Wondering what’s next, and how our time together really seemed to fly. We won’t forget all the memories we made here all these years But you can bet that we can’t leave it all behind without some tears
- 6. Putting It Together Now it’s time to take all of those poetic and rhythmic lines that you came up with as a group and put them to some music in the mood, meter and feel (movement) that was decided upon. This can begin with a simple chord progression on piano or guitar and class members starting to sing lines that they hear over the chords. Be sure to have some kind of recording device running so as to not lose or forget good ideas that seem to catch on. Before you know it you will have a complete song written by your class…a true creative collaboration!
Editor's Notes
- #5: Click on speakers for a sound bite of the highlighted musical choice