Lyrical Storyline
: rewriting ensure music compatibility works with lyric and music prosody
Accents: place
accents on the right syllables where words and musical spaces work in the artistic phrasing
Musical Spaces: shorten or expand music spaces for best lyrical and melodic synchronicity
Wordy Lyrics: reduce wordy lyrics; allow vocalist freedom to phrase within artist style
Impact: substitute or heighten images, actions or dialogue lines that heighten songs
impact
Omit Words:
delete words or lines that are not essential that do not affect the meaning and flow of lyrics
Word Replacement: add new words that have strong imagery or work with stronger lines that contribute
to overall meaning
Song Dynamic: create new dynamics
that increase listeners’ attention
Melody Alternate: create
new and/or embellish verse and chorus melodies to differentiate sections
Rhyme Patterns: re-arrange rhyming schemes and/or meter patterns to enhance the difference of song
sections
Reduction: shortening
sentences or lines using fewer syllables, fewer metric feet
Inversion: reversing parts of a line so that new rhyme words emerge from interior to the end
position
Insertion: fill in blanks when meter, number of syllables and lyrical concept are known
Rhyme Relocation: flip-flop rhymes where the strongest word comes at the end rhyme
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