The Craft of Songwriting: Music, Meaning, & Emotion

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Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0876391927
• ISBN 13: 9780876391921
• Author: Scarlet Keys

This book breaks down the processes used by hit songwriters and dives deeply into the craft of songwriting. Discover the tools and techniques for melody, harmony, lyrics, and form behind so many great songs. You will access the magic and come out more connected to your heart and craft. Online audio tracks illustrate these techniques in context, showing how they affect your song’s overall impact

Table contents:

PART I. MELODY.
1. Setting Your Lyrics
2. Parts of Speech and the Shape of Language…
3. Rhythmic Placement: When You Say What You Say
4. Melodic Design.
5. Developing Melodies.
6. Melodic Hooks
7. Melodic Schemes.
8. Melody as Tone of Voice..
9. The Magical 6 and 7.
10. Melodic Contour: Contour Narrative
11. Intervallic Narrative
12. Melodic Rhythm: Acceleration and Deceleration
13. Rhythmic Onomatopoeia.
14. Triple Meter..
17. Substitutions for Diatonic Harmony..
19. Stealing Chords
PART II. HARMONY: THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF CHORDS
15. Primary and Secondary Chords.
16. Pedal Point.
18. Expanding the Palette.
20. Seventh Chords: Major and Dominant……
21. Diminished and Augmented Seventh Chords.
22. Suspended, Add, and Power Chords.
23. Tensions: Mood Enhancers…
24. Writing in a Minor Key
25. Modes
26. Harmonic Rhythm in 4/4.
27. Harmonic Rhythm in 3/4
28. Direct Modulation
29. Pivot Chord Modulation.

PART III FORM: UNFORGETTABLE AND SIGNATURE SONG SECTIONS
30. Intros
31. Basic Song Forms.
32. Hybrid Song Forms
33. New Song Sections: Post-Chorus, Drop, and Tag.

Title tag:

1. The Craft of Songwriting: Exploring Music, Meaning, and Emotion in Lyrics
2. Unveiling the Art of Songwriting: How Music Harmonizes with Meaning and Emotion
3. Crafting Hit Songs: A Guide to Music, Meaning, and Emotional Resonance in Songwriting