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Originally posted by Musickid203
How do I use bigger words in my songs. They're all so basic and I usually try to tell stories with every song I write.
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You don't really need to use big words, but if you want to I can give some advice. Normally, if it's not occurring naturally which would be ideal, I look for a cool word I like the sound of first and then think about ways it could be utilized. Sometimes nothing will work; for instance, using the word "penultimate" would be kinda strange. Songs shouldn't sound like dictionaries.
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Originally posted by Obsession
...So let's say in theory, I've written a song and I've used a different meter in verse 2 as a stylistic change - to go along with what I would say is a time progression as far as the song's subject, do you still see it as a flaw? Or does it not matter as long as the verse is keeping its own meter throughout?
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If it's not the same melody (not the same meter), it's not another verse. It can be labelled as something else. You're not completely constricted to verse/chorus/bridge lingo, I don't know about the other judges but I'm totally fine if you submit a song labeling the parts as A, B, C etc.
So for instance I've written songs in AABA format. This doesn't mean that all the As had selfsame lyrics but they had the same melodies and the same general meters. That type of format couldn't be labeled as chorus/chorus/verse/chorus because that wouldn't really make much sense.
(sorry for this essay I just need to add this) However, the more repetition you can have melodically, the better, so having a chorus and three separate sections that never repeat is risky.
Let me update my signature with a lyric.
Umami
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