What should we pay attention to when writing lyrics?
First, rhyme.
The reason why I can feel that a song will be catchy is because the lyricist handles the rhyme properly. Of course, the last word of every sentence needs to rhyme, which is why we attach great importance to the application of the last word or word of the sentence. In fact, lyrics sometimes rhyme not only the last word, but also a word in the same sentence between paragraphs. It may rhyme when creating, which can make the lyrics more singing.
Second, distinguish between poetry, stories and lyrics.
I have read many netizens' lyrics in tea and helped them find out some problems, many of which are misunderstandings about the lyrics. Poetry and lyrics are very similar, both of which have strong artistic effects, but poetry pays more attention to the beauty of words, while lyrics pay attention to fluency. If the lyrics are written in the form of poetry, it will be difficult and strange to compose music. The difference between the story and the lyrics is even greater. Never make mistakes in the vernacular, which will make the lyrics very dull and unrealistic. Lyrics are an independent style and have their own unique patterns, so we must pay attention to this.
Third, repeat the same words.
Can't you repeat the same words in the lyrics? That's not what it means, but that the same words or words are repeated in the lyrics, which is very taboo.
I know we can't be together forever, but I know we were together.
We used to have it, but things have changed and we can't go back.
The above examples are just written casually, in order to let friends see where this kind of problem lies. The repetition of the same sentence like this, is there a feeling that nothing is expressed? In fact, it's the sentence that we can't be together, but it's so long-winded to say so much. , isn't it?
Fourth, the chorus part.
Chorus, which is what we usually call * * *. The chorus part is the emotional explosion point, and each sentence should grasp the central idea so that everyone can feel the same, so as to write good lyrics.
Similarly, for example:
I love you the most. How can you make me sad?
I left without saying a word when I needed you most.
I love you the most. How can you make me sad?
I've done so much for you, but you've never been moved (Huang Pinyuan, How Can You Make Me Sad)
As mentioned earlier, this part of the chorus revolves around a center, "How can you make me sad?" And every other sentence centers around the center and expresses the author's feelings with the most appropriate words, so we should be very careful in the lyrics creation of the chorus.
Fifth, sentence by sentence.
Some people will write a sentence when they write lyrics, and Silas will also write a sentence, but in the end they will feel very confused and confused. Every sentence of the lyrics is interrelated, not only for rhyme, but also for the sake of good-looking sentences, which will make the lyrics flashy and have no theme.
Sixth, grasp the length of the lyrics.
If a lyric is close to the number of words in a song, imagine how long the song will last. Lyrics should be refined and the original connotation should be maintained, which requires the author to constantly improve his literary talent in his creation. This is a process of accumulation. After all, practice makes perfect.
Lyrics creation
1. The lyrics rhyme. After writing, you should be able to read and sing. Not only should you write fluently, but more importantly, you should read fluently without stumbling.
After writing, try to read it out loud to moisten your dissatisfaction. 2. The theme should be clear, don't ramble, be logical, the whole word should be relevant and echo from beginning to end, and the situation and atmosphere are in the same environment.
3. The lyrics are written for singing, so you should know the composition and repetition of the melody, such as A→B→A, the third paragraph of the first paragraph is a repetitive melody, and the text composition of these two paragraphs should be roughly the same, otherwise the musician can't think of a tune. 3. The text is concise, natural and fluent. Sentences with long words should be deleted and unnecessary words should be deleted. It's better to have similar words in every sentence to control the beat.
4. Be creative and let people remember the important paragraphs of the song title or lyrics at one time. You can't make waves with plain words, but it will be better to use metaphors and excuses. That's all I can think of for the time being
Because every lyric has different attributes, it is sometimes difficult to generalize. Lyrics are not only about love between men and women, but also about life and current affairs.
For example, you can write a poem "Marriage Change" or "Matching the Young and the Old" with the love of King Zheng, or write a poem "intoxicating rice wine" with fake rice wine. Think about your own topic, and the theme is everywhere.
6. Words are alive. My heart is broken, hit, torn, stabbed and other verbs, making different sounds.
If it is broken, it will be associated with the crisp sound of crystal, and tearing will be associated with the sound of paper opening. Just two words can change the power of a song. 7. Creation is to create new meanings, such as "my heart hurts", and there is nothing new in the old saying. Why not use "My heart was burned, electrified and collapsed"? Does it sound different? 8. Lyrics have not only auditory effects, but also visual effects.
For example, "the past is like a cloud and disappears in front of each other", and the past is like a cloud and disappears in front of each other. Can you see this photo? 9. Is it necessary to rhyme? Different people have different opinions. The whole song must use the same vowel? Not necessarily.
As long as it is natural and fluent and attracts people to sing, it is a successful work. It is not good to restrict the development of a song for the sake of rhyme.
What is the order of lyrics creation?
To create a song, you can create a song first, then fill in the lyrics, or you can compose music for the written lyrics. Most of us are used to the latter. So if you want to write a song, you must first touch the lyrics, so you must know the lyrics to be recreated.
1. What are the lyrics? To put it simply, the words in songs developed from five-character poems, seven-character poems and folk songs, formed in the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. It is a lyric poem and Yuefu poem that can be sung with tunes. Its strict beat and various features in form are determined by the requirements of music beat and phrase length.
Words are different from poems, which require the rhyming position of "setting sentences, setting words in sentences and setting sounds in words". Each tone has its own specific format. Poetry rhymes with even sentences, and the rhyming position of words is determined by the curvature, that is, the music pauses. The music rhythm of each piece is different, and the rhyme position of the sentence length is also different. Although there are long and short sentences in poetry, five words and seven languages are the basic sentence patterns, and a large number of words use long and short sentences in order to better fit the curvature of the tune.
In addition, when writing lyrics, we should judge the pronunciation and words, and the tone of words should match the tone of music score, so as to coordinate the rhythm and listen to music. Second, the lyrics analysis 1. When you read a lyric, whether you are interested in it or not and whether you are moved by it, its content plays a decisive role. Therefore, we must first analyze its content and see what story it tells, what it reflects and what philosophy it shows. 2. See what kind of mood it is. From the perspective of severe punishment, there are four aspects: joy, anger, sorrow and joy, but it is more delicate and lyrical. Or * * *? We must grasp the basic feelings of words.
Judging from the characters, there are workers, peasants, soldiers, Confucian businessmen, men, women and children in all industries, so we should pay attention to highlighting their own characteristics. 4. From the formal point of view, first look at its overall structure, and then decide its musical form; Second, look at its format and analyze its long and short sentences, so as to handle phrases well and be creative.
5. In terms of style, generally speaking, songs are required to have both a sense of the times and national characteristics, but the specific words need to be carefully analyzed. When designing music, it is best to consider whether the national style is stronger or lighter. Which local flavor should be highlighted? At the same time, we should pay attention to the use of music style consistent with the style of ci. 6. We should consider who this song is for. If we focus on the singer's singing skills, we should pay attention to the use of vocal skills. If it is written for everyone to sing, it should not be too difficult, it should be easy to catchy, and pay attention to the adaptability of the song.
7. At present, there are three kinds of singing methods in society, national, bel canto and popular. It depends on what kind of singing method the lyrics are suitable for, so as to highlight the characteristics of a certain singing method in music writing. 8. Pay special attention to the quality of the words, otherwise it would be a pity to reject the song because of the words.
9. According to the needs of music, cut and modify the words as necessary. Next, I will talk to you about the steps of composing music and some common problems when composing music.
I also hope that the majority of music lovers can brainstorm and express their unique opinions and problems in their study for discussion, study and reference. When composing music, the composer's writing order is generally as follows: first, write the theme of music and make a good start; Then develop it; Finally, the music image is completed through reasonable music forms.
These three steps are usually closely linked. I. Creation and Development of Musical Theme Music theme is the most important musical conception of a piece of music, which is often created by a composer in a state of mind full of * * * *.
It has distinct personality characteristics, strong expressive force and relatively complete meaning. At the beginning, music is often the theme of music, and occasionally appears after the introduction, because it is the basis of forming the musical image of the whole song, which is very important. Therefore, when creating music works, we should first concentrate on it.
As far as the number of phrases is concerned, the theme usually consists of two phrases or three, four or more phrases. It often ends with the tonic (or three or five tones) of the key, that is, 1, 3, 5 in major and 6, 1 in minor. The core of the theme is a part of the theme, mostly at the beginning, usually one or two bars, sometimes a phrase, and the whole theme often extends from this core.
Besides tonality, beat and speed, theme rhythm, theme tone, theme accompaniment background, theme timbre and sound area are important factors to form theme personality. After getting a lyric, the composer usually needs to read it several times. At this time, don't stick to the rhythm of reading the lyrics, and don't stick to the description of a word in the lyrics. Instead, he focuses on how to portray the overall musical image of the whole song and express his inner feelings about the artistic conception provided by the lyrics most profoundly.
Many famous composers at home and abroad have created a large number of musical works in their lives. As far as a composer is concerned, such as Xian Xinghai, their music themes are not exactly the same. First of all, they always have their own characteristics and are extremely colorful. This is very worthy of attention.
Theme rhythm plays an important role in the creation of the whole work. To break through the generalization of creation, we must first make more efforts in this respect. To this end, first, we must have profound thoughts and rich feelings; Second, learn from famous Chinese and foreign songs, learn from them and be brave in creating; To enter the creation, we must first be good at portraying a vivid and moving "relief" in several bars of music-not necessarily complicated, but must have personality, and then make it run through the whole song organically.
Some composers often write fluent but uncharacteristic themes. As far as timbre is concerned, one of the reasons is that there is no proper stride, so there is no personalized jump (the so-called stride refers to the natural order of scales and modes, such as 1-2-3). Jumping generally refers to the progress that is more than four degrees apart, such as1-5; 2-6 and so on. ) or although there are interesting jumps and beautiful music encounters, they have not seized it as an opportunity for music development, so that the whole tone is paved like a running account.
Skills and requirements of lyrics
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How to write the lyrics of popular songs? After reading it carefully, friends who wrote lyrics! Youth is always full of emotions. At this time, many people have an impulse to sing. Many young friends, who have excellent literary talent, unique views on life or unforgettable emotional experiences, are no longer satisfied with just listening to and singing other people's songs, but want to write and sing their own songs.
There are only two ways to write a pop song: one is to compose music according to the written lyrics, and the other is to write lyrics according to the existing songs; Both methods are often used now. For many friends with insufficient music foundation, it is relatively easy to write lyrics (or lyrics).
However, it takes a lot of efforts to write a popular lyric with good content, good singing and good listening. Many enthusiastic and talented friends contributed their lyrics to us.
Unfortunately, we find that most of them are either not good enough in language expression, or although they are well written, it is difficult to compose and sing. Why is this happening? The main reason is that these friends don't have the methods and skills to create lyrics, but they are talented but difficult to play.
So, how can we create good lyrics? First of all, we must understand that lyrics are not equal to poetry. The works sent by many friends are actually just a modern poem, not lyrics.
Some friends also asked: What's the difference between poetry and lyrics? Yes, in order to write good lyrics, I personally think it is necessary to distinguish the difference between the two at the first time. Modern poetry and popular lyrics do have a lot in common, both of which have broken through the limitations of traditional meter in many aspects and are more free in form and content.
In essence, lyrics also have the artistic characteristics, expressive techniques and emotional characteristics of poetry, but they are still very different from poetry. The main reason is that the lyrics are influenced and restricted by the music melody in terms of structure, language and rhythm, which in turn restricts and affects the melody.
Therefore, compared with modern poetry, popular lyrics have much less freedom and cannot be written at will. Moreover, the language should be easy to understand and try to avoid homophonic "abnormal meaning"; For example, I keep singing "You know I'm waiting for your mother" in my head, and that feeling is as awkward as it is.
A good song is ruined by a bad homophonic. On the other hand, popular lyrics and modern poetry come down in one continuous line, so writing a good poem is the basis of creating popular lyrics.
The experience of poetry creation can also bring great help to the creation of lyrics. The most remarkable thing is that successful poetry creation can make a person's words more concise, accurate and expressive, which will greatly promote the creation of lyrics. Poetry is different from other styles in three aspects: concise and rhythmic language, more powerful expression and more rigorous structure.
If poetry wants to have a moving expressive force in a relatively narrow space, it is impossible not to do these three things, and the lyrics are the same. Some friends' works are almost as free as writing prose poems. Although they can vividly express their inner feelings, the language is repetitive and even irregular in rhythm and rhythm. Even if the lyrics are good and touching, it is difficult to turn them into a song.
It can be said that lyrics creation: the first taboo, the language is not refined, not beautiful; The second taboo, rhythm and phonology do not match; The third taboo is abstruse or obscure language or simple preaching; The fourth taboo, the structure is chaotic; The fifth taboo is no * * *; Sixth, avoid bad homophones, destroy them without building them. Below, let's discuss in detail how to create good lyrics.
First of all, we should be able to touch ourselves, and more importantly, we should be able to arouse the voices of others. Be sure to use all your emotions to temper a lyric, combine the most touching stories and emotions in your life, express it in the most accurate and vivid language, and pave the way with strict structure until * * *.
To write what moves you the most, you should not only write in a dry mood, but also be moved by it again when reading your own work. If you can do this, you will take the most crucial step to success.
But this step is also the most difficult, depending on whether your writing and talent are at home. A real master may just listen to other people's stories, but he can also feel the same, on the one hand, because they have rich life experience, on the other hand, because they have profound insight into human nature, feelings and life.
On this basis, we can write touching works by constantly honing our own words. On the other hand, some people can't find that kind of "feeling" in what they write, although they have touching experiences and their writing is passable.
This is because when writing, these friends ignore the clever telling of stories, the meticulous depiction of characters and the clever expression of inner feelings. They didn't draw the details
Therefore, although the tone is warm and surging, there is always a little distance from being moved. For example, many friends write songs about first love, some are mindless lyrical, and some are love stories like telling stories.
If these friends carefully study "You at the same table", they may really think what is the best lyrics about first love. Your deskmate's words: Lao Lang, will you remember tomorrow/the diary you wrote yesterday/will you remember tomorrow/the person who cried the most (a) you/I just happened to think of your deskmate when the teachers couldn't remember/guess the question (b) Who married the sentimental you/who read your diary/who rolled up your long hair/who made your wedding dress? Like being with me (A 1). At that time, the sky was always blue/the days always passed too slowly/you always said that graduation was far away/we parted ways in an instant (B 1). Who met you who was sentimental/who comforted you who was crying/who read my letter to you/who left it in the wind (C 1).
What are the formats of lyrics writing?
Lyrics are words in songs, which are developed from five-character poems, seven-character poems and folk songs. The most important thing about the lyrics is that the language is popular and fluent, which can make people produce strong * * * sounds. In addition, the lyrics are born on the song. Without a good carrier, no matter how beautiful the lyrics are, they are just innuendo and worthless.
Formally, the first two paragraphs, each with four sentences, and the chorus part with two paragraphs, each with four sentences, generally rhyme at the end.
There are seven more sentences: the first half has three paragraphs, each of which is two sentences, two sentences and three sentences. The first half has two paragraphs, two sentences and three sentences respectively. But pop songs don't have so many requirements, because if the rhythm and prosody of pop songs are not handled well and every sentence is equivalent, it will be rigid and counterproductive. On the contrary, the corresponding sentences will change and be more vivid.
How to write lyrics
Song creation, lyrics creation 1. The most basic language skill in lyrics writing is easy to understand. We often use some metaphors in lyrics writing, but these metaphors must be common and can quickly form a complete image in people's minds. If the image is too far away, then people will have a vague sense, which is not conducive to singing. And clear images can help people understand the lyrics. What we just popularized is a typical example. Honey, you fly slowly, and be careful of the thorny rose in front. Honey, if you open your mouth, the fragrance of flowers in the wind will make you intoxicated. Dear, you fly with me and look at the stream through the jungle mist-you have caught people's thoughts and feelings at once, and you have brought people into that artistic conception at once.
Second, another writing skill of lyrics writing is conciseness and accuracy. It is very important that the language of lyrics is concise. A word can never express two meanings, which requires the basic skills of language and the ability to grasp language. This basic skill can't be practiced overnight. You need to read a lot of books and accumulate a lot of vocabulary to complete it. Du Fu said: "Reading is like a superb pen", which is very incisive. Only by breaking thousands of books and taking the road of ten thousand can we get it easily. At this point, I think Du Xin's "Unknown Numbers" is well written: "If there is no way out, it is better to bless me and let love end gloriously. Without blessing, you can at least give some help and let the other party admit defeat frankly. It's best to make a clear distinction without help. Don't be too vague-the language is very concise and accurate.
Third, loanwords in lyrics writing. Due to the integration of eastern and western cultures, there are more and more loanwords in lyrics creation, which constitutes another highlight of lyrics creation. Nowadays, many excellent lyric writers are quoting foreign words, especially those in Hong Kong and Taiwan songs. Of course, this is related to its specific historical background, but it is also a signal. As early as Li Anxiu, the words lauc and project appeared by leaps and bounds, and then many songs appeared in English. These loanwords are interspersed in Chinese lyrics, making the lyrics more appealing, especially to young fans.
In short, the language skills of lyrics writing are very rich, so we should pay more attention to the development trend of pop songs as much as possible in the process of lyrics writing. Provide more nutrients for lyrics creation.
Music lyrics creation
Baige Sanlin
I miss you so much.
How much I love you
I haven't combed your hair and washed your face yet.
A little depressed.
Feel obsessed
Black and white are reversed, regardless of day and night.
I am in love with you.
Become neurotic
Always want to pay for you.
I was banished by love.
People seem boundless.
Count the rest of your heart hurts every day.
That forest
Endless, irrelevant
I lost my way and didn't know anything.
Feel my way forward
Never know how to give up
I want to use my whole life to escape.
I cracked the code forgotten by love with sadness.
The heartbeat stopped slowly at dusk.
Knock hard
The sad ending is the source of your crying.
Be stupid in a dream
Disgusting love words no longer sound like goose bumps.
But it creaks in the flame of parting.
You stood at the intersection and were blown away by the wind.
I will lower my eyelids and relive your tenderness again.
Standing in the corridor we walked together last winter.
I turned around and lay alone beside me.
Night hasn't come yet.
But it was opened.
The boy in the moonlight
fail
It's not surprising that the wind chases the clouds.
Blow away the howl, but it's there
It's just that time passes too slowly.
Seabirds and fish love each other.
There is only one game left.
Don't make a fuss
I don't know anything.
Don't understand anything.
Don't mess around.
If you live in this city, you should learn to be a good person.
I am lovelorn and want to be open.
There is a secret love waiting.
Fate will come.
Unlock sb.' s mind
Say HIGH to tomorrow
Don't give up, there is still a vibrant heart.
I wrote it myself, I hope to support it.
Who knows how to write lyrics?
"Lyrics" here means "writing Chinese lyrics". Lyrics can be divided into "writing words" and "filling words". If there is no melody, first write lyrics called "lyrics", and then write lyrics called "lyrics" according to the structure, ups and downs, emotional color and long and short sentences of the melody. Whether writing or writing lyrics, we should generally follow the three principles of "sincerity, uniqueness and infection". To meet the requirements of these three principles, first of all, poets are required to learn to observe carefully in their lives, to think independently in their feelings, and to refine and sublimate in their creation. In addition, we should learn the general rules in the creation of lyrics, that is, the following "two attributes of lyrics."
Two attributes of lyrics
Chinese lyrics have both textual and musical attributes.
The literal attributes of lyrics are similar to those of ordinary poems, but not necessarily. Narrative lyrics, like narrative texts, need a "transition", which is the beginning-development-change-end of the story; Lyric lyrics, like prose and poetry, pay attention to artistic conception and are realized by rhetorical means such as metaphor, symbol, duality and parallelism. Narrative and lyricism are not isolated, but often intertwined.
The musicality of lyrics is not necessarily realized by combining with melody. Anyone who has read poetry knows that modern poetry (rhyme, quatrains) and Song Ci all rhyme, and there are also metrical requirements such as leveling and antithesis. However, many people don't know that these rules are not for rules. They are the rules summed up by poets and poets of past dynasties, aiming at making poems catchy and memorable when they are read aloud. In other words, these scales serve the realization of the musicality of poetry. From this, we know that the musicality of lyrics has been shown in the phonology (usually called pronunciation) of words.
Before writing lyrics, there are probably two situations: one is to have a clear plan, and the other is to have no ambition. One has stored a lot of materials and can take them out for cooking at any time; Because of too much writing, both of them were exhausted by Jiang Lang, and there was only one night left before the manuscript was due. To tell the truth, the old man is the latter. Take the elderly as an example. What should we do?
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A "split flower"-preschool stage. Sing it several times after you get the song and find the general feeling. Fill in the words and expressions commonly used at ordinary times, see how the big effect is, and let yourself have a bottom;
Second, "looking for a needle in a haystack"-primary school. From your own words, what you see is more interesting or particularly touching, which can be used as the theme of future development-there is no such thing as surfing the internet and reading books;
Three "dreams"-this is the middle school stage. After finding the theme, we should start to associate, based on our own or friends' rich memories and associations, sort out more relevant materials and rearrange them to make the lyrics form a slightly readable second edition;
Fourth, "elaborate"-this is about to enter the advanced stage of lyrics. Lyrics are different from other styles because they are more musical. Specifically, it is the combination of sentence breaking, cadence and melody fluctuation. If the cadence and melody of the lyrics cannot be attached, the so-called "inverted word" problem will be formed, which is basically not allowed by professional poets. Therefore, poets must train themselves to have a "sense of language" before they can use it to measure whether their words are in place. If you have a bad sense of language, it is useless to write a quatrain.
At this point, you have achieved something.
temperament
Professional lyricists usually receive orders to write songs. Producers of records generally put forward requirements for lyricists, such as content, style, singer positioning and so on. When writing a song, a lyricist should consider how the written work can not only meet the requirements of the producer, but also give play to his personal style. Sometimes the two are not contradictory, and sometimes it is a headache.
Everyone will accumulate different personalities and temperament because of their different life experiences, education level, life and circle of friends. The lyricist is easily reflected in his works. The works produced by one's own temperament may not meet the requirements of the producers, and it is not easy to write things that do not belong to one's own temperament. Therefore, a professional poet should learn to substitute roles, stay in a different time and space from his usual life, read another line and be another person. In fact, not only poets, but also other artists.