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. There are three main features that distinguish poetry from other styles: 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). Who married a sentimental you/who comforted you crying/who rolled up your long hair/who made you a wedding dress (C2) ... (4) In this classic work, Lao Lang first gave a detailed and vivid description of "her", "you who cried" and "always be careful, borrow half an eraser from me", which was so vivid. Lao Lang told a touching story of first love in a very clever way: years passed, looking back, from acquaintance, love to separation, the beautiful but sighing first love was divided into three parts to sing, and each part returned to the four-sentence parallelism of * *, which ruled several discontinuous but classic pictures with a general emotion of "recalling the past". Many images related to love-diaries, photos, long hair, wedding letters-are intertwined, and the feelings buried in the deep heart do not sink or dissipate in repeated singing, but constantly hover and condense, becoming more and more intense, clearer and more enthusiastic ... To sum up, to do the first point well, we must do the following six things from the beginning: ●●● For human nature and love. ● Pay attention to the depiction of details, especially those details that many people may have similar experiences; ● Don't talk about storytelling, give full play to the jumping characteristics of poetry, and aim the "lens" at the most representative picture; ● Don't be lyrical without a story, even if it is vague, there must be "fragments" or "shadows" of the story; ● You have to have the most essential sentences to make * *, "The words are not surprising and endless", and you will never start writing unless you come up with a punch line. Second, carefully plan the structure of lyrics and grasp the rhythm of "starting, inheriting, turning and combining". After doing the first point, we should have a clear sense of the lyrics to be written, and at the same time, we should have the most wonderful words, and then we should carefully conceive the structure of the whole lyrics. Some friends can't wait to sit down and write as soon as they have a good feeling or words, which often leads to no good works. We should get into the habit of planning the lyrics first. There are four basic types of pop songs: one type (such as Teresa Teng's poems, which are seen as love songs), two types (such as Yunhe in Teresa Teng, which is seen as love songs), three types and many types. At present, most popular songs are three or more paragraphs, and one and two paragraphs are rarely used because they are too short to express emotions well. The style of a song is generally determined by its melody. For example, Zhang Chu's "You at the same table" and "Sister" are multi-styles. The first article talked about "Don't be lyrical without a story", mainly using three-paragraph or multi-paragraph for the overall layout, because it is relatively easy to use the method of "story+lyric" when writing three paragraphs of lyrics. Moreover, if a lyric has a little story, it can better carry out the changes of "starting, inheriting, turning and combining". Although it sounds a bit old-fashioned, it is very important for friends who have just started to learn lyrics writing. In fact, most excellent lyrics have a good grasp of the structure of "connecting the past with the present". Let's take Moving Heart as an example to illustrate the lyrics of "starting, bearing, turning and combining". Impulsive words: Liang Hongzhi (since-) once thought that my home was a ticket stub/after tearing it apart, I started my journey/how many days I devoted myself to another stranger (Cheng-)/I was lonely for so many years/the finish line returned to the starting point/I didn't realize (turn-) until now ... (Conclusion) I have long forgotten the people passing by. In this case, "Zhuan" mainly reflects the melody. Generally, the melody process to * * appears in the last sentence of the second paragraph (Cheng), and the lyrics at this time often have obvious tone and tone changes to match the melody to * *. Although the rhythm of "connecting and merging" is mainly reflected by the change of melody, the lyricist should also fully consider this point when composing lyrics. I have seen some friends put the best sentence at the beginning of a sentence, which will only give people the feeling of anticlimactic. I often call it "inverted", which means that the second half of the word can't stand up. Finally, we should pay attention to the end of the lyrics and the harmony of the whole word. There are generally three endings: one is to repeat * * in whole or in part to the end, such as "Folk Songs"; The second is the transition from * * to some function words, such as "ah" and "la", such as "you at the same table"; The third is to repeat the beginning (or make a slight change) to calm the high-pitched mood, such as Love Song 1990. The end of the song is mainly arranged by the composer, but if the lyricist can take this into account when creating, it will leave more creative space for the composer. In addition, every paragraph of the whole word should echo back and forth, especially the details. Only in this way can we create perfect works. What should be noted here is: ● The beginning-the beginning is as important as * *, and your story and your emotions should be attractive from the beginning; ● Commitment-the most difficult part, whether the transition to * * can be smooth depends on the last sentence or two; ● turning point-there is not necessarily an obvious "trace", but more likely a change in tone and tone; I told you, don't write easily without thinking of this paragraph. ● The ending-gives people a feeling of endless aftertaste and "I don't know the taste of meat in March". Third, grasp the rhythm of each paragraph of the lyrics and use reasonable sentence patterns to organize the language. When a lyricist writes lyrics, he has the melody reference of the original song, and generally handles the rhythm of the language well. To write lyrics first, you must imagine a melody for your own words and create on this basis. This is very important. The biggest feature that distinguishes pop lyrics from bel canto songs and folk songs is their relative freedom. Traditional lyrics have certain requirements for sentence patterns, such as two+two+three seven sentences and two+three five sentences. Popular lyrics, on the other hand, do not have these restrictions. In the same paragraph, sentence patterns can vary greatly. However, the sentence patterns of the relative positions between different paragraphs, especially those with the same or similar melody, should not change much. If the sentence patterns of these paragraphs are too different, it will cause great difficulty to compose music. The sentence patterns corresponding to different paragraphs of Your deskmate are very synchronous, only the third sentence of paragraph B 1 changes slightly. For pop songs, such changes are not only allowed, but often necessary. If the number of words in each sentence (or each corresponding sentence) is exactly the same, once the melody is not handled well, it will give people a rigid and monotonous feeling. At this time, a little change in the corresponding sentence pattern will make the whole song more vivid. Lyrics with basically the same number of words in each sentence are difficult to write. Without the level of top players, it is best not to try. Such masterpieces include: Tayu Lo's love song 1990, and Jonathan Lee's Song of Ordinary People. The former is basically twelve sentences, but slight changes have been made in the sentence pattern and the end part of * *; The first four paragraphs of the latter are all five sentences, but when entering * *, it changes from six sentences to seven sentences and then to three sentences and nine sentences, which gives * * some radical feelings with sufficient language space. When the first four paragraphs are repeated for the second time, the sentence pattern is slightly changed (the words in brackets are added). This kind of works use language and melody to the extreme, which can be said to be the pinnacle of popular songs. Love Song 1990 Words: Tayu Lo's dark eyes and your smiling face/It's hard to forget the changes on your face. Time flies so lightly/when I turn around and look back, I have hurried for several years. The boundless road is your wandering/searching, my dark and lonely pillow is your tenderness/I wake up in the morning and feel sad. Maybe tomorrow when the sun goes down and the tired birds return/you will be on your way home. It is hard to find a bosom friend in life. The thundering sound of blue clouds is at my window. It's hard to forget the loneliness after you left. My eyes will never complain. Folk Lyrics: Jonathan Lee, you and I are both mortal/born in the world/running around all day/can't be idle for a moment (since you are not immortal)/it is inevitable that there will be distractions/moral release. How many men are in the words/how many men are angry and become beautiful/how many birds are in the same forest/how short life is/why love is hard/whose lover is gone/who to talk to and ask when you have seen it/the world changes from person to person/dreamy face/whether it is the fourth place in spring. Language should have beautiful rhyme, and even pure recitation can give people a strong sense of music. Academically speaking, the phonology of a language is composed of its flatness and rhyme. The so-called flat tone refers to the tone of Chinese characters. In Putonghua, Chinese characters have four tones: even tone, rising tone, rising tone and falling tone. Basically, the first two tones are flat tones and the last two tones are flat tones. The tones of some dialects are even more complicated. For example, Cantonese has nine tones, which all sound like singing. But the flatness of popular lyrics is not very particular. I believe that most lyricists will not consider the flatness from the perspective of timbre when creating, but naturally adjust the flatness of lyrics based on their own sense of language. The so-called rhyme is what we often say, rhyme and rhyme are the same meaning. In China's traditional poems, there are in-depth studies and regulations on rhyme (even lines). For example, in a four-sentence paragraph, two or four sentences must rhyme, and the first sentence often rhymes. Thirteen rhymes and eighteen rhymes, the former is the basis of the latter. Thirteen categories are listed in the table below. For your reference: Thirteen Rhymes use this rhyme to send flowers. A (ah) ia (ya) ua (wow) It keeps raining day after day. It is a story about the small town of Bo O (oh) E (goose) uo (nest). Looking at flowers in the fog, Gu Su (Ukraine) "You at the same table" is sad. True Eternity Characters (en) in (sound) un (temperature) ün (dizzy) Folk Songs Jiang Yang ang (Ang) ANG (king) Dong eng (English) Weng (Weng) ong (boom) (water town dream) For example, the three paragraphs of Heart of Posture use "Man's Day". Clever rhyme changes will give the lyrics a variety of colors and emotions, which will have a good artistic effect if used well. Too many rhymes will make this song have no obvious rhyme, and it is difficult to sing if the lyrics are not handled well. Beginners of writing should not try it easily. In the rhyme transformation of lyrics, the technique of "rhyme" is often used, that is, it is much more natural to use words with similar vowels, such as English, An and Ang, especially Wu and Yi and Er. An excellent lyricist will attach great importance to the rhyme of lyrics. They will comprehensively consider the expression of works, the composition of composers and the singing of singers, and choose those words that are suitable for conveying emotions, enunciating clearly and pronouncing fluently as rhyme. Only by chance can some top poets use free rhyme (that is, no rhyme). Beginners should never imitate, it will only waste your inspiration. There are not many such works, often in some original classic works. Zhang Chu's Lonely Man is a Shame, Shunza's Home, Zhu Zheqin's Sister Drum, etc. In fact, from another angle, these lyrics use natural and ingenious rhymes, but there are too many rhymes and there are no rules between them, so they are classified as free rhymes. This paper introduces the writing points of popular lyrics from four aspects: conception, conception, segmentation and diction. But don't take these as rules, and be flexible when writing. Here is a quick way to imitate other people's works and write lyrics. Find one or two songs with very familiar melodies, and fill in the lyrics purely from the perspective of melody without looking at the original words. In this way, we can quickly understand the difference between poetry and lyrics, and we can also understand the skills and tips that many languages can't accurately distinguish. In fact, it is also a common practice to write lyrics with other people's songs. Many popular songs in Hong Kong and Taiwan are rewritten with popular songs from Europe, America or Japan, such as Lemon Tree. Perhaps, your famous work was born from this! If you can master the knack of writing lyrics, you can start writing your own lyrics. Lyrics can be divided into five types: narrative, lyric, scenery description, reasoning and duet. The most common popular song is "narrative+lyricism", and even songs with pure narrative need strong feelings as the foundation (such as Li Chunbo's Xiao Fang and Letter from Home). There are not many songs that are purely lyrical. A thousand sad reasons are barely enough, but there is still a shadow of the plot. There are few good pop songs about scenery, and BEYOND's Great Wall is one of them. There are not many popular songs about reasoning, because if you are not careful, it will become preaching. The well-written song is "The Song of Ordinary People", and the reasoning song will reach its peak here. The form of duet is generally used in duets, where two or more people sing as if they were talking to each other. Jonathan Lee's When Love Is Past and More Worried Recently are the first classics. Personally, I think that when I start to learn to write lyrics, I should exercise myself by creating "narrative+lyric" works, and then I can create other types of lyrics when I really have the strength and inspiration. Learning to write is always like this. First, imitation, then writing, and finally through constant tempering and breakthrough, we can carry out the original palace and create our own style of work. After you have a good work, you should give it a good name. A good name is an inseparable part of the lyrics, which should reflect the theme of the lyrics and arouse people's attention and interest. The main methods used are as follows: 1. Use the most classic sentence in this song, such as "How much love can be repeated"; Second, use the core image of this song, such as chess; Third, use objects related to this song, such as Sister Drum; Fourth, use concepts that can reflect the author's creative intention, such as love song 1990. The road to creation is long and arduous, friends, work hard! Remember, only when you know how to compose music can you create the best lyrics. There are only two ways to write good lyrics. In one case, the talent is very high, and all the words written casually are good words. But this is only for a few people; Another situation is that you have mastered the skills of lyrics creation and become a top master of lyrics creation. Since Tea opened the new column of original lyrics, it has received many contributions from talented friends. Unfortunately, talent and enthusiasm are not enough. If you want to write lyrics well, you must first understand that lyrics are not the same as poetry. Lyrics and poetry have a lot in common, for example, they both have the same artistic expertise, pay attention to rhythm and fluency, sublimate emotions and match words. The most important thing about lyrics is to pay attention to the easy-to-understand and simple language, which makes people want to sing at first sight. Poetry is another sublimation of language. You can't see, but you can feel. Secondly, the lyrics are the carrier of music. No matter how good the lyrics are, if you can't find the right music, they are like a jewel that has been lost in the light, and they are worthless. On the contrary, a good poem, even without music, can still make people read the artistic conception. If you want to write lyrics well, poetry is the foundation. How to write the lyrics? When you decide to write a lyric, don't do anything at first. Lin Zeng, a famous poet, used four words to express his creative feelings: no distractions. You know, the lyrics don't need fancy words. If you want to write touching lyrics in the most common and popular language, you should not start with the beauty of the language, but put all your feelings into it. Remember not to fantasize feebly. It is difficult for people with little experience to write lyrics like stories. Lyrics and poetry pay attention to connotation, and lyrics without connotation are skinny and bloodless. In recent years, China's popular lyrics have reached the peak, and various schools have emerged in an endless stream with various forms. Pop songs are mostly about love, freedom of singing, attachment and crying. It's overwhelming No wonder patriotic music and national lyrics are very popular in the industry and are worth a hundred times. About the beat of the lyrics. Lyrics are more rhythmic than modern poetry. Of course, it is easy to fill in a traditional lyric with a tune, and the rhyme comes with the music. With a complete tune as the basis, rhyme will naturally come out. Generally speaking, in the absence of music, to create a traditional lyric requires the author to have a certain concept of melody and set a prototype in his mind before writing. Traditional lyrics are generally divided into ABC, AB, AB, AB and Cab formats, with seven words and one sentence. For beginners who learn to write lyrics, AB format is the easiest, followed by ACB. In the creation of lyrics, paragraph A represents the backbone, that is, the topic at the beginning, and paragraph B represents the expression, that is, the climax of lyrics. And paragraph C is usually a chorus, which can be placed at the beginning or at the transitional climax. When writing each paragraph, you might as well write it sentence by sentence, and the difference in the number of words should not be too big, otherwise it will also bring certain difficulties to composition. Grasp the scale of rhyme. It is not recommended to use more than two rhymes in a word. If there is no special requirement for words, it is not recommended to change rhyme. Unless you are a top poet, you can use every rhyme without any flaws and stiffly. Generally speaking, when a lyric needs to rhyme, there are several points to pay attention to: First, don't rhyme in the middle of the same paragraph. Second, the best place to rhyme is at the end of a paragraph or the beginning of the second paragraph. Third, if the last sentence at the end of the paragraph rhymes, then the next paragraph must choose another rhyme, and it can't be the same as the last rhyme. The choice and collocation of words. As I said before, lyrics are different from poems, and popular words are needed. How to grasp the wonderful effect of these words piled together? Personally, I think creativity is the most important point in the creative process. Good sentences in many lyrics are rare. Don't look around just because you want to write a brilliant word. This deliberately written lyrics will appear stiff. Just relax yourself, maybe there will be wonderful sentences in your ear. Choose words. In different parts of the lyrics, the choice of words is also very particular. Especially under the premise of melody, fill in the words. We should grasp the connotation of melody and choose words with different strengths. In this way, even if you don't hear the melody, others will naturally think of the rhythm of the music. Generally speaking, if you want to write a good hand, you need to master the necessary technical rules besides having enough talent and enthusiasm. Otherwise, words are not words and poems are not poems. First of all, it is best to use four sentences as 1 paragraph, so that the composer will be very comfortable. Even if you don't want the second song, the lyrics will naturally rhyme, but don't ignore the readability of the sentence because of rhyme. To do this, you need a strong ability to control words. Third, every short song word should have the same sentence pattern, that is, the same number of words, but the climax part does not need to be the same as the previous words. Fourth, it is best to be a scholar first. Write clearly what you want to write in each paragraph. Don't cut the words that you think are beautiful or artistic, so the readers will be confused. 6. If you have real feelings, write when you really have some feelings, otherwise it will be very painful. You may write slowly at first, but you will get better and better if you persist slowly. Come on!