Managing Lyric Structure

by Pat Pattison

Veteran songwriter Pat Pattison has taught many of Berklee College of Music's best and brightest students how to write truly great lyrics. Her helpful guide contains essential information on lyric structures, timing and placement, and exercises to help everyone from beginners to seasoned songwriters say things more effectively and gain a better understanding of their craft. The book features examples of famous songs for study, Be Still My Beating Heart * Can't Fight This Feeling * It Was a Very Good Year * Tickle Me * and more. (main headings only) Chapter 1: number of Getting your balance Chapter 2: Length of Controlling your speed Chapter 3: Setting up, shutting down Chapter 4: Taking total control Chapter 5: Tossing the balls together Chapter 6: Song The big show Chapter 7: Hook placement & Turning the lights on

102 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Constantia Munda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm going through old Art College Text books and re-reading them. I started with "Drawing on the Right-side of the Brain" and I got so bogged down with great drawing exercises that I forgot about, that I had to stop that drawing work, and pick-up another couple of books in order to not go into a drawing (right-brain) rabbit-hole.

The third Text book I picked up and read is from a Lyric 101 classes -Managing Lyric Structure. I took the class at Berklee College of Music in 1993 (via Pro Arts Consortium and Massachusetts College of Art). I was such a bad student back then that I didn't do the exercises , or did them incorrectly. I'm rectifying my bad student 1993 days and now doing all exercises correctly!

A Continuation of of Lyric 101 Text Book - Managing Lyric Structure Take Aways -
1 - Poetry or rythmic Balance,
2 - Structure, Speed, Pattern,Phrasing, and then
3 - Juggle it all together into an
4 - Expected or Deceptive Closure.