Pat Pattison's Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming: A Step-by-Step Guide to Better Rhyming for Poets and Lyricists

by Pat Pattison

(Berklee Press). Find better rhymes, and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing, and this guide will provide you with all the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. Make rhyme work for you, and your lyric writing will greatly improve. If you have written lyrics before, even at a professional level, you can still gain greater control and understanding of your craft with the exercises and worksheets included in this book. Hone your writing technique and skill with this practical and fun approach to the art of lyric writing. Start writing better than ever before! You will learn Use different types of consonant and vowel sounds to improve your lyric story * Find more rhymes and choose which ones are most effective * Spotlight important ideas using rhyme. The second edition of this classic songwriting text contains new strategies and insights, as well as analyses of the rhymes of Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, T.S. Eliot, and other songwriters and poets.

Genres: Music, Writing

136 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2014

Reviews

[Tyler Presley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pat Pattison’s “Essential Guide to Rhyming” is a great resource for songwriters that expands upon the lessons in rhyme from “Writing Better Lyrics”.

This book greatly expanded my understanding of various rhyme types, assonance, consonance, and alliteration, introduced me to juncture and voice leading, and taught me how to implement these poetic devices into my lyrics.

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pattison's book is an excellent book for anyone who wants to write lyrics. I have found him and his book to be an invaluable guide and resource on how to craft a well made song. I continue to refer to the book as I write.

[Jacob Mccalabb]

yes i like this

[Jason Cady · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is so much technical info in here that now having read it, I'm going back to skim it and take notes.

[Molly Masters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got me finding new things in songs I've known my whole life.

[Swell Versed · Rating 5 out of 5]

I came across this book in my search for resources on both songwriting and rhyme, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much rhyme detail this book covers, compared to most other books (on songwriting or poetry or otherwise). My favorite section is Pat Pattison's scale of rhyme, in which he categorizes different rhyme types based on the level of stability (like musical chords). This is the only book that I know of that uses this unique categorization. I also appreciated the detailed examples he included for "additive rhyme" and "subtractive rhyme".

[Kent Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pat really knows his stuff and has the cred to prove it. I took 2 of his classes at Berklee def recommend to anyone thinking about writing.

[Simon Hawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite books I've ever written on rhyming for songwriters. Great ideas that Pat has developed much deeper than any other sources. Well worth reading.