It helps exercise those songwriting synapses in your mind so when inspiration does strike with a completely new song you’ll have the experience to fill in the blanks and write your own song. This songwriting exercise of replacing lyrics with your own is a great way of writing without putting pressure on yourself to come up with a Grammy-winning song. If you’re unsure of how to use rhyme patterns you can check out my article, “ Types of Rhymes in Songs“ Then from that point continue writing the song with the same rhyme pattern as the original. now you find words that rhyme with “day”, pick one and create a second lyric line that uses that word you picked as the last word in line 2 while at the same time matches the syllable count and emphasis placement. Try replacing “day and night” with ” every day”. When I came up with “day and night” I needed to find an ending word for the second line that rhymed with “night” so I would typically think of those words or look some up in a rhyming dictionary and start brainstorming what I could come up with. I write lyrics day and night I don’t quit until they’re right Note the theme of the title is writing lyrics. Use the same melody of, “ Jesus Loves Me” and work from the title, “ I Write Lyrics“. You can pick a song for this exercise, or here’s a little prompt to get you going. In my lyric, I kept the general theme “Love” throughout the song. One other point about this songwriting exercise is to not only keep syllables and emphasis the same as the original but also to have your lyric make sense with the message you’re writing about. in the original: JEsus, and mine: GRANDpa original: LITtle ones mine: IN my prayers That’s the idea of this songwriting exercise.įor example. Notice how the syllable count of each line matches the original lyric as well as which syllable has the emphasis placed on it. Now, as you read through my lyric, sing it to the melody of the song. Yes, Jesus loves you Yes, Grandpa loves you Yes, we all love you I wanted you to know Grandpa loves you, you should know I can’t wait to watch you grow In my prayers, you’ll always be Welcome to our family Yes, Jesus loves you Yes, Jesus loves you Yes, Jesus loves you The bible tells you so Jesus loves you, you should know For the bible tells you so To our Savior, you belong You are weak but He is strong I’ve been blessed to sing it twice so far and will again, God willing, in a few more months. Here’s a lyric I came up with and sing in a video message to each of my grandkids on the day they are born. You can either keep it somewhat related to the original or completely different. The idea is to come up with a title of your own, replace the original lyric with your own lyric while at the same time keeping the same emphasis of syllables as in the original song. OK, the first song that you will be replacing the lyrics to is “Jesus Loves Me”. I will give you some “starter” lines to help you along the process. This type of exercise is especially helpful when a songwriter is experiencing a bout of songwriter’s block (read my article, “ How to Overcome Songwriter’s Block“).īecause of copyright rules, this songwriting exercise will use a public domain song as well as a lyric I came up with. You will be replacing an existing lyric with one of your own. This songwriting exercise is designed to give you lyric writing practice. Whether it’s an exercise in rhyming, lyric writing, or writing a melody, songwriting exercises prepare the songwriter to craft better songs. Using songwriting exercises is an effective tool to improve a songwriter’s skill in a particular area of the songwriting craft.
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