Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies
Sharpen your lyric writing skills under the expert guidance of author and teacher Pat Pattison, and discover the techniques that have helped his students win Grammys and write number one songs. In this course, you'll learn how to generate better ideas, find the right words to express those ideas, and organize rhythms and rhymes into compelling verses, choruses and bridges. Craft more vivid lyrics by mastering the elements of structure and the process of building great lyrical ideas into great songs. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned writer, this course will help you brainstorm ideas more freely and structure your lyrics more effectively.
Upon completing this course, you will have learned to:
- Generate more ideas and better ideas for your lyric
- Find more interesting words to express your ideas
- Create rhythms with your words
- Find better and more interesting rhymes
- Create effective contrast between sections
- Use the structures of your sections to enhance the emotional intent of your lyric
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Online Summer Term Starts June 25th
Course Info
| For-credit tuition: $1,400 |
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Non-credit tuition: $1,200 Add 6 CEUs: $25.00 |
| Credits: 3 |
| Duration: 12 weeks |
| Catalog #: BMW-120 |
Course Faculty 
| Pat Pattison Author, clinician and Berklee Professor of Lyric Writing and Poetry. | |
| Shane Adams Creative Director / Catalog Manager for Sea Gayle Music in Nashville. | |
| Scarlet Keys Teaches songwriting at Berklee, once a full-time staff songwriter for Warner Chappell Music. | |
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Course Preview
The tools Berklee Songwriting professor Pat Pattison presents in his 12-week course are intended to help songwriters come up with new, creative, and meaningful ideas—helping songwriters avoid writer’s block, remain productive and fresh through daily writing exercises, and take their songwriting up a notch. “There’s no substitute for doing a little bit of something every day,” says Pattison. “And that’s what my course asks students to do.” Read more
Student Comments
“I loved this course. I learned countless new skills and concepts that are going to serve me for the rest of my songwriting life.” - R. Varze
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