Hello, friends.
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Welcome once again
to You Can Write A Song.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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Thank you for taking
the time to tune in again.
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And this program
is an exciting one
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because you may have
heard about rhyme like,
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Mary Had A Little Lamb,
and the list goes on and on.
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Rhythm is so
much a part of life.
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If your heart is ever out
of rhythm, it's arrhythmia.
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Everything in our planet,
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in our cycle of sun going up
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and sun going down
is all based on rhythm.
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And the person that is going
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to be a part of
our program today,
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the main focus, our guest
is none other than Lanny Wolfe.
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And I can't
think of anybody else
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that knows about
rhythm in the way
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that you have over the years.
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Thank you for
coming. Thank you, John.
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It's good to be here.
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What are we
going to learn today?
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We're going to learn so
many different rhyme schemes...
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Okay.
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And how to use them,
and the importance of rhyme
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and rhyme scheme.
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I'm astonished
that one of my students,
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worship pastor did a
project, great singer.
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And when he came to
me to start taking song,
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he had no concept of rhyme.
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I was shocked to
think that here's an adult
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who made a project
that was a good project,
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and wrote the songs,
had no concept of rhyme.
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So it's amazing how many people
don't really understand rhyme,
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they're going to
learn about it today.
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Well, sit back friends and
hit the record button right now,
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because when
this program is over,
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you will think
rhyme in the proper way
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and then you will be
able to write a song.
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It's going to be
an exciting program.
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Hit the record button right now.
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I would like to talk
about a very important aspect
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of songwriting, rhyme,
and what I call Rhyme Time.
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In a previous session,
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I talked about the A, A,
A, A' prime chorus format,
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in which the first
three lines are all the same,
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and the fourth is an extension
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or completion of a
thought of the first three lines
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as in Greater is
He that is in me,
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Greater is He that is in me,
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Greater is He that is in me
than He that is in the world.
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Today, I would like
to discuss other formulas
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for both verses and choruses
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of a song with respect to rhyme.
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Rhyme is a
repetition of similar sounds
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of two or more words,
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most often used for effect
in the final positions of lines
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or poems and songs.
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For example, day, hay, lay,
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may, play, say, tray, way, etc.
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If the first
word is one syllable,
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the ideal rhyme for the second
would also be one syllable.
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However, the second word
could have more syllables
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than the first as
in the first word day,
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and the second word, obey.
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Also, the second or rhyming word
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doesn't have to be spelled
the same way as the first word.
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Just sound the same.
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For example, go, G-O, show,
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S-H-O-W, toe, T-O-E,
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same sound, different spelling.
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From the time all of
us were small children,
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we were introduced
to the idea of rhyme
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in the form of nursery rhymes.
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Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow,
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and everywhere that Mary
went, the lamb was sure to go.
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The itsy bitsy spider crawled up
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the water spout
down came the rain,
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and washed the spider out.
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Out came the sun and
dried up all the rain
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and the itsy bitsy
spider went up the spout again.
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Taking you back
to elementary school.
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
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All the king's horses
and all the king's men
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couldn't put
Humpty together again.
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So nursery rhymes
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were our first
introduction to poetry.
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They helped us
master new language
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because they
present a vocabulary
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in a format that
caught our attention
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and helped us to
remember and use tunes,
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and repetition, and
rhythm, and actions.
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Rhyme and nursery
rhymes gives a child the sense
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of anticipating the
sound of the end of a line
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to come based on the
end of a preceding line.
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Just as rhyme gives
nursery rhyme structure,
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it helps to
give a song structure
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and helps to divide
the song into sections,
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which usually makes it
easier for the listener
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to not only
digest the entire song,
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but easier to
remember the song broken down
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into sections or
verses, chorus, bridge etc.
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In my early songwriting career,
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I used to carry
around a rhyming dictionary
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to save me all
the trouble from going
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through the alphabet in my mind,
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ar, bar, car, dar, far,
har, lar, mar, nar, war, sar.
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But now, with
the internet access,
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I go to rhyme zone,
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rhymezone.com
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You simply put in a word
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that you want to find rhymes to,
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it will give you
one syllable words,
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it will give you
two syllable words,
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three syllable rhymes.
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It will also
give you fake rhymes.
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A fake rhyme is formed by words
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with a similar but
not identical sound.
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Fake rhymes are
sometimes called...
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Here we go, loose
rhymes, near rhymes,
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half rhymes, lazy rhymes,
slant rhymes, false rhymes,
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imperfect
rhymes, partial rhymes,
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oblique rhymes and off rhymes.
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They're all fake, okay?
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An example of fake rhyme
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is found in the
verse of I feel good,
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where the word book,
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B-O-O-K is rhyming
with the word good, G-O-O-D.
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Now I'm on my way to
heaven and I'm singing as I go,
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I'm so glad my name
is written in the book,
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just to know His
blood has cleanse med
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and I'm ready now to
go makes me want to shout,
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"Hallelujah!
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I feel good!"
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There's a
growing trend to use more
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and more fake rhymes rather
than strict rhymes nowadays.
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This makes it
easier for the writer
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to be able to have a lot
more choices to choose from,
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in ending a certain
line of a verse or chorus,
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and giving the essence of
sounding close to the word
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they're trying to rhyme with,
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but not to be
hostage to a strict rhyme.
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My writing style has
always been to strive
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to use strict rhyme,
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sometimes called
exact or rigid rhyme.
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Structure or form
of a verse or chorus
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is always dictated
by the rhyme scheme.
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Before I talk
about some examples
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of some common
rhyme scheme forms,
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let me talk about writing
a song with no rhyme scheme.
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Sometimes called
through composed,
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no rhyme scheme would indicate
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that none of the
end phrases rhyme,
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it can be tricky to pull
off successfully in instances
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where the no rhyme
scheme techniques is used.
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There must be more
focus placed on the rhythm
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and the flow of the lyrics.
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This no rhyme
scheme format often works
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best with some
well-known writing,
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such as the Lord's
Prayer, or John 3:16,
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which are familiar and
sacred in their original form.
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For God
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So loved
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The world
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That He gave
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His only begotten Son
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That whosoever
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Believeth on Him
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Should not perish
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Should not perish
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But they shall have
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They shall have
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Everlasting
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Life
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To even out the
length of the lines,
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I incorporated repetition as in,
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should not
perish, should not perish,
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and they shall
have, they shall have.
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The most popular rhyme
scheme form is probably A,
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A, A, A,
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where all the ends
of every line rhyme.
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Now, don't
confuse this rhyme scheme,
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A, A, A, A,
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with that easy
chorus rhyme scheme format
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that we talked about earlier,
which was A, A, A, A' prime,
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where it refers to all
the line being the same.
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Now we're talking
about just the last word
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of the line rhyming.
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An example of this would
be illustrated by the song,
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Surely the Presence.
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Surely the presence of the Lord
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Is in this place
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I can feel His mighty power
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And His grace I can hear
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The brush of angels' wings
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I see glory on each face
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Surely the presence
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Of the Lord is in this place
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The end of each one
of those lines rhymed.
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Fresh Touch of Desire
also illustrates the A, A, A,
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A rhyme scheme.
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There is a fresh touch
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Of desire
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In my soul
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Today
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There's a fresh touch
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Of desire
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To go
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All the way
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For I've made up in my mind
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I'm gonna make it come
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What may
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There is a fresh touch
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Of desire In my soul
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Today Soul today
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Though the A, A, A,
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A rhyme scheme is a
great writing technique,
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you want to be
cautious of your rhyme
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sounding too
forced or contrived.
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For example,
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to rhyme with scent you
choose to in the next line
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with to the store I went.
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In conversation,
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you would say I
went to the store
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and you would not
say to the store I went.
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So, we have a second rhyme
scheme which is A, A, B, B.
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Lines one and two rhyme,
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while lines three and
four share a different rhyme.
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Favorite Lanny Wolfe song,
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Jesus be the Lord
of All illustrates
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this rhyme scheme
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In my heart are kingdoms
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Of a world
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That's all
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My own Kingdoms
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That are only seen By myself
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And God alone
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In the past
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when I tried to rule my world
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It just seemed to fall apart
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So please, Jesus,
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Be the Lord
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Of all The kingdoms
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Of my heart
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The verse of Greater
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is He also illustrates the A, A,
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B, B rhyme scheme.
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Satan's like a
roaring lion Roaming
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To and fro' Seeking
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Whom he may devour
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The Bible tells me
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So Many souls have been
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His prey To fall
in some weak hour
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But God has promised us today
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His overcoming pow'r
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You may have heard of this
little song that God gave me
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that illustrates the
rhyme scheme A, A, B, B.
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It's called More than Wonderful.
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He promised us
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That He would be a counselor
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A mighty God and the Prince
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Of Peace He promised us
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That He would be a father
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And would love us
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With a love
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That would not cease Well,
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I've tried Him
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And I've found His promises
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Are true He's everything
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He said that He would be
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The finest words
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I know could not begin
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To tell Just how much Jesus
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Really means to me
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I want to talk
about rhyme scheme
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number three
which is A, B, A, B.
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So now, in a four line verse,
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lines one and
three share a rhyme
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and lines two and four
share a different rhyme.
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The chorus of A Brand
New Touch illustrates that.
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Lord, you know I need
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A brand new touch
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My strength from yesterday
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Is gone
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But if you give me
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Lord another touch
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I'll have the strength
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To carry on
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That's A, B, A, B.
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The verses of I Feel Good
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also use the A,
B, A, B rhyme scheme.
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Oh, how well do I
remember All the days I spent
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In sin With no thought
of doing All the things
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I should But then the
blessed Savior found me
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And He gently took me
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In Makes me want
to shout Hallelujah!
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I feel good!
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So rhyme scheme number
three is a very popular one.
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Rhyme scheme
number four is A, B, C, B.
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So this means that
lines one and three,
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they don't rhyme,
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but lines two and four do rhyme.
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I love the, I
feel good verse of,
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Have a Nice Day with Jesus,
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which
incorporates this rhyme scheme.
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You can wake up every morning
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With a smile upon your face
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Just to know the Lord
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Has kept you one more day
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And no matter
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what the day may
bring You can face it
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with a smile For the
Lord will walk Beside
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You all the way
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So that rhyme
scheme was A, B, C, B
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and the ends of the
lines were face, day,
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smile, way.
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Just as you can't change horses
in the middle of the stream,
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you can't change rhyme
schemes in the middle of a song.
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Every verse has to
maintain the same rhyme scheme.
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In verse two
of, have a nice day,
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the ends of the
lines are alright,
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day, storm and say.
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Anyone can sing
when the sun is shining,
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and everything
seems to be alright.
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But it's a different story
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when you're
talking about a rainy day.
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Just let the
Lord be your umbrella,
00:17:13.60\00:17:15.40
and He'll take
you through the storm.
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Give the world a smile
and let them hear you say.
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So the rhyme scheme for
verse two was consistent
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with a rhyme
scheme of verse one.
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Also, even
though the rhyme scheme
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for the verses of a song
can be the same as the chorus,
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most often they are different.
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The same rhyme
scheme for both verses
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and chorus can
sometimes feel to singsongy
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or get too monotonous.
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A different rhyme scheme
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sometimes helps
to give contrast.
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And now,
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one of my personal
favorite rhyme schemes,
00:17:48.66\00:17:50.77
rhyme scheme
number five is A, A,
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what I call internal rhyme,
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B on the third
line, followed by A.
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So we have lines one,
two and four that rhyme,
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but line three has two phrases
00:18:04.38\00:18:06.75
that rhyme
internally with in line three.
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Even from the start of
my songwriting career at 18,
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I wrote Only Jesus
Can Satisfy Your Soul
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that uses this
favorite rhyme scheme
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Only Jesus
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Can satisfy
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Your soul Satisfy your soul
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And only
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He can change your heart
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And make you
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whole
00:18:40.18\00:18:45.35
He'll give you peace
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You never knew
00:18:48.59\00:18:51.66
Sweet love and joy and heaven,
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Too For only Jesus
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Can satisfy your soul
00:19:01.60\00:19:07.74
Using internal rhyme line three,
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you don't always
have to have lines one,
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two and four be
the exact same line,
00:19:13.62\00:19:16.38
but it works well when
they are as in the chorus
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of God's Wonderful People.
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I love the thrill that
I feel when I get together
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With God's wonderful people Love
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The thrill that I
feel when I get together
00:19:30.47\00:19:34.20
With God's wonderful people
00:19:34.24\00:19:37.14
What a sight just to see
00:19:37.17\00:19:39.64
All the happy faces Praising God
00:19:39.67\00:19:44.05
In heavenly
places Love the thrill
00:19:44.08\00:19:46.68
That I feel when I get together
00:19:46.72\00:19:49.68
With God's wonderful people
00:19:49.72\00:19:55.32
Notice lines one,
00:19:55.36\00:19:56.69
two and four are
exactly the same,
00:19:56.73\00:19:59.53
and line three has
that internal rhyme
00:19:59.56\00:20:03.03
with those two phrases.
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And, in the same vein,
00:20:04.90\00:20:07.50
I keep falling in love
with Him is pattern A, A,
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internal rhyme line
three and line four A,
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I keep falling in love with Him.
00:20:15.84\00:20:17.98
I keep falling in love
00:20:18.01\00:20:20.22
With Him over
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And over And over and over again
00:20:21.65\00:20:26.29
I keep falling in love
00:20:26.32\00:20:28.92
With Him over and over
00:20:28.96\00:20:31.09
And over and over
again He gets sweeter
00:20:31.13\00:20:36.87
And sweeter as
the days go by Oh,
00:20:36.90\00:20:40.67
What a love between my Lord
00:20:40.70\00:20:42.90
And I Just keep falling in love
00:20:42.94\00:20:45.91
With Him over and over And over
00:20:45.94\00:20:49.24
And over again
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I guess you could say,
00:20:53.42\00:20:54.75
I keep falling
in love with it over
00:20:54.78\00:20:57.05
and over and over again.
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The it being rhyme
scheme number five A, A,
00:20:58.45\00:21:02.56
internal rhyme B, A.
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It shows up again in
one of my favorite songs
00:21:04.83\00:21:07.56
that God has given me,
Jesus We Crown You with Praise.
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.13
Jesus,
00:21:11.17\00:21:13.57
We crown You
00:21:13.60\00:21:16.30
With praise
00:21:16.34\00:21:21.98
Jesus,
00:21:22.01\00:21:24.61
We crown You
00:21:24.65\00:21:27.15
With praise
00:21:27.18\00:21:32.99
We love and adore You
00:21:33.02\00:21:38.89
Bow down
00:21:38.93\00:21:41.46
Before You Jesus,
00:21:41.50\00:21:47.20
We crown You
00:21:47.24\00:21:49.87
With praise
00:21:49.90\00:21:54.11
That was Brooklyn
Tabernacle singing
00:21:54.14\00:21:55.68
That cut of that wonderful song.
00:21:55.71\00:21:57.98
Have a Nice Day with Jesus
00:21:58.01\00:21:59.71
uses the same
rhyme scheme technique.
00:21:59.75\00:22:02.28
But notice the
length of the two phrases
00:22:02.32\00:22:04.79
in line three don't have
to be the same length as one,
00:22:04.82\00:22:08.62
two and four,
00:22:08.66\00:22:09.99
as long as both
of them in line three
00:22:10.03\00:22:12.19
are
approximately the same length
00:22:12.23\00:22:14.10
and or the same number
of syllables, it works.
00:22:14.13\00:22:17.33
Have a nice day with Jesus
00:22:17.37\00:22:20.90
Have a nice day
00:22:20.94\00:22:24.04
Have a nice day with Jesus
00:22:24.07\00:22:28.04
Have a nice day
00:22:28.08\00:22:31.25
You may wish the sun would shine
00:22:31.28\00:22:33.25
A little bit brighter
But when you've got the Lord
00:22:33.28\00:22:36.45
He'll make your
load a lot lighter
00:22:36.48\00:22:40.26
So have a nice day with Jesus
00:22:40.29\00:22:44.09
Have a nice day
00:22:44.13\00:22:47.63
Let me call your attention
to the chorus of the song
00:22:47.66\00:22:50.97
Someone is Praying for You.
00:22:51.00\00:22:52.73
Again, it's A, A,
00:22:52.77\00:22:54.54
internal rhyme B, A, or is it?
00:22:54.57\00:22:58.74
Someone is praying
00:22:58.77\00:23:02.78
For you
00:23:02.81\00:23:06.15
Someone is praying
00:23:06.18\00:23:09.42
For you
00:23:09.45\00:23:12.25
So when it
seems you're all alone
00:23:12.29\00:23:17.43
And your heart would
break in two Remember,
00:23:17.46\00:23:22.50
Someone
00:23:22.53\00:23:24.20
Is pray for you
00:23:24.23\00:23:29.94
I call that to your attention
00:23:29.97\00:23:31.31
because it feels
like it's internal rhyme B
00:23:31.34\00:23:34.64
on the third line.
00:23:34.68\00:23:37.05
As in, so when it
seems you're all alone,
00:23:37.08\00:23:40.18
and your heart
would break in two,
00:23:40.22\00:23:41.95
but those does not
rhyme with each other.
00:23:41.98\00:23:44.42
As a consideration,
00:23:44.45\00:23:45.79
let's say if I wanted line three
00:23:45.82\00:23:47.96
to be an official
internal line rhyme B,
00:23:47.99\00:23:51.99
I could have written line three,
00:23:52.03\00:23:54.36
so when you're
feeling sad and blue,
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.20
like your heart
would break in two,
00:23:57.23\00:23:59.53
then we would have ended up
00:23:59.57\00:24:00.90
with the
following ends of the lines,
00:24:00.94\00:24:03.57
you, you, blue, two, you.
00:24:03.61\00:24:07.48
And this is too much.
00:24:07.51\00:24:08.84
It's overkill of rhyme,
00:24:08.88\00:24:10.21
too much rhyme for
short lines like this chorus.
00:24:10.25\00:24:13.72
An exception,
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.52
although I'm a
stickler for strict rhyme,
00:24:15.55\00:24:18.29
let's look at the
chorus of the song,
00:24:18.32\00:24:20.69
my house is full,
but my field is empty.
00:24:20.72\00:24:25.13
The words are, my house is full,
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.06
but my field is empty.
00:24:27.10\00:24:28.96
Who will go and
work for me today?
00:24:29.00\00:24:32.00
It seems my children all
want to stay around my table,
00:24:32.03\00:24:35.60
but no one wants
to work in my field.
00:24:35.64\00:24:38.24
Repeat last line,
00:24:38.27\00:24:39.67
no one wants to
work in my field.
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.78
Well, this was
such a powerful song
00:24:42.81\00:24:45.51
when I felt God
was giving it to me.
00:24:45.55\00:24:48.18
It wasn't until a few
years after I had written
00:24:48.22\00:24:52.09
it that a student in one
of my songwriting classes
00:24:52.12\00:24:54.06
asked me if I was aware
that there was no rhyme scheme
00:24:54.09\00:24:57.69
in these lyrics.
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.06
The last line
is simply repeated.
00:24:59.09\00:25:00.93
I was shocked because
00:25:00.96\00:25:02.43
I never really
even thought about it,
00:25:02.46\00:25:04.37
because the words in the chorus
00:25:04.40\00:25:06.17
were so anointed
and given by the Lord,
00:25:06.20\00:25:09.44
that I basically wrote down
00:25:09.47\00:25:11.41
what He was speaking to
me without filtering them
00:25:11.44\00:25:14.38
through any rhyme
scheme consideration.
00:25:14.41\00:25:18.51
The bottom line is,
00:25:18.55\00:25:19.88
you don't tell
God He has to follow
00:25:19.91\00:25:21.88
any of our songwriting rules.
00:25:21.92\00:25:24.72
Remember, because
most songs are written
00:25:24.75\00:25:27.32
with some rhyme scheme format,
00:25:27.36\00:25:29.72
you run the best
chance for your song
00:25:29.76\00:25:31.76
to be successful
if you do likewise.
00:25:31.79\00:25:35.50
Your assignment for this session
00:25:35.53\00:25:38.03
is to write a
chorus using the A,
00:25:38.07\00:25:42.40
A internal rhyme B rhyme scheme.
00:25:42.44\00:25:47.24
Now, if you'll just think
back the following examples
00:25:47.28\00:25:50.68
that I've given you,
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.18
I keep falling in love with Him,
00:25:52.21\00:25:54.25
and I love the
thrill that I feel
00:25:54.28\00:25:55.85
with God's wonderful people,
00:25:55.88\00:25:57.49
Jesus, we crown You with praise,
00:25:57.52\00:25:59.69
I think it will be easy
for you to get your pencil out
00:25:59.72\00:26:02.82
and start putting some
lines on paper, lines one, two,
00:26:02.86\00:26:06.19
and four can be the same.
00:26:06.23\00:26:08.03
Line three has
to have two phrases,
00:26:08.06\00:26:10.17
and they both have to rhyme.
00:26:10.20\00:26:11.90
Get your pen out
and start writing.
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.54
Oh, friends, I know that you
were blessed by this program.
00:26:18.74\00:26:21.61
You were not only informed,
00:26:21.64\00:26:22.98
but I hope you are transformed
because I now know that rhyme
00:26:23.01\00:26:26.55
is not the same to you.
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.12
We talked about
rhyme and structure,
00:26:28.15\00:26:30.52
rhyme and repetition,
00:26:30.55\00:26:31.92
rhyme and song
format, rhyme schemes,
00:26:31.95\00:26:34.92
rhyme
variations, internal rhyme,
00:26:34.96\00:26:37.39
exceptions to rhyme and
my favorite, fake rhyme.
00:26:37.43\00:26:41.16
Well, if you want to
be an aspiring songwriter
00:26:41.20\00:26:43.13
whose songs are
remembered for many,
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.77
many years to come,
00:26:44.80\00:26:46.13
and even unlock the potential
00:26:46.17\00:26:48.44
in somebody's mind
to be humming your songs
00:26:48.47\00:26:50.44
or thinking about the next
song you're going to write,
00:26:50.47\00:26:53.38
this is the program
that you were blessed by.
00:26:53.41\00:26:56.31
Lanny Wolfe gave
you an assignment and,
00:26:56.34\00:26:58.61
Lanny, this was
an amazing program.
00:26:58.65\00:27:00.28
Thank you, John.
00:27:00.32\00:27:01.65
I mean, to think about
rhyme in the way you have,
00:27:01.68\00:27:04.29
how did you come
up with that ideology?
00:27:04.32\00:27:07.02
As a songwriter, if
you don't have rhyme,
00:27:07.06\00:27:09.29
you might as well
change occupations.
00:27:09.32\00:27:11.79
But it's amazing to me,
00:27:11.83\00:27:13.46
you know, how many
folks who are songwriters
00:27:13.50\00:27:16.90
really have no concept of rhyme.
00:27:16.93\00:27:18.83
So this is an awakening,
00:27:18.87\00:27:21.00
and an integral
part of making a song
00:27:21.04\00:27:24.47
what it really
needs to be memorable.
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.74
That's right.
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.11
And so, friends, get
your pens and your papers out
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.58
and hit that record
button for the next program.
00:27:30.61\00:27:33.82
But remember, you
can write a song now
00:27:33.85\00:27:36.02
and you could make it rhyme.
00:27:36.05\00:27:37.85
So instead of just ending
with Mary Had A Little Lamb,
00:27:37.89\00:27:40.69
make your first
song a tremendous hit,
00:27:40.72\00:27:43.76
when you involve Rhyme Time.
00:27:43.79\00:27:45.46
Remember, You Can Write A Song.
00:27:45.49\00:27:48.53