Rhyme Scheme and how we use it.

Rhyme is how we organize the lyrics (Whether they rhyme or not)

Lyrics! - the words in a song. They can be in any language and any format. However we're organizing them though is the rhyme scheme. This post is about the most direct form of rhyme scheme, but eventually we will talk about phrasing and how that helps tell us what the rhyme can be. BUT here we're talking about rhyme scheme that relates to the sounds that match in words.

Rhyming

Q:What if I don't know how to rhyme?

A: You can rhyme anything with confidence! You just have to stay on the beat.

Q: Do we have to rhyme?

A: Um...duh. That's why we're working on it. (Also please see above.)

Q: How do I rhyme?

A: BRAINSTORM! Once you figure out what word you're trying to rhyme, write down as many words as you can that rhyme with that word. Then attach some senteces to those words to create your lyrics

Q: Do I have to have a form for my rhyme scheme?

A: You will whether you want to or not.

Q: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

A: So, if you have two lyrics, that rhyme at the end of a sentence (phrase), you automatically have something called a couplet. Every time you create a couplet you are creating form. You can also create triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets. Just like when we found different sections that sounded the same for the FORM of the song, we're finding words that sound the same that tell us the RHYME SCHEME of the lyrics.

Form for LYRICS: the little picture

When we are finding the rhyme scheme of a song we have to find the words that rhyme.

First Step: Find a STANZA .

Q: What's a stanza?

A: It's a grouping of words that go together because they tell things about one idea.

Second Step: Circle the words that rhyme

If there are two words that rhyme in the first two sentences then two words that rhyme in the last two sentences, (but not with the first) that sounds like an AABB rhyme scheme.

LIKE THIS

- A used pink bathrobe

- A rare mint snow globe

- A smurf tv tray

- WHAT I BOUGHT on EBAY

Because BATHROBE and GLOBE rhyme they make a couplet. They came first in the stanza so we'll name them "A" lines.

Then because TRAY and EBAY rhyme they make another couplet. They came second in the stanza, so we'll name them "B" lines.

IMAGINARY SITUATION

The stanza ends there, so we'll call that stanza AABB. If it had gone two more lines and created a third couplet, we'd call it AABBCC. BUT IT DIDN'T SO DON'T CALL IT THAT!

Third Step. You need to prove if the rhyme scheme continues. So look at the next Stanza.

- My house, is filled with this crap

- Shows up in Bubble wrap

- Most everyday

- What I bought on Ebay

ALRIGHT! so we see that crap and wrap rhyme making another A couplet. Then we see everyday and Ebay create a second B couplet. SO we can now say that the RHYME SCHEME is AABB

Some types of Rhyming

Rhyming with confidence - This is where the words don't rhyme, but you stayed in time and committed with everything you have to convenience your audience that it does rhyme. EXAMPLE: Gold and Potato.

Perfect Rhyming - Where the sounds of the words are exact. This is the most effective and common use of rhyming. EXAMPLE: Cat and Bat

Slant Rhyming - Where a vowel sound or a consonant sound connect two words together, but they don't match as close as a perfect rhyme. Sometimes a vocalist with change the sounds to make them match better. EXAMPLE: Brown and Ground (use the "ow" vowel sound) Plant and Tent (use the "t" consonant sound)

Internal Rhyming - where words rhyme in the middle of phrases (sentences). Example

- I am the TYPE who

-is liable to SNIPE you

Type and snipe rhyme in the middle of the phrase instead of at the end.

End Rhyming - Where the words rhyme at the end of the phrase (sentence). EXAMPLE:

- I am the type WHO

- is liable to snipe YOU

Who and You rhyme at the end of the phrase instead of the middle.