Writing in Phrases

From Online Learning June 26, 2017

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Previously we have seen how melody is made up of short musical sentences called phrases. In songs, phrases will often mirror the way the text is structured. In this video, Adam demonstrates how an understanding of phrase and phrase structure can be helpful to the songwriter.

Adam is joined again by singer Stephanie Gilroy to perform a traditional Mexican song, La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) before turning our attention to My Town, and the different ways musical phrases could be used to shape the melody for the first verse.

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Appears In: How to Write Your First Song

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