Why do rhymes sound good

They sound easy on the ear, and therefore makes a nice sounding song. It is however possible to make your songs flow along without rhyming each final word on each line. An example of this is the following Jack Johnson lyric from the song Better Together :. Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart, Like why are we here, and where do we go, and how come it's so hard?

It's not always easy as sometimes life can be deceiving, I'll tell you one thing: It's always better when we're together. As you can see, not one word in that part of the lyric rhymes. That said, it does sound right when he sings it, and it flows together well. It doesn't sound uneasy on the ear, and it's relevant to what he's talking about. Think about it, if you wasn't tied down to rhyming certain words together, how many more things could you say in your lyrics?

Wouldn't your bars make a lot more sense as you can simply say what you wanted rather then having to find a word to rhyme with it?

Not being restricted by rhyming all of your song lyrics can really help with your songwriting creativity, so once you've passed the basic lyric writing stage, try adding song lines which don't rhyme but flow instead. This will really step your writing game up. So do lyrics have to rhyme? No, they don't!

What's more important is making your lyrics flow well together, and not sounding uneasy on the ears. Of course rhyming is still a useful part of songwriting, but overusing it can make your lyrics sound childish and basic. So get a healthy balance in. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter; Do all your lyrics rhyme? Or do you switch it up? Let us know in the comments section below. Remember though, none of what you've learned will matter if you don't know how to get your music out there and earn from it.

Want to learn how to do that? In traditional poetry, a regular rhyme aids the memory for recitation and gives predictable pleasure.

A pattern of rhyme, called a scheme, also helps establish the form. Because our brain adapts more easily to a pattern rather than haphazard composition of words. This probably gives a soothing effect to our brain and hence most of the time we find rhyming songs and poems pleasing. Rhyming in song sounds lovely — but, as Pat demonstrates, the reason our minds and ears love rhymes so much is a bit more scientific and analytical than we usually realize.

To the ear, it will sound more like internal rhyme but to the eye it will appear as some form of end rhyme. In a good rhyming poem, the reader might not even realize it is rhyming poem until later.

Free verse is an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French vers libre form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech. Virat and Anushka are among the richest celebrities in the country. Anushka earned Rs As she entered her college years, Amrita Rao accepted several jobs acting in television commercials.

It was in that she made her career focus as an actor official. There are over 15 different vowel sounds, and no common word ending for grammar usage. Italian, Spanish, French, by comparison, have fewer vowel sounds, and word endings have grammatical meaning.

That leads to more rhyming options, when only considering perfect rhymes. However, using different strong rhymes or less stable rhymes can allow creativity and inconsistency in a musical way.

Instead, Pat says, there are more ways to connect words than just perfectly. Rhyming in song sounds lovely — but, as Pat demonstrates, the reason our minds and ears love rhymes so much is a bit more scientific and analytical than we usually realize. Write songs for the ears and not the eyes, and it will allow you to open up your creative songwriting mind. Drew is a Seattle-based freelance writer. He spends too much time playing music, binging on Netflix, and watching his beloved Philadelphia sports teams.

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