Any Howard Ashman lyric is a masterclass in this technique. One of my favourite couplets in any song is, “Even de sturgeon and de ray, Dey get de urge an’ start to play.”
Yes, more Tom Lehrer - the man who rhymed "funeral" with "sooner or l(ater)", followed by "tragic" with "adjec(tives)" and "Te Deum" with "ICBM". Rhyming on a whole 'nother level!
Speaking of switching up schemes, one of my favorite uses of this tactic is in Lil Wayne's "Mama Mia." In the first leg of the second verse, the listener becomes accustomed to Wayne's endless string of "oo-ee" rhymes-Tunechi, Uzi, lose 'em, douchin', jewelry, Gucci, exclusive-and so on. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, he "trips" over his words: Designers, excuse me, massagers masseuse me Oops, I mean masseuses massage me, I'm gruesome, I'm grimy Turn you and lil' mami, to tuna salami The "Oops" is just for the bit; it's entirely intentional and it's SO slick! The scheme would have gotten stale if he used it for the entire verse, so he invents a diegetic reason-that is, a reason within the story he's telling with his lyrics-to change the rhyme scheme and keep things fresh. It's so confident and quick, and the aggressive lyrics he begins the new scheme with, coupled with his relentless flow, makes the listener as breathless as he sounds while rapping. It catches you completely off-guard. It's SO good!
THANK YOU for pointing out the relationship between rhyme and rhythm, was just talking about this with a friend i want to add that it drives me nuts when lyrics rhyme for the sake of rhyming (looking at a certain swift's recent work), one trick i really enjoy is extending the line after the rhyming word to soften the contrivance of lyrics excellent video!!
As an aspiring lyricist and big fan of musical theatre I absolutely love your videos! This video was really helpful, especially the part about slant rhymes 🗣️🗣️
I know this didn't get quite the same engagement as your Disney vids, but please keep this up! I love when TH-camrs make videos about things we all encounter everyday but maybe never thought about.
Always cool to see the more informative videos. Rhymes and a lot of aspects that go into song writing I feel get taken for granted, in the sense that someone can tell when something sounds good or bad but doesn't always understand it enough o explain it themselves. In that same way, it takes talent to break something like this down in a digestable way and with this amount of detail (Masculine and Feminine Rhymes weren't a concept I even knew had specific separate definitions before this video)
Thank you so much for making this! I’ve been meaning to work on my own lyrics and see how I can improve on them. Granted, I only write lyrics for already existing songs, (songs in other languages, parodies, adding lyrics to songs from video games) but the same techniques still apply. I was actually planning on rewatching your older videos for this when you uploaded this. Thanks for teaching me about rhymes and rhythm 😊
A great example of a rhyme disruption is in stressed out: I wish I found some better sounds no one's ever heard I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words I wish I found some chords in an order that is new I wish I didn't have to rhyme every time I sang
Howard Ashman was a very talented lyricist, and listening to the songs he wrote for Aladdin compared to those done later you can hear it in the word choices chosen for a lot of rhymes. Prince Ali vs One Jump Ahead for example.
I know masculine/feminine rhymes are gramatical and not anything to do with sex, obviously, but DARN the temptation to write a song for my '#girlboss' character about how great it is to be a woman and all the rhymes are feminine.
you are very cool, lemme just say that secondly, is it possible for you to explore the meaningful side of the lyricism? kinda like how you've touched on it with the "bonded" rhymes. personally, i do consider myself a pretty technically equipped writer, having some good works in my, uh, catalogue (diaries and phone notes haha). what i am struggling with is shoving enough intent in the words. hearing the works of renowned writers it really feels at times that every goddamn word is there for a reason. every line in a quatrain has a precise goal. it's a monumental topic, but it would be at least fun to see you explore some poems and figure out the flow of the meaning - how do the lines relate to each other, why are they in that order, that sort of stuff
@@astorrhymemaster its fine, thank you for the answer! and I've subbed already anyways, so looking forward to any other interesting things you wanna talk about next!
I love this video. I subscribed to your channel because of your knowledge in lyrics and thought it would be helpful if I ever wanted to commit to writing poetry or songs. Very informative. I hope to see more of this series. Thank you, hope to see more from you soon.
My attempt at implementing this: "Bramble branches left in the end Streams flowing through the furnaceland Despite the sun, it will turn cold And the carnifex will count his gold."
Really awesome vid on lyric writing!! I've actually been wanting to suggest these kinds of vids from you for a while now so I'm really happy to see this ❤❤❤
On the subject of bonded rhymes, you can rhyme two unlike or opposite things for a joke. I know you were mainly talking about song, rather than spoken/written poetry, but Alexander Pope was the GOAT at this sort of thing. Take his famous couplet from _The Rape of the Lock_ : Where thou great Anna, whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes council take, and sometimes tea ( _tea_ used to rhyme with _obey_ ). _Obedience_ is obviously on so much higher a level than _tea_ , but rhyming these two words underscores the pettiness of the aristocracy of Pope's time.
Surely different pronounciation doesn't make rhyming "subjective". Wouldnt it make it realtive to the pronunciation someone uses? If someone says "bath" as in "barth" and rhymes it with "starve" or something then that doesnt "not rhyme to me" it "doesnt rhyme when I say it"
I think my favorite rhyme is in Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ when she rhymes “oooohwaahhhooohhh” with “cruel summer” as much as it is silly on paper, it works (for me, personally, don’t cremate me for my opinions I beg you)
a great example of a song that doesn't use rhyme is "I guess this is goodbye" from into the woods. Sondheim doesn't rhyme anything because Jack (the character singing) is supposed to be seen as stupid or idiotic. Later in the show, Jack sings "Giant's in the sky", which is a quick paced patter song. This shows that Jack has grown as a character coz he isn't as "stupid" as he was before.
I actually hate slant rhymes. I always expect words to have “perfect rhymes” when I listen to music or read poetry, and the examples of slant rhymes never sound similar enough to me to pass as a rhymes.
5:24 Brother everything you’re saying is pretentious. Grow up and start contributing to society by making vids about STEM or something. Why do you waste your time so much on music and art???? AI can do that for you
What the fuck are you talking about, bro? Do you even know what this channel is all about? Go outside, I can smell you through the screen. You really left 2 entire hate comments on this video. Next level pathetic.
Hey, thanks for watching! My next video essay on Disney is in the works so stay tuned.
You know it’s gonna be a good day when Astor uploads
Any Howard Ashman lyric is a masterclass in this technique.
One of my favourite couplets in any song is,
“Even de sturgeon and de ray,
Dey get de urge an’ start to play.”
Well he does have his own weaknesses like Lin Manuel
7:00 This is how linguists were able to reconstruct an “authentic” Shakespearean accent.
Yeah
so glad anastasia got a mention in this video. once upon a december is such a beautiful song
Now I wanna see a full breakdown of Welcome To Rosas..
Your wish has been granted
It’s on a channel called pixel playhouse
Yes, more Tom Lehrer - the man who rhymed "funeral" with "sooner or l(ater)", followed by "tragic" with "adjec(tives)" and "Te Deum" with "ICBM". Rhyming on a whole 'nother level!
Me: will never write music
Also Me: Oooooooooh we learning much things!
Speaking of switching up schemes, one of my favorite uses of this tactic is in Lil Wayne's "Mama Mia." In the first leg of the second verse, the listener becomes accustomed to Wayne's endless string of "oo-ee" rhymes-Tunechi, Uzi, lose 'em, douchin', jewelry, Gucci, exclusive-and so on. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, he "trips" over his words:
Designers, excuse me, massagers masseuse me
Oops, I mean masseuses massage me, I'm gruesome, I'm grimy
Turn you and lil' mami, to tuna salami
The "Oops" is just for the bit; it's entirely intentional and it's SO slick! The scheme would have gotten stale if he used it for the entire verse, so he invents a diegetic reason-that is, a reason within the story he's telling with his lyrics-to change the rhyme scheme and keep things fresh. It's so confident and quick, and the aggressive lyrics he begins the new scheme with, coupled with his relentless flow, makes the listener as breathless as he sounds while rapping. It catches you completely off-guard. It's SO good!
THANK YOU for pointing out the relationship between rhyme and rhythm, was just talking about this with a friend
i want to add that it drives me nuts when lyrics rhyme for the sake of rhyming (looking at a certain swift's recent work), one trick i really enjoy is extending the line after the rhyming word to soften the contrivance of lyrics
excellent video!!
As an aspiring lyricist and big fan of musical theatre I absolutely love your videos! This video was really helpful, especially the part about slant rhymes 🗣️🗣️
I know this didn't get quite the same engagement as your Disney vids, but please keep this up! I love when TH-camrs make videos about things we all encounter everyday but maybe never thought about.
“Rhyme and rhythm are sisters. See they even have similar letters!”
Lmao *clicks like*
Always cool to see the more informative videos. Rhymes and a lot of aspects that go into song writing I feel get taken for granted, in the sense that someone can tell when something sounds good or bad but doesn't always understand it enough o explain it themselves. In that same way, it takes talent to break something like this down in a digestable way and with this amount of detail (Masculine and Feminine Rhymes weren't a concept I even knew had specific separate definitions before this video)
I've never had someone successfully explain slant rhymes to me until this video
All explanations I had before were just "sometimes it works"
Thank you so much for making this! I’ve been meaning to work on my own lyrics and see how I can improve on them. Granted, I only write lyrics for already existing songs, (songs in other languages, parodies, adding lyrics to songs from video games) but the same techniques still apply. I was actually planning on rewatching your older videos for this when you uploaded this. Thanks for teaching me about rhymes and rhythm 😊
A great example of a rhyme disruption is in stressed out:
I wish I found some better sounds no one's ever heard
I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words
I wish I found some chords in an order that is new
I wish I didn't have to rhyme every time I sang
prince ali mentioned
Howard Ashman was a very talented lyricist, and listening to the songs he wrote for Aladdin compared to those done later you can hear it in the word choices chosen for a lot of rhymes. Prince Ali vs One Jump Ahead for example.
Me when I was just relistening to her breakdown of the two dumpster fire songs from Wish and then she UPLOADS WOOOOOO
Watching your videos is helping me to write musician characters!
I'm so excited for this series
I know masculine/feminine rhymes are gramatical and not anything to do with sex, obviously, but DARN the temptation to write a song for my '#girlboss' character about how great it is to be a woman and all the rhymes are feminine.
i loved the bonded rhyme scheme introduction. thank you!
She's back!
you are very cool, lemme just say that
secondly, is it possible for you to explore the meaningful side of the lyricism? kinda like how you've touched on it with the "bonded" rhymes. personally, i do consider myself a pretty technically equipped writer, having some good works in my, uh, catalogue (diaries and phone notes haha). what i am struggling with is shoving enough intent in the words. hearing the works of renowned writers it really feels at times that every goddamn word is there for a reason. every line in a quatrain has a precise goal.
it's a monumental topic, but it would be at least fun to see you explore some poems and figure out the flow of the meaning - how do the lines relate to each other, why are they in that order, that sort of stuff
It's my favorite part of lyricism, but it's advanced, so I'm saving that for a while from now.
@@astorrhymemaster its fine, thank you for the answer! and I've subbed already anyways, so looking forward to any other interesting things you wanna talk about next!
Great video! Always fun to learn about the specifics of creation.
Your videos are so so wonderfully insightful and well made!! Thank you for teaching me so many things. ♥
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My god I love learning
I love this video. I subscribed to your channel because of your knowledge in lyrics and thought it would be helpful if I ever wanted to commit to writing poetry or songs. Very informative. I hope to see more of this series. Thank you, hope to see more from you soon.
Looking forward to the video on song structure :)
Woww, a video that is able to explain everything important about rhyming in 9 minutes. I love this channel!! 😄
You are amazing for sharing this wisdom with us. Looking forward to the next lesson!!
1:16 it’s fine it’s cool
This is so fascinating, lyric writing has always been so mysterious to me
My attempt at implementing this:
"Bramble branches left in the end
Streams flowing through the furnaceland
Despite the sun, it will turn cold
And the carnifex will count his gold."
Really awesome vid on lyric writing!! I've actually been wanting to suggest these kinds of vids from you for a while now so I'm really happy to see this ❤❤❤
6:45 holy shit kendrick
On the subject of bonded rhymes, you can rhyme two unlike or opposite things for a joke. I know you were mainly talking about song, rather than spoken/written poetry, but Alexander Pope was the GOAT at this sort of thing. Take his famous couplet from _The Rape of the Lock_ : Where thou great Anna, whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes council take, and sometimes tea ( _tea_ used to rhyme with _obey_ ). _Obedience_ is obviously on so much higher a level than _tea_ , but rhyming these two words underscores the pettiness of the aristocracy of Pope's time.
This is so interesting!!! Thanks so much!!
Cool!
Surely different pronounciation doesn't make rhyming "subjective". Wouldnt it make it realtive to the pronunciation someone uses?
If someone says "bath" as in "barth" and rhymes it with "starve" or something then that doesnt "not rhyme to me" it "doesnt rhyme when I say it"
Im glad i finally wqtched this video, song accademy is very educational and entertaining lol
The song writers for Wish need to watch this
This is honestly extremely heplful
Ur a literal life saver with this one 👍🏼
I think my favorite rhyme is in Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ when she rhymes “oooohwaahhhooohhh” with “cruel summer” as much as it is silly on paper, it works (for me, personally, don’t cremate me for my opinions I beg you)
and when I say “favorite” I mean in the way where you’re amazed something works out the way it does
I actually use Cruel Summer as my prime example of breaking the rules and still making it sound good 😄
@@astorrhymemaster ariana what are you doing here?! /j
Very cool to someone who has no knowledge of songwriting, I'd love ot see more!
I need more videos about lyric theory✨
I appreciate this type of video
a great example of a song that doesn't use rhyme is "I guess this is goodbye" from into the woods. Sondheim doesn't rhyme anything because Jack (the character singing) is supposed to be seen as stupid or idiotic. Later in the show, Jack sings "Giant's in the sky", which is a quick paced patter song. This shows that Jack has grown as a character coz he isn't as "stupid" as he was before.
Honest and promise... all to well anyone?
I was waiting for someone to pick that up! 😄
😁
In what world does Promise and Constant sound good together as a rhyme???
The world of slant rhymes babyyyy
I actually hate slant rhymes. I always expect words to have “perfect rhymes” when I listen to music or read poetry, and the examples of slant rhymes never sound similar enough to me to pass as a rhymes.
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5:24 Brother everything you’re saying is pretentious. Grow up and start contributing to society by making vids about STEM or something. Why do you waste your time so much on music and art???? AI can do that for you
no one cares. why don’t u teach us something more practical like multivariate calculus and ordinary differential equations? Not…rhymes :/
What the fuck are you talking about, bro? Do you even know what this channel is all about? Go outside, I can smell you through the screen. You really left 2 entire hate comments on this video. Next level pathetic.