Thanks again! I like that you are releasing material for song writers. Just one note: far from a random choice, the verse line with a slight pause in the middle (slighter than the pause between verse lines) is nearly a universal in pop and rock, though less so in jazz and rap. I think there are several reasons for this: 1. a breath, 2. a pause for comprehension in quickly sung words and 3. most important, that pause gives you the ability to shift around that second phrase so that the most important syllable lands on the strong beat, usually the 1 but in less emphatic cases, the 3. So in your example, putting in a pause enables you to put the word fading (not light) on the 1.
The arrangements you have here, with just a slight pause to "start over" the phrase are more typical of folk, I think. Folk musicians are less afraid of verse + verse + verse blockiness.
That was a really good lesson. I was most surprised by the static melody. When you added the chords it was really evocative. The same with the last example, with octaves.
Hi Gareth: Fascinating tutorial Would it ever make sense to make up temporary lyrics for a piece as a method of improving the phrasing of melodic lines? Best, David
Hello, I just found your videos recently and have learned a great deal already :-) Love your teaching style. As an adult trumpet student, this lecture was of particular interest. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is a real treasure!
