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BASIC TRAINING
« Thread Started on Feb 15, 2005, 8:17pm »

BAR LENGTH

in most cases (not all), when your flowing you want to have all your bars similar in length. this way your rhyming words will be pretty much always landing in the same spot. but where you put your rhyming words is another topic I will touch apon later.

SYLLABLE COUNT

this is partially hand in hand with bar length. IF you count your syllables in each bar you want to have them around the same as well.. I usually stay around 12-15 syllables per line/bar.
Practice and you'll find a syllable count which your comfortable with.

RHYME SCHEME

a rhyme scheme is basically like a blueprint for your writtens or freestyles for that matter. Its all about where your rhyming words are that make this important. Cuz where you rhyme in your lines drastically dictates how your flow will sound.

the "x" represents filler words that pertain to the line but doesnot rhyme

the CAPPED letters such as "A" "B" "C" "D "E" represent your rhyming words.

examples.)
Ex. 1)
xxxxxx xxxxxA
xxxxxx xxxxxA

Ex. 1a)
"My name is Protege and I'm here to say/
I like to flow when I rap, everyday/"

this is a fairly simple rhyme scheme, the end of each bar is what rhymes. basic, but a good start.

Ex. 2)
xxxxxA xxxxxB
xxxxxA xxxxxB

Ex. 2a)
"I try to see the light but Its seems to me it's dimmin
and every time i try to do whats right I end up sinnin"

notice the words "light" and "right" approx. in the middle of each bar. that adds an internal rhyme scheme to this.. this is a little more advanced but not hard to get the hang of once you get crackin at it. as well as you have the original end words rhyming..

Ex. 3)

xxAxxx xxxxxA
xxAxxx xxxxxA

Ex. 3a)
"I'm tired of wakin-up, havin ta take-the-bus
sick a not makin-bucks, an bein... flat on my face-wit-luck"

this takes a little more practice and as you get better with multisyllable rhyming you will find this scheme alot easier.

Ex. 4)

A B C D E
A B C D E

Ex. 4a)

" I spray fools like grafitti with my nouns and verbs
and stay cool like tahitti smokin pounds of herb"

that one there takes a long time to master and follow through on a whole verse like that, and you rarely see it done for anylonger than a few lines.. but it is quite a nice addition to a verse mos def.

well there you have it ... my little guide on somethings that can help you to being better at riding a beat.
If I think of anything I will mos def add it to this post. and if you have any additional comments feel free to speak your mind.. we're here for eachother.

happy flowin...

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Re: BASIC TRAINING
« Reply #1 on Feb 17, 2005, 9:52am »

thanks for the post. I think it is helpful.

The thing that most comes to my mind when writing something is this:

"Know what you want to say, and the words will follow".

The message is everything to me. The rhymes come later. In my track "A-Theist", I have quite a few multi-syllable rhymes and I vary the rhyming structures in different places. So far everyone who has heard the track has been like, "Man, that was tight!" And yet I always know deep down that what impacted them the most was the message. Take the message away, and people wouldn't even give feedback on my tracks!

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