Ballad Songwriting
Nazgul
Sep 17 2008, 06:36 PM
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Hi there!

I have got a question about about writing a ballad: Is there any structure of how to make a ballad, like Intro, Vers, Refrain ... ? I know a good ballad can be worked out with lots of tries, I just want to know if there are any "advices", how ballads are structured normally.

Thanks for your help" smile.gif

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Pedja Simovic
Sep 19 2008, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE (Nazgul @ Sep 17 2008, 07:36 PM) *
Hi there!

I have got a question about about writing a ballad: Is there any structure of how to make a ballad, like Intro, Vers, Refrain ... ? I know a good ballad can be worked out with lots of tries, I just want to know if there are any "advices", how ballads are structured normally.

Thanks for your help" smile.gif



Hey Nazgul,

I would recommend doing following things

1) Make a list of your 10 favorite ballads (at least)
2) Listen to them and analyze them
3) Sketch out the arrangement for each of them (Intro 8 bars drums, Verse 16 bars , Chorus 8 bars etc)
4) Figure out the harmony in them
5) Learn the melody and find its relation to harmony

After you have done this little project you will have many options for creating ballads.
Remember , you don't have to do 10 songs right away , do one and if that goes well do another one etc.

Hope I helped you out a bit.

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Sep 19 2008, 10:53 AM
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QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ Sep 19 2008, 11:13 AM) *
Hey Nazgul,

I would recommend doing following things

1) Make a list of your 10 favorite ballads (at least)
2) Listen to them and analyze them
3) Sketch out the arrangement for each of them (Intro 8 bars drums, Verse 16 bars , Chorus 8 bars etc)
4) Figure out the harmony in them
5) Learn the melody and find its relation to harmony

After you have done this little project you will have many options for creating ballads.
Remember , you don't have to do 10 songs right away , do one and if that goes well do another one etc.

Hope I helped you out a bit.

Thanks smile.gif


That's a great idea smile.gif
I think it's very beneficial to do this as you can get a pretty good understanding of how ballads are made smile.gif
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- Nazgul   Ballad Songwriting   Sep 17 2008, 06:36 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   It is good to have a nice lyrics, that will corela...   Sep 17 2008, 06:52 PM
- - kjutte   QUOTE (Nazgul @ Sep 17 2008, 07:36 PM) Hi...   Sep 17 2008, 07:49 PM
- - Nemanja Filipovic   Well it is not a rule,but,minor key and slower tem...   Sep 18 2008, 11:35 AM
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- - Eat-Sleep-andJam   Another thing about ballad lyrics that might help ...   Sep 19 2008, 12:29 PM
|- - Nemanja Filipovic   QUOTE (Eat-Sleep-andJam @ Sep 19 20...   Sep 19 2008, 12:36 PM
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- - Nazgul   Thanks for your help! I think I'll take a...   Sep 19 2008, 02:59 PM
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