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1
Q

Creativity

A

ability to create something original

2
Q

stages of songwriting

A

preparation, incubation, illumination, verification

3
Q

neurolinguistics

A

kinesthetic, auditory, visual

4
Q

hook

A

part you sing

5
Q

Bo Diddley

A

hambone rhythm and inventiveness

6
Q

blues form (chords)

A

1111 4411 5411

7
Q

blues form (lyrics)

A

problem problem payoff

8
Q

country blues

A

like folk

9
Q

song form

A

basic shape/structure/format

10
Q

song forms work

A

because of repetition and surprise

11
Q

chorus contains

A

essence/emotion/meaning

12
Q

standard songwriting rules don’t apply to dance music because

A

the audience is already captive

13
Q

in AABA, the B is

A

contrasting

14
Q

verse shape

A

square

15
Q

chorus shape

A

circle

16
Q

bridge shape

A

diamond

17
Q

climb shape

A

triangle

18
Q

attitude is

A

aggressively stated point of view

19
Q

don’t tell me

A

show me

20
Q

perfect rhyme

A

society/variety

21
Q

prosody

A

lyrics and music agreeing

22
Q

groups of stressed and unstressed syllables

A

metric foot

23
Q

iamb

A

ta TUM

24
Q

trochee

A

TUM ta

25
Q

anapest

A

ta ta TUM

26
Q

dactyl

A

TUM ta ta

27
Q

spondee

A

TUM TUM

28
Q

amphibrach

A

ta TUM ta

29
Q

3 step lyric technique

A

title, outline, write