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What should I write a ballad about?
It can be about you, someone you know, a relationship, or an experience – good, bad, triumphant, or tragic. To begin, sketch out the tale. Don’t worry about beats per line, rhyme schemes, or stanza breaks. Simply write the story you want to present as a ballad.
What are good topics for songs?
Personal / Artist Songs
- Write a song that introduces us to you as an artist.
- Write a song that introduces us to someone else as an artist.
- Write a song based on your key life philosophy.
- Write a song that tells us something nobody else knows about you.
- Write a song about a major event in your life.
What are typical ballad subjects?
Typical ballad subjects are: raids and battles. murders. hauntings.
What are examples of ballads?
Folk (or traditional) ballads are anonymous and recount tragic, comic, or heroic stories with emphasis on a central dramatic event; examples include “Barbara Allen” and “John Henry.” Beginning in the Renaissance, poets have adapted the conventions of the folk ballad for their own original compositions.
How do you make a ballad story?
How to Write a Ballad
- Choose your topic.
- Decide on the mood of your ballad.
- Use the traditional structure as a guide.
- Write your story in groups of four lines.
- Edit the lines you’ve written.
- Consult a rhyming dictionary or rhyming website.
- Use lots of imagery.
How do you start off a song?
Here are five different jumping-off points you can try to start your next song.
- Start with a title. Write down thirty or forty different words or phrases.
- Start with a melody. Focus on your song’s chorus and try and craft a great melody for it.
- Start with a drum loop.
- Start with a chord progression.
- Start with a groove.