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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics by Berklee

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About the Course

There’s a songwriter lurking somewhere inside you, peeking around corners, wondering if it’s safe to come out. Now it is. This course is an invitation to let your inner songwriter step into the sunlight. All it takes is a simple “yes” and you’ll be climbing that windy hill, marveling at the view. If you haven’t written any or many songs, this course will show you an efficient, effective process for tailoring songs to express your ideas and emotions. If you have, you’ll look at your process differently, taking control of aspects of the process you may have not noticed. The course will start by examining the tools available to you, all revolving around the essential concept of prosody. You’ll learn to use your tools to enhance your message—to work compositionally at the same time you’re developing your ideas. You’ll be working both lyrically and musically, though musically it’s not necessary that you either read music or play an instrument. If you play, great, and you’ll be encouraged to play and record your musical responses to the assignments. If you don’t play, the course offers you a number of musical loops to work with. All you’ll have to do is sing your melodies over the loops. Assignments will ask you to post something for peer review—sometimes lyric lines or sections, sometimes melodies, sometimes both. None of it has to be polished. The course is about writing, not performing. Most important, you’ll have a lot of fun....

Top reviews

LZ

Jan 19, 2022

This course led by Professor Pattison is informative and vivid, especially when the professor is giving examples, which really helps me understand those new concepts and keeps me from dozing.

AS

Jul 21, 2023

Professor Pattison opens dimensions that I personally had never come across, and the details on how stability and instability change a lot of things for a songwriter

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By Brae C

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Nov 21, 2022

You need to take this class!

By Iliaz G K

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Mar 3, 2019

Me parece bien estructurado.

By Gustavo C A

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Apr 21, 2018

Great course, very thorough.

By Ben N

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Jun 21, 2018

Fantastic course! Loved it!

By Kevin T

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Jan 22, 2017

Pat Pattison for President.

By Vasa V

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Oct 22, 2025

I enjoyed listening to Pat

By Kamil K

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Jul 8, 2020

Awesome, freaking awesome!

By Owen H

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Jun 10, 2018

Very enjoyable and useful.

By Deleted A

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Jul 12, 2024

Amazing, helped me a lot.

By Felix M

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Mar 1, 2021

The teacher is excellent.

By 929 h

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Jun 9, 2024

很好就是中文翻譯有點看不太懂希望不要使用自動翻譯

By Mouhab H

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Apr 16, 2024

Amazing and mind opening

By Santina

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Nov 5, 2022

Great course! Thank you

By Kaya C

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Sep 25, 2021

useful and interesting

By Alvison L H A

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Oct 22, 2020

Great material, thanks!

By Chanunchida C

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Mar 19, 2017

Maybe start a course ab

By Kevin L

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Mar 7, 2021

Great course thank you

By Gabriela M

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Dec 15, 2020

great teacher! thanks

By Izzy C

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Sep 25, 2021

I WISH IT WAS LONGER

By David G

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Aug 3, 2021

Amazing! A must do!

By John R

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Oct 12, 2016

Just what I needed!

By Mustafa S

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Sep 28, 2020

I love this Lesson

By Tim F

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Mar 13, 2017

Completely awesome

By Alejandro M

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Nov 16, 2016

Excellent course!!