Questions And Answers - Stability Check list

Questions and answers for lyric songwriting stability checklist. Use these to ask questions for inspiring songwriting ideas for this site songwriting.

Here are the questions to ask yourselt in every song you write. First ask yourself what is the message you want to communicate with the listener emotionally.

Use this as a check list to understand where your song is stable and unstable and if it matches what you intend.

1. Is the tempo stable or unchanging?
2. Are there chords that feel unstable and leave you hanging?
3. Where are the minor, diminished or augmented chords?
4. Does the feel of those chords match the content of the words?
5. Do the words feel happy or sad (stable vs unstable)?
6. Does the music feel happy or sad (stable vs unstable)?
7. Is the rhyme scheme perfect rhyme, imperfect rhyme or unrhymed?
8. Does a less perfect rhyme make it feel more unstable.
9. Is the rhyme scheme the same within similar sections?
10. Is the rhyme scheme different between sections?
11. What beat do the words come start in the bars of each section?
12. Is where the beats occur in the bars different in each section?
13. If the words come in further away from the downbeats does it destabilize the song?
14. Are you using unstable music and stable words and content?
15. Are you using unstable words and content and stable music?

There are no right and wrong answers to these. They only indicate how stable or unstable your song is. If the lyrics or music are unstable and the other is not, it will undermine the stability. Sometimes it allows you to say one thing and mean something else.

The secret here is to use these questions and answers to shape your song so you intentionally have the listener experience what you want them to.