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TheScienceofRapRhymeSchemesTherehasbeenatonneoftalkaroundthewebaboutrhymeschemes,whattheylooklikeandhowdotheyactuallywork.Thisarticlewill:

1. Explainwhatisarhymescheme.2. Tellyouhowtouseit.3. Giveyouseveralexamplesofrhymeschemes.

1.Whatisarhymescheme?Arhymeschemeisthepatternofrhymesthatisbeingused,wheneveryoureconstructingamusicalflow.Simplyput,therhymeschemeiswheredoyouputtherhymes,withinthecouplet.

Therearemanydifferenttypesofrhymeschemes.Somearesimple,othersarecomplex,buttheyreallsharingthesamefundamentals.

2.Howtousearhymescheme?First,youneedtodecidehowwouldyouwanttoindicateyourrhymewords.Someofususeletters(a,b),whileothersusethenumbersystem(1,2).Therearepeople,whouseboth,whentheyretryingtothinkofacomplexrhymescheme,involvingcompoundrhyming(1a,2a).

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Afteryouknowhowyoureindicatingthem,choose:Howlongwillyourrhymeschemebe?Howmanyrhymesdoyouwanttoinsert?Wheredoyouwanttoplaceyourrhymes?

ForexampleIwantarhymescheme,thatisonecoupletlong,whichhastworhymewords,placedonthefourthbeatofeachbar.

Then,byusingthefollowingmethod,inadditiontoyourrhymeindication,youcanmapoutyourrhymescheme.

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ThatsthevoiceofaraplegendinthemakingWordscomingfrommyspiritwhilemybodysshaking

Whatyouseeaboveisasimple,rhymescheme,withtwoendrhymes.Itsthateasy.

3.OtherExamplesofRhymeSchemesTheartofcreatingnewanduniquerhymeschemesisnotfinite.Itsonlyrestrictedbyourimaginationandthevastvolumeofdifferentrhymeschemesbeingconstructedasyourereadingthisistheproofofthat.However,thereareafewofthem,thatlastedthroughouttheyears.Theclassicrhymeschemes.

HalfBar/FullBar2,2,2

Thisisfairlysimple,butsoundsgreat.Youhavetwosinglerhymesinyourfirstbar,dividedbyabreathebreak,placedonthesecondandfourthbeatandonesinglerhymeonthesecondbar,placedonthefourthbeat.

Half/OneandaHalf2,2

Thisrhymeschemeisgreatasafinishingrhymeschemeforyourverse.Itspowerful,sincethelongdistancebetweenthefirstandthesecondrhyme,givesyou

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abuildupeffect.Placefirstrhymeonbeat2(bar1)andsecondrhymeisplacedonbeat4(bar2).

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Thinklikeacorporation,ImakintoitIsitwrongthatIwanteverythingtoit

Now,thisrhymeschememightlookabitmoreadvanced,sinceithastwotypesofrhymestype1/type2,butitsnotreally.Thinkofasimple4,4rhymescheme.Allyoudoissqueezeintwointernalrhymes.

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Whatyouhavehereistwocompoundsinthefirstbar,twointernalsandonecompoundinthesecondbar.