Writing Songs?

Question:I'm learning guitar
and would like to start writing songs.
But I don' know where to start.
I write poetry,
but am awful at coming up with tunes,
and choruses,
I'm not sure how to make tunes up on my guitar,
and don't really know how to put a song together, anyway.

Any tips?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm learning guitar
and would like to start writing songs.
But I don' know where to start.
I write poetry,
but am awful at coming up with tunes,
and choruses,
I'm not sure how to make tunes up on my guitar,
and don't really know how to put a song together, anyway.

Any tips?

I've switched back and forth from writing lyrics to writing poetry in my 17 years. But I eventually found the middle ground in it. Sometimes , when you keep on searching for answers over and over till your mind goes crazy. One day it just hits you out of nowhere and you wonder how it all comes together. Well, that took me 17 long years to find out how it all the song structures come together for me.

You start by counting your syllables
and keep it in sync with your verses

For example. Lets say you have an 8 syllable verse
like this below. Count all these syllables on each of these lines. Each line is all 8 syllables each. They sound in sync and flow very tight. Watch, sing it out loud and you'll hear it flow in the

Verse 1

The light bounces off the red car
and blinds me ever so brightly
I can't see your brightness this far
But I hear you running quickly

Bridge

There's no telling where you're going
Or which way the fast winds blowing

See, there are all 8 syllables in each line
Simple, the words "flow" and are still very tight in structure.

Also, here is another very simple, yet tight song structure

Intro
Verse 1
Bridge
Chorus
Verse 2
Bridge
Chorus
Solo
Verse 3
Bridge
Chrous
End

1 intro
3 verse,
3 bridges
3 choruses
1 solo
1 end

You see, the bridge part is what connects all the dots together and forms a long, flowing string of melodies. It can be 2 quick bars or 4 bars in your bridge. You decide how it comes out by what you hear. That's the rule in songwriting. You decide how it goes...how long it goes...how short it goes.

There is the timeless golden rule in music.
1. "If it sounds right, play it"

This is so very true..because music is all about the ears.
Is it doesn't sound right or pleasing to the ears, it won't flow well. Hope this helped you out somewhat. Good luck

You can experiment now, but before you go public with them I would wait until you have a solid foundation of music theory.

you'll want to look at the tone of your poem/lyrics and see how music can add to that or affect it in some other way. If you're writing something more somber or, forgive the generality of the word, "sad" then you'll want to try starting in minor keys. Things like that will vastly effect the overall mood of the song.