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TheScienceofRapRhymeSchemes
Therehasbeenatonneoftalkaroundthewebaboutrhymeschemes,whatthey
looklikeandhowdotheyactuallywork.Thisarticlewill:
1. Explainwhatisarhymescheme.
2. Tellyouhowtouseit.
3. Giveyouseveralexamplesofrhymeschemes.

1.Whatisarhymescheme?
Arhymeschemeisthepatternofrhymesthatisbeingused,wheneveryoure
constructingamusicalflow.Simplyput,therhymeschemeiswheredoyouputthe
rhymes,withinthecouplet.
Therearemanydifferenttypesofrhymeschemes.Somearesimple,othersare
complex,buttheyreallsharingthesamefundamentals.

2.Howtousearhymescheme?
First,youneedtodecidehowwouldyouwanttoindicateyourrhymewords.Some
ofususeletters(a,b),whileothersusethenumbersystem(1,2).Therearepeople,
whouseboth,whentheyretryingtothinkofacomplexrhymescheme,involving
compoundrhyming(1a,2a).

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Afteryouknowhowyoureindicatingthem,choose:
Howlongwillyourrhymeschemebe?
Howmanyrhymesdoyouwanttoinsert?
Wheredoyouwanttoplaceyourrhymes?
ForexampleIwantarhymescheme,thatisonecoupletlong,whichhastworhyme
words,placedonthefourthbeatofeachbar.
Then,byusingthefollowingmethod,inadditiontoyourrhymeindication,youcan
mapoutyourrhymescheme.
4
4

Thatsthevoiceofaraplegendinthemaking
Wordscomingfrommyspiritwhilemybodysshaking
Whatyouseeaboveisasimple,rhymescheme,withtwoendrhymes.Itsthateasy.

3.OtherExamplesofRhymeSchemes
Theartofcreatingnewanduniquerhymeschemesisnotfinite.Itsonlyrestricted
byourimaginationandthevastvolumeofdifferentrhymeschemesbeing
constructedasyourereadingthisistheproofofthat.However,thereareafewof
them,thatlastedthroughouttheyears.Theclassicrhymeschemes.

HalfBar/FullBar
2,2,
2
Thisisfairlysimple,butsoundsgreat.Youhavetwosinglerhymesinyourfirstbar,
dividedbyabreathebreak,placedonthesecondandfourthbeatandonesingle
rhymeonthesecondbar,placedonthefourthbeat.

Half/OneandaHalf
2,
2
Thisrhymeschemeisgreatasafinishingrhymeschemeforyourverse.Its
powerful,sincethelongdistancebetweenthefirstandthesecondrhyme,givesyou
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abuildupeffect.Placefirstrhymeonbeat2(bar1)andsecondrhymeisplacedon
beat4(bar2).

SimpleInternals
,1
221

Thinklikeacorporation,Imakintoit
IsitwrongthatIwanteverythingtoit
Now,thisrhymeschememightlookabitmoreadvanced,sinceithastwotypesof
rhymestype1/type2,butitsnotreally.Thinkofasimple4,4rhymescheme.Allyou
doissqueezeintwointernalrhymes.

AdvancedInternals
1a1a
221a
Whatyouhavehereistwocompoundsinthefirstbar,twointernalsandone
compoundinthesecondbar.

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