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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.

CC

Feb 12, 2020

The best way for me to express my appreciation for this fabulous course would be to start sending stronger songs out into the world. Thank you so much, Pat!

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By André L P

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Sep 14, 2022

It was amazing! Now I know a lot of techniques of composing lyrics, thanks to everyone involved!

By Afroditi P

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Jan 10, 2021

I really enjoyed this course. Mr. Pattison is a great teacher. Great information, really helpful.

By Leslie V

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May 21, 2017

Fantastic course for any musician, songwriter, writer and poet.

Pat Pattison is a songwriting God!

By Celeste G

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Jul 18, 2020

I loved this course. I learned so much practical information that I am sure to use in the future

By Sebastián G

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Jul 11, 2020

Great course, I learned a lot about how to create a song the right way. Thank you very much.

By Rachel A M

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Feb 11, 2025

Truly exceptional class, I am grateful that Berklee makes this content available on Coursera

By Paulo R U

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May 3, 2019

Excellent course! Great content! Loved this! The best course I have done on Coursera so far!

By Denise M

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Dec 29, 2020

Really enjoyed this course. I hope there is another course in song-writing. Maybe by genre.

By Jaime D J A

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Sep 12, 2020

Amazing course, I highly recommend it for anyone struggling to write or finish song lyrics.

By Carreen P

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Jan 26, 2018

THIS IS A FABULOUS COURSE. THE INTEREST WITH WHICH IT IS TAUGHT IS EFFECTIVE AND INSPIRING.

By Vasileia M

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Oct 8, 2017

Amazing! I've learned so much about songwriting at this course. Enjoyed it to the fullest.

By Ricardo W

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Aug 10, 2017

Great course with good content and a very good tutor in Pat Pattison. I really enjoyed it.

By Bailey F

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Oct 17, 2022

Learned way more then I expected, and am so excited to put everything I learned to use!

By Daniel D

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Feb 15, 2021

Amazing insights in this course. I will never listen to any song in quite the same way.

By Larissa

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Jan 18, 2024

I loved this course! Useful and entertaining lessons, professor Pat Pattison is great.

By bdclaus

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May 2, 2017

Opened up everything for me. Never wrote before and now I write many times a day.

By Andrew T

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Aug 31, 2024

I really enjoyed this course. I learned many great tools for improving my lyrics!

By Inês A

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Jun 21, 2021

Learned a lot of things I've never thought about before and loved the instructor!

By Kaizen C

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Jun 11, 2021

Amazing instructor! Tools taught were useful and allowed much room for creativity

By Kevin K

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Mar 12, 2018

What a great course, by an amazing teacher. I'm very grateful for the experience!

By Yehiam J Y

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Mar 29, 2020

It's a great resource for learning to write music, thank you very much Berklee!

By Zully A O C

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Aug 24, 2020

Great course, Great professor. Takes longer than it looks but you learn a lot!

By Lourdes C V

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Jul 29, 2020

its really well explain, the teacher gives a lot of examples and it very clear

By Luis M R R

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Apr 8, 2017

I've learned here, what I have not learned in 4 years of college: discipline.

By Diego O V

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Aug 6, 2020

Everything I needed for keeping me in shape in my own poetry path. Thanks!