Whole library
Whole library
25 published entries, grouped by the five stages. Each one prints its own key, rhyme scheme and bar structure; open one and you get the three-column workbench.
25 published · newest 8 Oct 2026
Idea
Seeds, fragments, prompts and the salvage pile. Everything before there is a song to argue about. All of Idea →
- IdeaBreakdownTwo-Chord Seed: A Song Built on Em-C, and Where It Needed a Third
两和弦种子:一首建立在 Em-C 上的歌,以及它在哪里需要第三个和弦
E minor (Em–C), capo 4 to put the melody between D4 and B4 · ABCB
- IdeaTechniqueVoice Memo Triage: Turning Four Hundred Fragments Into a Short List
语音备忘分诊:把四百个碎片变成一张短清单
n/a — this is a cataloguing method · n/a
- IdeaExerciseWalk and Hum: A Forty-Minute Filter With No Phone
边走边哼:四十分钟不带手机的筛选
No instrument — find the key at home afterward · none enforced
- IdeaTechniqueMelody Before Words: Writing a Tune on a Neutral Syllable
先旋律后歌词:在中性音节上写一条旋律
F major, sung on 'da' throughout the first pass · decided after the melody, not before
- IdeaBreakdownBorrowed First Line: What a Public-Domain Lift Costs a Song
借来的第一句:从公有领域借一句要付出什么
A minor (Am–F–C–G) — the borrowed line forced a minor reading · ABAB with an unrhymed closing couplet
- IdeaExerciseThe False-Start Log: Fifteen Minutes That Salvages a Dead Idea
废稿日志:十五分钟救活一个死掉的动机
No key required — this is a text-only drill · none enforced
- IdeaTechniqueTitle-First Writing: Let the Hook Line Pick the Song's Job
先写标题:让钩子句决定这首歌的任务
D major (D–A–Bm–G), capo 2 for a softer verse · AABA on verses, free on chorus
- IdeaExerciseObject Prompt: Write a Song About the Thing in Your Pocket
物件命题:写一首关于你口袋里那件东西的歌
Any — pick the key after the third line lands · ABCB
- IdeaTechniqueThe Three-Note Seed: Starting a Song From a Fragment You Can Actually Remember
三音种子:用一段你真正记得住的碎片起手写歌
C major, no capo (test in G and D before committing) · ABAB
Verse
Line length, the second-verse problem, and how to keep a four-chord loop from going flat. All of Verse →
- VerseBreakdownCase: The Shrinking Verse — 8 Lines, Then 6, Then 4
案例:递减的主歌——八行、六行、四行
F# minor (F#m–D–A–E), drop D tuning · ABCB across both verses
- VerseTechniqueThe Dynamics Map: Arrangement Decisions Made While Writing
动态地图:在写作过程中做编曲决定
D major (D–A–Bm–G), drums enter at verse two · AABB in verse one, ABAB in verse two
- VerseExercisePlace-Name Verse: Rhyming With a Town You Have Actually Been To
地名主歌:用一个你真去过的小镇来押韵
Any; use the same two chords for all eight lines · ABAB, with the place name used as the rhyme itself
- VerseTechniqueSeven Ways to Vary One Chord Loop Without Changing a Chord
在一个和弦都不改的前提下变化同一个循环的七种方法
A minor (Am–G–F–G) with a modified second pass · ABCB
- VerseTechniquePre-Chorus: Pick One Job, Question or Lift
前副歌:只选一个任务——提问,或者抬升
B minor (Bm–G–D–A); pre-chorus stays on Bm–G only · verses ABAB, pre-chorus AABB
- VerseExerciseSensory Detail Prompt: Eight Lines With No Sight and No Sound
感官细节命题:八行里不许有视觉和听觉
Write unaccompanied; harmonise later · ABAB with one deliberately unrhymed line
- VerseTechniqueThe Second Verse Problem: Four Jobs That Solve It
第二段主歌难题:四种任务分工
C major (C–G/B–Am–F) with a walk-down in bar four · ABAB in verse one, ABCB in verse two
- VerseTechniqueVerse Line Length: Counting Stresses Instead of Words
主歌行长:数重音,不数词
G major (G–Em–C–D), no capo · ABAB
Chorus
Hook placement, syllable budgets, lifts, and the one line worth changing in the final pass. All of Chorus →
- ChorusExerciseOne-Word Chorus: Eleven Ways to Repeat a Single Word
单词副歌:重复同一个词的十一种方法
Any key; keep the same four-bar loop under every pass · none — the repetition is the structure
- ChorusTechniqueArrival and Company: Why a Chorus Needs Both Ends
到达与陪伴:为什么副歌的两端各有任务
E major (E–B–C#m–A), no capo, chorus melody peaks on B4 · ABAB across the chorus, hook repeated unrhymed
- ChorusTechniqueWhere the Hook Sits: First Line, Last Line, or Middle
hook 放在哪:第一行、最后一行,还是中间
A major (A–E–F#m–D), chorus lifts to the fifth · AABA, with the hook as the repeated A
Bridge
The only section whose job is to change the terms — and the four questions that decide whether to keep it. All of Bridge →
- BridgeExerciseBridge Prompt: Two Lines the Narrator Would Never Admit
桥段命题:两行叙述者绝不会承认的话
Any; play the bridge on the song's existing loop, inverted · CCDD — two new rhyme pairs, neither borrowed from the song
- BridgeTechniqueFive Harmonic Moves That Make a Bridge Feel Like Elsewhere
让桥段听起来像「别处」的五种和声手法
C major verse/chorus, bridge on Am–F–C–G starting on the submediant · CCDD in the bridge, matching neither verse nor chorus
- BridgeTechniqueWhat a Bridge Is For: Four Things It May Change
桥段是干什么的:它可以改变的四件事
Same key as the song — the bridge changes texture, not tonality · CCDD — a new pair, deliberately not rhyming with the verses
Demo
Tempo, takes, charts and what to send. Getting the song out of your head without losing it on the way. All of Demo →
- DemoTechniqueVocal-First Demo: Recording the Voice Before the Chords
人声优先小样:先录人声,再贴和弦
Record the vocal a whole step below the written key to protect the top notes · no changes at demo stage
- DemoTechniqueThe One-Take Demo: Five Minutes of Setup, One Pass, No Click
一遍过小样:五分钟架好,一条录完,不开节拍器
Whatever you can sing on the first take — usually a step below the written key · fixed at this point; no lyric changes in the demo