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 Suggested Berklee College Online Courses
Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies, course author Pat Pattison

Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music, course author Pat Pattison

Lyric Writing: Writing from the Title, course author Pat Pattison

Commercial Songwriting Techniques, course author Andrea Stolpe

Songwriting: Harmony, course author Jimmy Kachulis

Songwriting: Melody, course author Jimmy Kachulis

Suggested Reading
Songwriting Workshop: Melody by Jimmy Kachulis

Songwriting Workshop: Harmony by Jimmy Kachulis

Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling by Andrea Stolpe

Beginning Songwriting by Andrea and Jan Stolpe

Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure by Pat Pattison

Essential Guide to Rhyme by Pat Pattison

Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison