This week’s lesson was really informative and very interesting. I enjoyed it and Pat Pattison has a great way of explaining things. The lessons and the assignment really helped me figure out which syllables to stress. I found that I would naturally stress the syllables that are supposed to be the unstressed ones. Eek!
For example. There’s a line that I have in my example:
“Where everything is meant to be”
I naturally created a melody where ‘is’ was stressed. Now that I know that words like ‘is’ wouldn’t usually be stressed, I put the emphasis on “meant” which makes it stronger.
Hmmmmm….that’s really cool!
So here’s my stable verse and unstable chorus for your listening pleasure: (Thanks KAT for letting me know the link didn’t work! It should work now!)
Let Me Into Your Heart
My mind has been drifing away
It keeps flying to that one place
Where ev’rything is meant to be
You’re there, you’re my perfect day dream
But when I open my eyes
I realize that you’re not there, you’re in someone else’s arms
If only you’d look my way, oh, how I need you
To let me into you heart.
This picture makes me happy because I picture Homer singing my song to Marge and they finally get to love each other. Awww….
Arlene Paculan 