How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques PDF
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TECHNIOUES Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Edwards, Paul, 1982– How to rap 2 : advanced flow and delivery techniques / Paul Edwards ; foreword by Gift of Gab of Blackalicious. pages ; cm Includes index. ISBN 978-1-61374-401-7 1. Rap (Music)—Instruction and study. 2. Musical meter and rhythm. I. Title. II. Title: How to rap two. MT67.E382 2013 782.421649’143—dc23 2013015169 Cover design: Philip Pascuzzo Cover photographs: iStockphoto Interior design: Jonathan Hahn Copyright © 2013 by Paul Edwards Foreword copyright © 2013 by Tim Parker (Gift of Gab of Blackalicious) All rights reserved Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN: 978-1-61374-401-7 Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Foreword by Gift of Gab of Blackalicious Introduction 1 Advanced Rhythm Techniques Vocal Percussion Writing from the Rhythm 16ths 32nds Triplets Flams One Syllable on Each Beat Sliding Off the Beat (Lazy Tails) Rolled Rs Rests Punctuating the Offbeat Repeating Phrases with Different Rhythms 3/4 Time and Other Time Signatures 2 Advanced Vocal Techniques Section A | Overall Voice Sound Tone and Quality of Voice Accents, Impressions, Characters Section B | Specific Techniques Pitch Techniques Stretching and Shortening Sounds Stuttering and Repetition Vibrato Section C | Sounds Without Words Scatting and Random Rhythmic Sounds Vocal Sound Effects and Beatboxing Grunts, Shouts, Laughs, and Other Miscellaneous Sounds Inhaling, Exhaling, and Out-of- Breath Techniques Vocal Trademark Sound or Phrase Section D | Melodic Deliveries Mixing Singing and Rapping Half-Sung Delivery Techniques Section E | Character, Personality, and Emotions Character and Personality Having Fun with Vocals to Bring Out Your Personality Emotions 3 Advanced Rhyme Techniques Runs of Rhyme Alternate Rhyme Scheme Patterns Joining Rhyme Schemes Together Popular Couplet Rhyme Placement Patterns More Complex Extra Rhymes Breaking Patterns Three-Bar Loops Poetry Terms Versus Rapping Terms: A Note on Terminology 4 Enunciation Rudiments Basic Enunciaton Guidelines Consonant Sounds Consonant Combinations Vowel Sounds Vowel Combinations Final Words Interviewed Artists Index
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