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Now that your artificial box<\/a> has been removed, it may be time to create\u00a0an intentional box. Sometimes, setting limits on your creative process can actually help the process. It gives you a framework to start from.<\/p>\n One aspect of a song you may set limits for\u00a0is the lyrics. For instance, you may be writing a song about your favorite place to be. Let’s say that place is a lake. You can limit yourself so that the last word in each line of the verses has to start with the letter L. Or you can make a four line acrostic chorus so each line starts with the letters L-A-K-E. You can use the name of the lake in a similar way. You can limit yourself to one literary device, only simile or metaphor, every verse ends ironically, or only the verse endings rhyme.<\/p>\n If you’re writing the music for a song, you will set\u00a0natural limits based on the key, time signature, tempo, or even genre, that you pick. You can also limit the number of notes you use in the key you selected or how often you play certain notes.<\/p>\n Every instrument has built-in limits, but there are other types of instrumental limits you can set. You can limit the number of instruments, the type of instruments, even what the instruments are made of. For ideas on that, look for Andrew Huang on YouTube. Here’s one example<\/a>:<\/p>\nLyrical Limits<\/h2>\n
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