I'm thinking on writing an article about using scansion for lyrics writing.
It's a term many lyricists aren't familiar with, yet it can be a very useful tool if you are writing lyrics before the melody, and perhaps are unlikely to have much contact with the music writer. So it's ideally suited to the isolated lyricist.
Basically scansion helps you tidy up the meter of your lyrics so that the meter of the lyrics will be more consistent, with stressed syllables landing in the right place so that the melody works consistently through the song.
It's a tool that originated in poetry writing but when applied to lyrics it's a very useful technique in that realm too.. There's not a lot of info out there on exactly how to apply it to lyrics, so who knows... time to bite the bullet and dive in?
