78. "rhymes as arpeggios or broken chords" In response to In response to 77
i was thinking how rhyming is so integral to rap music, whereas poetry can happily live without it. the rhyming carries some essential function but i'm not sure exactly what it is
however i have been toying with the idea of rhymes as the verbal equivalent of harmony, so essentially they work on a musical level. guys/prize/lies would be three 'notes' of the same rhyme-chord, which could itself be described neutrally using the phonetic alphabet. of course, in some way 'scales' or 'modes' make more sense than saying 'chords,' since there are numerous different rhymes that could fit in, though chords make more sense in terms of structure. maybe we should use a different word altogether
i'll need to sleep on it though. on one hand i sense the rhymes are REALLY important, though not fully understood, but on the other hand i don't want to use some quick&easy equivalence argument that smacks of the desperation to intellectualize rap
-------------------- Why do you choose to mimic these wack MCs? Why do you choose to listen to R&B?
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