You can make your speechwriting sing by learning lessons from songwriters. By applying these eight songwriting techniques, you will get your audiences

8 Speechwriting Lessons You Can Learn from Songwriters

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You can make your speechwriting sing by learning lessons from songwriters. By applying these eight songwriting techniques, you will get your audiences to virtually tap their feet, nod their heads, and even hum along to your message.

Have you ever tried to dance to a waltz? (Or, at least seen celebrities try on ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars?) Someone counted for you: one, two, three… one, two, three. Soon, your klutzy steps flowed more smoothly. You had the beat. You had the rhythm. You had the flow.

The three-beat measure stimulated you. The three-beat measure motivated you. And the three-beat measure exhilarated you. The three-beat measure is well-ingrained in our daily lives, rhythmically sliding off our tongues and into the ears of others:

In music, a triad is composed of three notes that make a chord. Applying the same concept to speechwriting, think of a triad as a group of three words or three phrases used together to increase memorability and impact with a rhythmic 1-2-3 beat. Add even more impact with alliteration where each of the three words begins with the same letter.

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