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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2025 · 4 MIN

The beauty of near rhymes in songwriting

from Nathans & Roncast · host Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt

When it comes to crafting rhymes in song, the perfect can be the enemy of the good. In a perfect rhyme, among two words, the ending consonants and the vowel sounds that you stress match exactly. Moon, June. Dance, chance. Night, light. But there are a finite number of words that rhyme exactly, and they may not match what you’re trying to say. In this episode, Aaron explains why near rhymes are so much more versatile.

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