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This page is a simple to use guide on "How to Freestyle Rap". Because there are a number of ways to learn the skill, we will discuss several methods that may assist the artistic release. Understanding the fundamentals of rhyme scheme may give you an advantage, however, it is not required to learn the art. More than anything you will learn on this page, it is "practise" that will sharpen your freestyle abilities, HipHopLifted simply provides steps to un-complicate the process of understanding the exercise.
Before beginning, there are a number of preparations that can be considered, firstly:
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After exercising your pre-freestyle warm up, you are ready to move forward. Depending on if one has a history writing lyrics or none at all, freestyling may come more natural. With that said, some people have a natural ability to improvise and this is an advantage. if beginning the practise for the first time, this may appear difficult at first, but it will flow easier if one applies the following.
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To begin learning how to freestyle rap, there are a couple ways to approach it.
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If ready to incorporate a rhyme scheme, here are some typical patterns to use:
A - Everybody wants to learn how to rap, A - Rhyme on a beat with words and a clap, B - But It's okay if you can't do it first, B - In time you will find you can write a verse.
A - Rapping is fun and anyone can do it, B - All you have to do is try and get down, A - Pick up the microphone and make your music, B - Now you have made your very own sound.
A - It's time to get funky, and go off the top, A - I cant choke up, and I don't want to flop, A - Make the crowd jump, when I flow with a hop, A - I move and I groove, so my head's going to bop, |
These 3 rhyme schemes above are the most popular in Hip Hop and are the easiest to apply when teaching yourself how to freestyle rap.
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