{"id":20751,"date":"2025-02-10T08:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=20751"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:27:21","slug":"are-you-ready-for-it-new-taylor-swift-songwriting-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/are-you-ready-for-it-new-taylor-swift-songwriting-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready for It? New Taylor Swift Songwriting Course Coming Soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scarlet-keys-explores-the-genius-behind-taylor-swift-s-hooks-imagery-and-emotional-truths\">Scarlet Keys Explores the Genius Behind Taylor Swift\u2019s Hooks, Imagery, and Emotional Truths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to Taylor Swift\u2019s songwriting, Scarlet Keys can show you incredible things. In the spring semester of 2025 Keys will lead a brand new course called <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/the-songwriting-of-taylor-swift?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Songwriting of Taylor Swift<\/a><\/em>, a four-week course that serves as an online version of the popular course she teaches at the Berklee College of Music campus in Boston. After launching in 2023, the course received <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/taylor-swift-berklee-college-of-music-class\" target=\"_blank\">media attention<\/a>, as well as a classroom full of Swifties writing new songs, wearing cardigans, and exchanging friendship bracelets.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s this woman writing all of her material, almost every song on every record is a good song, and she has sustained this career,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/faculty\/scarlet-keys?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Keys<\/a>, who has previously taught artists such as Laufey, Lizzy McAlpine, and Charlie Puth. \u201cIt was right before the Eras tour, so she wasn\u2019t quite ruling the world, but it was right at that moment where I thought, \u2018Why don\u2019t we have a class at Berklee?\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"THE SONGWRITING SECRETS OF TAYLOR SWIFT IS NOW ENROLLING (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/the-songwriting-of-taylor-swift?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\">THE SONGWRITING OF TAYLOR SWIFT IS NOW ENROLLING<\/a><\/em><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-big-enough-so-you-can-t-hit-me\">\u2018Big Enough So You Can\u2019t Hit Me\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Keys first became attuned to Taylor Swift\u2019s music after hearing her on the radio around the time of her second album. As a mom, the song \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KZeI9I875Ig?si=UNl8amaLRB2RH-zd\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Day<\/a>\u201d from <em>Fearless<\/em> was a stand-out. It wasn\u2019t until Keys witnessed her daughter using music to cope with friendship breakup where she saw the real power of Taylor\u2019s songwriting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - Mean\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYa1eI1hpDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn my daughter\u2019s first day of middle school, her best friend was like, \u2018I need my space.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018oh, not the space!\u2019 And of course, it was devastating,\u201d says Keys. \u201cAnd then every morning I would hear Taylor Swift\u2019s song, \u2018Mean,\u2019 and I would see how Taylor was, in a sense, taking care of all these little girls and giving voice to their emotions. I was attached from that point.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-capture-it-remember-it\"><strong>\u2018Capture It Remember It\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a full circle moment, Keys and her daughter got to experience the Eras tour together when Swift played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA (fortunately, not the infamous <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-danced-rain-deluge-gillette-stadium-1235332544\/\" target=\"_blank\">rain show<\/a> the previous night). Keys says she doesn\u2019t have a favorite Taylor Swift era because they\u2019re all gold, which doesn\u2019t make it easy to narrow down song choices for this four-week course.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/taylor_swift_masterclass_article_image_2024_2.jpg\" alt=\"A person making the shape of a heart with their two hands at a Taylor Swift concert. \" class=\"wp-image-20753\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking for teachable moments in a song,\u201d says Keys, \u201cwhere we analyze what\u2019s happening and talk about some of the different techniques that she\u2019s using.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hey-isn-t-this-easy\">\u2018Hey Isn\u2019t This Easy\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One example of a teachable moment is in \u201cYou Belong with Me,\u201d which is also from <em>Fearless<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s really painting a picture with concrete language, but the rhythm is so simple in the melody,\u201d says Keys. \u201cI always say, \u2018simple is global.\u2019 When you\u2019re simple as a writer, it\u2019s more global, because if you write a simple rhythm, it\u2019s really easy to hand it over to 10,000 people and go, \u2018now you sing it.\u2019\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keys also highlights Taylor Swift\u2019s use of a three-note melisma to create a hook with the words \u201csee\u201d and \u201cme.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me (Taylor&#039;s Version) (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vwp8Ur6tO-8?start=57&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt made that average statement\u2014\u2018why can\u2019t you see, you belong to me\u2019\u2014interesting,\u201d says Keys. \u201cA melisma is when you take one syllable and you place it against many notes. So \u2018me\u2019 belongs with one note, but for a melisma, there\u2019s three. It wouldn\u2019t have caught you if it was just one note.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Keys, Swift\u2019s appeal goes beyond catchy hooks and clever lyrics\u2014it\u2019s rooted in the craftsmanship behind every song.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTaylor Swift is literally using all the classical developmental techniques and all of the rhetorical devices from literature and writing hit after hit after hit,\u201d says Keys. \u201cI mean, she\u2019s using these techniques so well and effectively that it makes it way more fun to learn these techniques from an artist that you\u2019re in love with.\u201d<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berklee Online instructor Scarlet Keys is leading <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Songwriting of Taylor Swift (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/the-songwriting-of-taylor-swift?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&#038;pid=&#038;utm_source=takenote&#038;tum_medium=blog&#038;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Songwriting of Taylor Swift<\/a><\/em>, a four-week course that serves as a bite-size online version of the popular course she teaches at the Berklee College of Music campus in Boston. 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