︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿ here you can practice your freestyle rap skills :D no rap experience, no problem ! the end-rhymes are generated, you fill in the rest :) ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿ -ˏˋ⠀ instructions ⠀ˊˎ- ⁘ click start ⁘ the current bar is center-screen ⁘ the current beat is highlighted ⁘ when a bar with a word comes up, rap whatever you want, ending with the given word ⁘ on empty bars, you can take a break, sing something, continue freestyling, or do ad-libs ("uh-huh," "yeah!" "let's go!" etc. ) ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿ -ˏˋ⠀ more options ⠀ˊˎ- ⁘ hover over the bottom-left to change bpm ⁘ hover over the top-left to adjust settings ⁘ click the background to change ⁘ the beat is a little bit different each time ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿ -ˏˋ⠀ tips & tricks ⠀ˊˎ- ⁘ see if you can land the word on beat 4 (more advanced freestylers can try out other cadences) ⁘ if you're having trouble, try lowering the bpm ⁘ you can say more than one word in a beat, and you don't have to say something on every beat. where you decide to place syllables is your "flow" ⁘ listen for the quieter percussion elements for rhythmic ideas ⁘ don't worry too much about making sense, just get in a flow and have fun ! :D ⁘ check out old skool hip-hop to hear styles that focus on end-rhymes, like Kurtis Blow's The Breaks: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/youtube/zyjK1CpM8JQ/ ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿ -ˏˋ⠀ notes & credits ⠀ˊˎ- ⁘ inspired by the rhyme time studio ⁘ and a practice exercise on i saw on youtube a while ago, something like this one: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/youtube/8jcjFeKO_qU ⁘ sounds from the scratch sound library, arranged & programmed by @pizzzapi ⁘ word list modified from: https://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/wordfamilies/ via https://keystoliteracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Rime-Word-Families.pdf ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿︵‿
