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SONG
• Song is a short piece of music with meaningful
words • There is a message behind the song. • Song has function to entertain and give the spirit to the listeners. • Song is also a media to express feeling and also teach the listener moral values that are hidden in the lyric. Type of song • Classical song • Country song • Rock song • Hip-hop or rap song • Pop song • Love song • Dangdut song ( Indonesia) Theme of the song • Friendship • Love • Independence • Loyalty • Honesty • Sacrifice • Tolerance, etc Mood of the song • Sad • Happy • Optimistic • Bitter • Disappointed, etc Social Functions of Songs • To entertain the listener • To teach moral value through the lyric of the song • To provide a way of managing the relationship between our public and private emotional life • To express personal feeling and cultural value • To give someone to not only shares their emotions with others, but also to have an emotional connection that just cannot be experienced in any other way General Structure of songs 1. Intro (The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic, and/or rhythmic related to the main body of song) 2. Verse is the main part of the song that tells a story. 3. Chorus or Refrain is a part of the song that is repeated ( the summary of the song’s story) Chorus can come at the beginning, middle or at the end of the song structure. Refrain is any line that repeat in the song lyric 4. Break (A break is actually a brief “rest” or “pause” for the core melody within a song used to add further dimension and excitement.) 5. Bridge ( the section that gives the audience time to reflect on the story, or climax or conclusion of the story through verses and chorus.) 6. Outro or Coda (is a line that closes the song.) It can repeat the intro, chorus or a refrain as an outro, or a bridge with an instrumental solo. Language Features of the song • Lyric are written in first, second or third given on the specific perspective you choose. • Use rhyming words • Use alliteration • Use poetic devices such as figure of speech and imaginary. • Use amusing word play and slang language (wanna, gonna, ain’t, ect.) • Use figure of speech A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a meaning something different that its literal meaning. The following are figure of speech mostly used in song: Metaphor : a comparison between two unrelated things. ( ex :Life is a rollercoaster) Simile : compare two different things in an interesting way. It usually uses like or as. (Ex. She is like the wind) Personification : it gives non-living things human traits and qualities (emotion, desires, sensation, action,etc.) (Ex. My heart cries out loud) Hyperbole : an exagration of a fact or statement, for stronger effect (Ex : I’ve told you a million times) THANK YOU
(New Concepts in Latino American Cultures) Vanessa Pérez Rosario (Eds.) - Hispanic Caribbean Literature of Migration - Narratives of Displacement-Palgrave Macmillan US (2010)