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lyrics to melody and chord progression and how well composers deliver
Now days, lyrics are provided after the tune for a song has been
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composer/writer of the song. Syafei Embut was only known as the other
Verse:-
Chorus:-
Sheila Davis
expressed in the form of words and accompanied with music. A song can
about music that evolves over time, as do emotions. When we hear the
heard it,´ says Professor John Sloboda of Keele University and author
of Music and Emotion, These days, popular songs can give those types
want your audience to feel, and the last one is a strong start,
for example, the first few line should begin with who, why,
balik bumi,´ describe the the time of the story (when) which is
his dreams(where).
The key word or of this text is Malam, a name of the character
written as metaphor which mean that its dark and we can simply
metaphor for one word, the writer used full phrase of metaphor
ugliness of his real world. The final line completes the story
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From the book title You Can Write Song Lyric the author stated
the music. Most pop songs have a 4/4 time signature, and the
and personification.
phrase.
Verse:-
From line 1,2 and 3 we can see that the total syllable used are
ten each while the fourth line is 9. We can see that syllable of
the verse are 99% balance. When we link the text to the melody,
Chorus:-
The phrases in chorus are more shorter then the verse. Line 5
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Jack Perricone
Melody is the most memorable aspect of the song and is defined to two
basic element, pitch and rhythm. Melodic writing differs from lyric
writing, for the reason that there is a significant consideration
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Pitch is the relative highness and lowness that we here in the sound.
The frequency of its vibrations defined the pitch of the sound such as
the faster the vibration; the higher the pitch, but when the vibration
is slower; the lower the pitch. In Western scale system which consists
of major and minor scales, there are eight series of pitches in
sequence.
Jack Perricone
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Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation (2004), page 6.
and thus resolves back to tonic (I). Melodic phrases that end on a
unstable tone are open with the greatest openness which supported by
The key of this song is in D minor. After intro the first phrase
note, E(supertonic). The second phrase begins on the fourth beat, pick
up from the last bar of first phrase which is the same as the
starting of chorus begins exactly like the second phrase. The first
phrase in chorus ends with G note(subdominant) while the second ends
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Music takes place in time. It is with the control of time that players
Although the song sounds very dramatic but most of the note value in
accelerating.
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Form is the structure and design of a composition. The two most basic
into verse, chorus and bridge. The verse is the section that begins
the song or the introduction of the song. The chorus is the section of
the song which contains the central statement or the main idea of the
whole song. Most often, the chorus is being repeated in order to make
the song more memorable. The bridge is a section that connects two
other sections. It may also provide contrast within a song, and also,
key
Malam Merana are in ABAB form. It started with the verse followed by
the chorus to end until it reach sign then the song continued by
repeating the verse. Then it enter chorus again and continue until
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There are two types of phrasing in songs which is lyrical and musical.
Writing, it is said that the shorter the phrase, the more acceleration
Since Malam Merana only have one verse and chorus, it means that this
song have only a few phrases. When we look at the verse it has only
two phrases with each phrase have two sub-phrases. Both phrases in
verse contain of four bar each. And each phrase of verse have the same
Then we take a look at chorus. It only has three phrases. But the last
phrase has a similar melody to the verse which it content of two sub-
phrases. The first two phrases contain of two bar each and the last
Chords are group of three or more notes played together that have
diminished 4th.
Verse:-
D- E-7b5
D- G/C D- A
D- E-7b5
D- D-
and sad mood to the song. Then the second chord,E-7b5 fall on
word µmerana¶ which mean sad and that chord definitely pictured
and followed with E-7b5, its end with D minor on the last line
Chorus:-
Dmaj G- C
Bb Bb7 D-7 A7
D- E-7b5
D- A7 D-
Starting out the chorus with major chord, is the way the
Continued wit G minor and ends with C, the enter the second line
minor.
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capture the listener¶s attention and emotions. Good lyrics should hit
should learn the essential tools to good song writing, taking into
account that lyrics and melody complement each other. Not to forget
that the right use of chord progression chosen will give more impact
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Rooksby, R.(2006). Lyrics : writing better words for your songs. San
Francisco,USA :Back Beats Book.
Cox ,T.(2000). You can write song lyrics. Ohio, USA: Writer¶s
Digest Book.