PORTAL PURWOKERTO - A song has its parts that make it up harmonically, however, a set of words that make up a song is called lyrics. Do you know other parts of a song?
According to a book entitled Modul Pembelajaran SMA Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris published by Kemendikbud (Ministry of Education and Culture), a song has several parts.
It serves several functions as well. What is it? Estrella quoted in the book states that a song has social function that is to entertain, to express feelings, and to teach moral lessons.
It is due to the words chosen in the lyrics as well as the rhyme and tone. So, what are the parts of song?
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1. Title
Everything has its own name. The 'name' of a song is called title so that people could mention it.
Title is how people concern to particular lyrics, rhyme, tone, and other terms connected to specific songs.
2. Verse
Estrella explains verse as a group of lines of words telling a story that the singer wants to
convey.
Verse in a song allows the song writer to direct the message of the song. The song writers also convey the message of a song through this part, though.
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3. Refrain
It is a repetition of words that put into the end of each verse that could be the title of the song. So, a repetition of similar words is called refrain as well as Chorus.
4. Chorus
What is a chorus? people usually called chorus as repetition of song's lyric several times in a song so that the listeners will be aware and remember the song.
It also contains the theme of a song that the song writer would deliver to the listeners. The chorus in Bahasa Indonesia means ulangan lagu.
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5. Coda
Estrella in the book states that coda is an additional element to add a good ending to the song. Meanwhile, it is not a 'must' part put into a song in its lyrics.
What makes a song memorable is that it has these parts. After understanding that a set of words that make up a song is called lyrics and other parts of song, do you want to try composing one?***