SONG

English
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Definition
Song is a composition of tone or voice in
sequence, combination and temporal relation to
produse a musical compositian that has unity
and continuity. 

(Lagu adalah gubahan seni nada atau suara dalam suatu urutan, kombinasi, dan
hubungan temporal (biasanya diiringi dengan alat musik) untuk menghasilkan
gubahan musik yang mengandung kesatuan dan kesinambungan.)

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 Songs are used to express feeling and
idea in an entertaining world. Songs
can be used to deliver social

Purpose
criticism. The moral values are
hidden in the lyrics.

Lagu merupakan salah satu cara untuk mengekspresikan

emosi dan perasaan dengan cara yang menyenangkan.
Lagu juga dapat menjadi media untuk menyampaikan
kritikan tentang situasi yang ada di masyarakat. Moral
value atau amanat biasanya tersirat dalam lirik yang dibuat
penulis lagu.

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Language Features
Imagery. Imagery describes about feelings and emotions. 
Sebuah lagu biasanya berusaha menggambarkan perasaan yang
dirasakan si penulis.

Rhythm.
Ritme disini digunakan untuk menciptakan mood. Misalnya, apabila kita sedang
bersedih dan mendengarkan lagu dengan ritme slow, maka kita akan terbawa
suasana dengan lagu tersebut. So, rhythm creates mood!
 Figures of speech

1. Metaphor, comparing two things that are not alike to

suggest that they actually have something in common.
e.g. “Time is a thief” or “Her hair was silk” 
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Sekilas memang kedua hal yang dibandingkan tidak
berkaitan, tetapi sebenarnya ada kesamaan antara dua hal 4. Personification, an object appear like a person. 
tersebut. e.g. “The wind whisper” or “The snow flakes danced in the
wind”.  
2. Simile, compares two things using “like” or “as’’.
Objek (bukan manusia) memiliki kemampuan seperti
 e.g. “My love is like a red rose”. 
manusia

Suatu hal digambarkan dengan hal yang mirip dengan 5.  Allititration, the repetation of the same beginning
menggunakan kata ‘like’ atau ‘as’ sound in a series of words. 
e.g. “Peter Parker pick a pack of pants punctually”

3. Hyperbole, a dramatic language. Big exaggeration, Perulangan bunyi suara yang terdapat di awal setiap kata.
usually with humor. 
e.g. “That math homework took me 8 million years to
finish”.  

Suatu hal digambarkan secara berlebihan, terkadang

menggelitik karena terlalu berlebihan. 
 GENERAL STRUCTURE
a. Intro
OF SONGS
The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic, and/or
rhythmic related to the main body of song.
(bagian awal lagu, biasanya belum terdengar suara penyanyi e. Bridge
(hanya instrumennya saja) This is the part of the song that shifts. It can suddenly change
tempo, or volume, or instrumentation. The bridge is the
b. Verse section that gives the audience time to reflect on the story, or
It is the section of the song structure that tells the story. This is the gives them the “climax” or conclusion of the story through
exposition, describing the scene or the person, or an emotion. There are verses and chorus. Bridges can be used to give the singer a
usually two or three verses in a row that have the same musical structure, break.
the same rhyme and poetic meter, but different words. The second verse (penghubung chorus ke chorus selanjutnya ataupun ke coda.)
builds on the picture painted in the first verse, etc.
(bait adalah bagian pengantar ke chorus.)

c. Chorus of Refrain
A chorus is the most repeated section, so it’s the easiest remembered. A chorus is
the summary of the song’s story. All the verses have been leading up to the f. Outro or Coda
This is the end of the road for the song. It can repeat the intro, chorus or a
chorus, and is usually the part of the song people sing along with. A chorus can
refrain as an outro, or a bridge with an instrumental solo.
come at the beginning of the song structure; it can also start in the middle, or (penutup lagu.)
come at the end. In fact, some songs don’t have choruses at all. Some people are
usually confused to differentiate between choruses and refrain. A refrain is any
line that repeats in the song lyric, while a chorus is any group of lines that
repeat.

(bagian inti, biasanya yang paling mudah diingat.)

SOSIAL FUNCTION OF
SONGS
✔ To entertain the listeners.

 To teach moral value through the

lyrics of the songs.

 To provide a way of managing the realitionship between

our public and private emotional life.
 To express personal feeling and cultural
values.
 To give someone to not only shares their emotions with others, but also to have an
emotional connection that just can’t be experienced in any other way.
 All of me
John Legend
[Intro] [Verse 2:]
[Verse 1:] How many times do I have to tell you
What would I do without your smart mouth? Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around [Bridge:]
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
through every mood. Give me all of you
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you
You're my downfall, you're my muse Cards on the table, we're both showing
down
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues hearts
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for Risking it all, though it's hard
I'm on your magical mystery ride
you
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be [Chorus:]
My head's under water
alright 'Cause all of me
But I'm breathing fine
My head's under water Loves all of you
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
But I'm breathing fine Love your curves and all your edges
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind [Chorus:] All your perfect imperfections
'Cause all of me Give your all to me
[Chorus:] I'll give my all to you
Loves all of you
'Cause all of me You're my end and my beginning
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
Even when I lose I'm winning
Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections
'Cause I give you all of me
All your perfect imperfections Give your all to me And you give me all of you
Give your all to me I'll give my all to you
I'll give my all to you You're my end and my beginning
You're my end and my beginning Even when I lose I'm winning [Outro:]
Even when I lose I'm winning I give you all of me
'Cause I give you all of me
'Cause I give you all of me And you give me all of you, oh oh
And you give me all of you, oh oh
And you give me all of you, oh oh
THANK
YOU ;)