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Dec 14 2008, 02:41 PM
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Do you mean what all those parts are or how to recognise them in a song?
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Dec 14 2008, 04:57 PM
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Like OC said, there are no strict rules, songwriting is an art, and it can be very subjective both in the presentation and observation part of the communication with the audience. Songwriting is basically about transferring some kind of an idea from composer to audience. When you have lyrics in the song it is pretty straightforward because:
In the verse it is usually about telling a story In the chorus it is usually about making a point (main message) of the story and repeating it Now because writing lyrics is an art form of its own, it is quite difficult to make any rules, cause there are so many different styles of writing lyrics and music. I'm not an expert in music history or literature so can't give you any detailed descriptions really. But what I can tell you and what is important to note is that every style of music has it's own specific structure and form. This is, after all, what separates it from other styles of music. For example in the first blues progressions you had I IV V sequence, repetition of lyrics so the blues musician could have time to "invent" new verse in real time while playing. Often first blues songs were made in "real time". Also there is call-response type of lyrics (because african american people who worked on the farms used these lyrics as a simple form of singing while working, one will "call" and the rest of the people would "response"). This is just one example with the blues music. Every music - classical, jazz, rock, soul, gospel, blues (with all possible subcategories in every of this style) and other forms have these distinctions that separate them from other forms of music. If you wanna make some songs and research more in this field, I suggest you investigate to field of music you're into in order to learn how to create songs from that style in best possible way. Knowing history of music can help a lot, and I suggest starting with Wiki articles both on GMC and Wikipedia.com This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Dec 14 2008, 04:58 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Dec 14 2008, 05:21 PM
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Since you're in Sweden I suggest you buy the latest Studio (I think it's the issue that's still in stores). There it's very well described how the standard pop song is built up. Many artists use this forumula to the exact and some derive a little bit from it but there's a core forumla. Same for other genres.
One example is that some songs are realeased as dance versions and radio versions, different formats to reach a different audience. Play the dance version on the radio and people will likely change channel, play the radio version on the dance floor and ppl will go to their tables. Rough example. So sure, the way you build it up is important. Try listening to a lot of songs in their respective genre and put their format on paper, soon enough you should find a pattern I'm sure. -------------------- My bands homepage
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