lyrical

an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both.

a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, esp. one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad. 2. a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung. Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words”

Lesson Summary. A song is a short poem or story set to music with a melody and vocals. Lyrics, verses, refrain, and meter are the main components of a song. The lyrics of a song are the words set to the music, written by a songwriter.

Some choose to let the music do the talking, but most artists also use lyrics to convey emotion. Deciphering lyrics is not always easy, but it brings a sense of meaning and a greater appreciation of the song.

Melody, harmony, rhythm, and form and the expressive elements of dynamics, tempo, and timbre (tone color).

10 Words to Describe Music

• 1 – Rhythm. Rhythm is essential for musical feel.
• 2 – Tempo. Tempo is easy to comprehend because it is measurable.
• 3 – Harmony.
• 4 – Melody.
• 5 – Instrumentation.
• 6 – Dynamic.
• 7 – Texture.
• 8 – Genre.

The thumbs-up emoji also frequently punctuates text, sometimes in strings for additional emphasis, to indicate positivity, agreement, approval, encouragement, or assurance, an equivalent to “Awesome!” or Great job!”. Someone might comment “That looks great! 👍” to celebrate a piece of online artwork.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Music, Birdssong /sɒŋ $ sɒːŋ/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1 music with words a) [countable] a short piece of music with words that you sing We used to listen to pop songs on the radio.

Western literature is typically subdivided into the classic three forms of Ancient Greece, poetry, drama, and prose. Poetry may then be subdivided into the genres of lyric, epic, and dramatic. The lyric includes all the shorter forms of poetry e.g., song, ode, ballad, elegy, sonnet.

A song is a piece of music which contains lyrics and words. Songs may be made by songwriters. Other songs are folk songs, which are songs created by people long ago that have been sung as tradition. Some people form bands which write and record songs to make money from it.

An original means it is the first recorded version. This means it is performed by the person who wrote it, or the person it was written for. A cover version is a recording by someone else.

There are seven of these: Pitch, Duration, Dynamics, Tempo, Timbre, Texture and Structure. Pitch is the degree of highness or lowness of a tone. Duration is the length of time a note lasts for. Dynamics express how loud or quiet the music should be played.