Song Structure

Let's sing a song

By Nalis Rinawati, S.Pd., M.Psi

Poll

How do you feel today?

• Happy

• Exhausted

• Fine

• Unwell

​Listen to the song and fill in the bLAnks!

Definition

Song is a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.

4. To provide a way of managing the relationship between our public and private emotional life

5. ​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

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1. To entertain the listeners​

2. ​To teach moral value through the lyrics of the songs

3. ​To express personal feeling and cultural values

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Social Function

Text Structure

a. Intro

The introduction establishes melodic, harmonic, and/or rhythmic related to the main body of the song.​

b. Verse

It is the section of the song structure that tells the story.​

c. Chorus/Refrain

​A chorus is the most repeated section.

Text Structure

d. Break

A break is actually a brief “rest” or “pause” for the core melody within a song used to add further dimension and excitement.

e. Bridge

This is the part of the song that shifts.

f. Outro/Coda

​This is the end of the road for the song.

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1. Imagery

   Imagery describes about feelings and emotions.

2. ​Rhythm

   rhythm creates mood

3. ​Figures of Speech

   a. ​metaphor

   b. simile​

   c. hyperbole​

   d. personification

   e. alliteration​

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Language Features