Songwriting Quiz

Why might you write a song?

• As a parody of something else

• To inspire someone

• To protest against something

• All of the above

What is the first step of the songwriting process?

• Write a set of lyrics

• Find a suitable chord progression

• Write an original melody

• There is no set process

___________ is when lyrics or phrases are repeated in order to create patterns and/or memorable hooks

• Scanning/Scansion

• Phrasing

• Metering

• Repetition

What is used to pause and reflect on earlier sections of the song and usually takes both the music and lyrics to new and unfamiliar territory before returning to more familiar territory?

• Verse

• Chorus

• Bridge/Middle 8

• Outro

What is melody?

• a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying; a tune

• a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement and sound

• the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect

• the complex composition of musical knowledge or experiments as elements and their combinations; the shape and the figure throughout the whole work

Which of the following is considered a section of a song?

• Verse

• Chorus

• Bridge

• All of these answers!!

What is a chord?

• A note.

• A string.

• A harmonic set of notes.

• A rhythm.

'composing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song’s lyrics (e.g. having silence when the word ‘silence’ is sung)'

• Hook

• Word Painting

• Phrasing

• Structure