The term song comes from the Latin cantío that describes everything that can be interpreted or sung.
The song is the one that consists of a musical composition that has melody, lyrics, rhythm, accompanied by musical instruments to be sung by a soloist or several. It is a composition made in verse, in such a way that music can be added to it.
The lyrics of the songs must leave in the audience’s mind the messages that the writer wants to transmit through those who vocalize them.
One of the first known songs is a lullaby written in 2000 BC. It was found written on a small clay board, which can be grasped in the palms of the hands. This song tried to repress the baby who had awakened with her cries to the god of the house for what would have repercussions.
According to ancient music expert Richads Dumbrill of the British Museum in London, that table with the lullaby is kept in that museum.
WHAT ARE ITS PARTS?
- 1Parts of the Song
- 1Stanza
- 2Chorus
- 3Musical Bridge
- 4Instrumental only
- 5Coda
- 6Instrumental sequence
- 7Repetition
- 8Final
- 2kinds of musical forms
- 1Free forms
- 2Instrumental forms
- 3Vocal forms
- 4Simple instrumental forms
- 5Complex forms
- 6Musical theme
Parts of the Song
Stanza
It is the first part that has the song. It is made up of grouped verses that conform to a type of measure and a rhythm that is constant throughout a certain poem and are fixed in poetic traditions.
Chorus
It is a diminutive of stirrup. It is an expression or also a clause that is in verses and is repeated after the stanzas in some types of compositions, in lyrical form, which in many cases begin with it. It is a frequently repeated phrase or voice.
Musical Bridge
The musical bridge is an instrumental part that brings together several parts in the song. It is a transition because it leads from when a section ends to a new one. This bridge is a section that is secondary, because it depends on other sections to be linked.
Instrumental only
It is as the musical fragment that sounds when the song goes in the middle and that gives variety to the songs is called. It is a solo when the bridge tends to highlight an instrument.
Coda
Also called a tail. It is the instrumental part that is used to finish the song. It is a part that is added to the end of a poetic or musical composition.
Instrumental sequence
The musical genre is designated by this name, a little independent, introductory and also conclusive, which is located between the compositions in instrumental form and the first part of the intervention of the singer.
Repetition
They are all the procedures in which a repetition is made either of words, in their structure, in their morphemes and in their phonemes. This repetition can occur in words that are continuous or even at a distance. It has a rhythmic, emphatic and melodic stylistic effect.
Final
In the end a song will end with the harmonica with which it begins at the beginning.
Music forms classes
Free forms
They are those that are not tied to any structure.
Instrumental forms
They are composed exclusively for instruments, they are concert music, dance, program music, sonata and other small forms for solo instruments.
Vocal forms
The voice intervenes in them, with or without instruments. Example: A mass, the opera, the oratory, among others.
Simple instrumental forms
They are also called minor forms, because of their type of structure and they have a single movement and a short duration.
Complex shapes
They are also called larger shapes, depending on their structure and they have different movements with a long duration.
Theme song
It is made up of stanzas that have two or more verses. It is called a theme because the lyrics and the rhythmic accompaniment it has can vary, although the melody does not vary.
