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SONG
BY: SELVI (36) & ZAHRA DEVIANA (40)
DEFINITION
OF SONG
SONG IS A COMPOSITION MADE UP OF
LYRICS AND MUSIC WITH THE INTENT
OF THE LYRIC BEING SUNG, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PRODUCING A
PROPORTIONATE FEELING OR EMOTION
IN RELATION OF A PARTICULAR
MATTER.
SOCIAL FUNCTION
- To entertain the listeners.
- To teach moral value through the lyrics of the songs.
- To provide a way of managing the realitionship between our
public and private emotional life.
- To express personal feeling and cultural values.
- 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.
 Generic Structure
1. Intro
The introduction establishes
melodic, harmonic, and/or
rhythmic related to the main
body of song.
2. Verse
It is the section of the song
structure that tells the story.
This is the exposition,
describing the scene or the
person, or an emotion.
There are usually two or
three verses in a row that
have the same musical
structure, the same rhyme
and poetic meter, but
different words. The
second verse builds on the
picture painted in the first
verse, etc.
3. Chorus of
refrain
A chorus is the most repeated
section, so it’s the easiest
remembered. A chorus is the
summary of the song’s story. All
the verses have been leading up to
the chorus, and is usually the part
of the song people sing along with.
A chorus can come at the
beginning of the song structure; it
can also start in the middle, or
come at the end. In fact, some
songs don’t have choruses at all.
Some people are usually confused
to differentiate between choruses
and refrain. A refrain is any line
that repeats in the song lyric, while
a chorus is any group of lines that
repeat.
 Generic Structure
4. Break
A break is actually a brief
“rest” or “pause” for the core
melody within a song used to
add further dimension and
excitement. It may include a
quick instrumental solo or
drum interlude or it may be a
brief moment of silence, or
acombination of each of these
elements.
5. Bridge 6. Coda /
This is the part of the song
Outro
that shifts. It can suddenly This is the end of the road
change tempo, or volume, for the song. It can repeat
or instrumentation. The the intro, chorus or a
bridge is the section that refrain as an outro, or a
gives the audience time to bridge with an instrumental
reflect on the story, or solo.
gives them the “climax” or
conclusion of the story
through verses and chorus.
Bridges can be used to give
the singer a break.
TYPES OF SONG
There are many genres of popular songs, including torch
songs, ballads, novelty songs, anthems, rock, blues and
soul songs as well as indie music. Other commercial
genres include rapping. Folk songs include ballads,
lullabies, love songs, mourning songs, dance songs, work
songs, ritual songs and many more.
Languange Features

Metaphore Hyperbole
a comparison that doesn’t This is an exaggeration
include the words used for effect. It helps the
readers to understand the
extent of the emotion

Simile personification
A figure of speech that This is a device in which
makes a comparison of authors give human
two unlike things charateristics to non-
human things
Example song and analysis
Why do u love the song?
We like this song because it is easy to
interpret, also the lyrics in the song is catchy
for listening, and has a meaning that today's
teenagers might relate to this song.
Moral Message
This song tells about the relationship of
someone who wants to have someone to be
his lover, but he can't accept it because he
just wants them to remain friends. You could
say this song is really suitable for those of you
who are in the Friendzone zone.
General Audience
People who want to confess about their
expression to their crush but stuck in their
friend zone.
 Structure
Intro: [Chorus]
Oh, oh When you say I'm just a friend to
Oh-oh-oh you
[Verse 1] 'Cause friends don't do the things
Why you gotta hug me we do
Like that every time you see me? Everybody knows you love me too
Why you always making me laugh? Tryna be careful with the words I
Swear you're catching feelings use
[Pre-Chorus] I'll say it 'cause I'm dying to
I loved you from the start I'm so much more than just a friend
So it breaks my heart to you
 Structure
[Verse 2]
Mmm
When there's other people around
You never wanna kiss me
You tell me it's too late to hang out
Then you say you miss me
[Pre-Chorus]
And I loved you from the start
So it breaks my heart
[Chorus]
When you say I'm just a friend to you
'Cause friends don't do the things we do
Everybody knows you love me too
Tryna be careful with the words I use
I say it 'cause I'm dying to
I'm so much more than just a friend to you
[Bridge]
You, ooh
You, ooh
You, ooh
You, ooh
 Structure
[Chorus]
You say I'm just a friend to you
Friends don't do the things we do [Outro]
Everybody knows you love me too
A friend to you
I try to be careful with the words I
use A friend to you
I'll say it 'cause I'm dying to A friend to you
I'm so much more than just a friend
to you
 exercise
1. What is the feeling of the
person singing the song? 2. What is the song about?
a. Upset a. Frienship
b. Happy b. Unrequited love
c. Excited c. Unity
d. Worry d. Compassion
e. Nervous e. Power
 exercise
4. “I'm so much more than just a
friend to you..” 5. What does the song
From this line we can infer that the writer want to express?
3. I’m tryna be careful writer..
The underlined word has a. Want to take seriously the
a. Her lonely feeling.
the closest meaning to… writer's relationship with her b. Her hope to have
crush but he doesn't think the boyfriend.
a. Hardly same way as her.
b.Compassion b. heartbroken because she was
c.Her love story
c.Joy cut off d. Her excitement about
c. Feeling hurt because you are her boyfriend
d.Upset considered a friend
e. Attentive d. Feeling guilty because of her
e. Her feeling being
relationship friendzoned
e. Has toxic relationship
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