MATERI AJAR

SONG

GRADE IX
 OBSERVING AND
ASKING QUESTION

We will read the lyric of a song. If we want, we can download

the song from YouTube. Here is a very good song about
parents’ nature to always protect their children. Their home is
always open for their children to return for their protection.

Here are what we will do with the song. First, we will copy the
song in our notebooks. Second, we will listen carefully to our
teacher reading the lyric, meaningfully. Third, we will repeat
the lyric after the teacher, line by line. Finally, in the group we
will learn to read the lyric to each other, meaningfully too.

We will say words loudly, clearly, and correctly

 There’s a place, in your heart, and I know that it is love
And this place, could be much (1.) ... than tomorrow
And if you, really try, you’ll find there’s no need to .cry
In this place, you’ll feel there’s no hurt or (2.) .......
There are, ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little (3.) …
Make a better place…
[Chorus:]
Heal the world, make it a better place
For you and for me and the (4.)..... human race
There are, people dying, if you care enough for the living
Make a better (5.)....., for you and for me
If you want, to know why, there’s a love that cannot lie
Love is strong, it only cares for (6.)..... giving
If we try, we shall (7.)....., in this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread, we stop (8.)...... and start living
Then it, feels that always, love’s enough for us (9.)......
Make a better world,
And make a better world…
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
And the dream we were (10.)..... in will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in will shine again in (11.).....
Then why do we keep (12.)...... life
Wound this earth crucify it’s soul
Though it’s plain to see, this world is heavenly, be god’s glow
We could fly, so high, let our (13.)..... never die
In my heart, I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world, with no fear, together we’ll cry happy tears
See the (14.)......... turn their swords into plowshares
We could, really get there, if you cared enough for the (15.).......
Make a little space, to make a better place…
[Chorus]
[Chorus] ^ (x2)
There are, people dying, if you care enough for the living
Make a better place, for you and for me
(x2)
You and for me (make a better place) 3x
You and for me (heal the world we’re living)
You and for me (save it for our children)
4x
 I Have A Dream

I have a dream, a song to sing

To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
Definition
A song is a musical
composition intended to be performed
by the human voice. This is often
done at distinct and fixed
pitches (melodies) using patterns of
sound and silence. Songs contain
various forms, such as those
including the repetition and variation
of sections.

SOSIAL FUNCTION OF SONGS

The social function of song are:

a. To entertain the listeners.

b. To teach moral value through the lyrics of the
songs.
c. To provide a way of managing the relationship
between our public and private emotional life.
d. To express personal feeling and cultural values.
e. 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.
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF SONGS
The general structure of a song consists of verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus. It is better for us to learn
more about the complete structure of songs.

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

b. 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.

c. 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.

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. It may include a quick instrumental solo or drum interlude or it may be a brief
moment of silence, or a combination of each of these elements.

e. Bridge
This is the part of the song that shifts. It can suddenly change tempo, or volume, or instrumentation. The
bridge is the section that gives the audience time to reflect on the story, or gives them the “climax” or
conclusion of the story through verses and chorus. Bridges can be used to give the singer a break.

f. Outro or Coda
This is the end of the road for the song. It can repeat the intro, chorus or a refrain as an outro, or a bridge
with an instrumental solo.

Below Are Some Forms of Song’s Structure

Intro-verse-verse-chorus-break-verse-verse-break-bridge-break-out

Verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus.
IDENTIFYING SOCIAL FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH
SONG
Earth Song
Michael Jackson
Verse 1
What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things that you said
We were to gain
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said were yours and mine

Chorus
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores
Aah, ooh

Verse 2
What have we done to the world
Look what we’ve done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine

Chorus
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying earth, these weeping shores
Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh

Verse 3
I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don’t know where we are
Although I know we’ve drifted far
Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh

Bridge
Hey, what about yesterday
(What about us)
What about the seas
(What about us)
 The heavens are falling down
(What about us)
I can’t even breathe
(What about us)
What about apathy
(What about us)
Drowning in the seas
(What about us)
What about the promised land
Preachin’ what I believe
(What about us)
What about the holy land
(What about it)
What about the greed
(What about us)
Where did we go wrong
Someone tell me why
(What about us)
What about baby boy
(What about him)
What about the days
(What about us)
What about all their joy
Do we give a damn
Aah, ooh
Aah, ooh

LANGUAGE FEATURES OF SONGS

Song lyrics can appeal to emotions, and they should also appeal to the ear. It can be assumed that different
genres of songs will exhibit different styles of lyrics. The verse of songs contains the details of the song:
the story, the events, images, and emotions that the writer wishes to express. Songs are not always
composed of simple sentence structure or grammar. Lyrics are characterized by the use of rhythms,
conversational speech, and poetic expressions. The following are the language features of songs.

1. Lyrics are written in first, second, or third person given on the specific perspective you
choose. Often time point of views change in lyrics, but only when needed.
2. They use rhyming words. Usually, songs use a familiar catchy tune and rhyme. A rhyme is
a linguistic style, based on consonance or similar sound of two or more syllables or whole
words at the end of one line; rhymes are most commonly used in poetry and songs.
3. They use alliteration. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same
first consonant sound, occur close together in a series, for example: A big bully beats a
baby boy.
4. Some songs use poetic devices, such as figure of speech and imagery. While songs can
paint a vivid picture since they are longer mediums, imagery can be found in just a single
sentence as well. Imagery is vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the
senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste) for example Her blue eyes were as bright as
 the sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk. A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a
meaning something different than its literal meaning.
5. Some songs use amusing word play and slang language. A word play is the manipulation
of language (in particular, the sounds, and meanings of words) with the intent to amuse;
verbal wit. Slang is kind of language consisting of very informal words and phrases. Slang
is more common in speech than in writing, for example: gonna, wanna, ain’t, etc.
 References

Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. 2018. Think Globally Act Locally.

Buku Pegangan Guru. Jakarta : Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znaTY81m7Ss (video lirik lagu Heal
the world) diunduh tanggal 6 Mei 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song#Genres
https://www.ayokbelajar.com/song-definition-socialfunction/