Whois & Analysis for songfacts.com

are words that make up a song usually consisting of verses and choruses.

The writer of lyrics is a lyricist.

The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, as a "librettist".

The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit.

Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of expression.

Rappers can also create lyrics with a variation of rhyming words or words that create and tell a story or song.

A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.

Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics.

If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song.

Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants.

Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs.

Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs.

These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers and lyricists.

Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances.

Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video (or in some, cases, a song may be performed live and simultaneously recorded).

Songs may also appear in plays, musical theatre, stage shows of any form, and within operas.

A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre.

The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people.

For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies.

Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers.

Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers, while others have outside publishers.

A narrative or story is any report of connected events, real or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words, or still or moving images, or both.