What’s involved in writing a song?
What's involved in writing a song?
A song has four basic elements: words (the lyric) are sung to a tune (melody) that is supported by chords (harmony) and played to a certain combination of beat and tempo (rhythm).
a song = lyric + melody + harmony + rhythm
In different styles of music the balance of importance between these elements will change. In recent dance music the lyric is often reduced to a line or two, sampled and repeated; melody and harmony are also simplified, but rhythm is everything. Rap dispenses with melody and significant harmony but emphasises the lyric. MOR music stresses melody and a non-dissonant harmony but downplays rhythm. Rock and soul stress rhythm but not necessarily at the expense of the other elements. If you have been writing songs for a while, you may feel stronger on some of the four elements than others.
Even famous songwriters are often better at certain things than others. Bob Dylan’s early music was harmonically conservative, coming as it did out of the American folk tradition, and his style of singing is hardly conducive to bringing out the contours of a beautiful melody, yet the attitude of his vocal style and his lyrics revolutionized popular music.
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