Midterm Flashcards
Creativity
ability to create something original
stages of songwriting
preparation, incubation, illumination, verification
neurolinguistics
kinesthetic, auditory, visual
hook
part you sing
Bo Diddley
hambone rhythm and inventiveness
blues form (chords)
1111 4411 5411
blues form (lyrics)
problem problem payoff
country blues
like folk
song form
basic shape/structure/format
song forms work
because of repetition and surprise
chorus contains
essence/emotion/meaning
standard songwriting rules don’t apply to dance music because
the audience is already captive
in AABA, the B is
contrasting
verse shape
square
chorus shape
circle
bridge shape
diamond
climb shape
triangle
attitude is
aggressively stated point of view
don’t tell me
show me
perfect rhyme
society/variety
prosody
lyrics and music agreeing
groups of stressed and unstressed syllables
metric foot
iamb
ta TUM
trochee
TUM ta