lyricist
Writes song words
A lyricist writes the words to songs, as distinct from the composer who writes the music.
The term usually applies to popular music, musicals, and opera rather than poetry set to music after the fact.
Lorenz Hart was the lyricist; Richard Rodgers composed the melodies.
Metered poetic passage
- chorusSingers performing together
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- hookCurved catching device
- refrainAbstain from acting
stanza · rhyme · meter · imagery · metaphor · simile · wordsmith · storytelling
One who composes music
- composerCreator of musical works
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- publisherCompany releasing books
royalties · copyright · ASCAP · BMI · credits · demo · pitch · commission
Pleasing sequence of notes
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- tuneMusical sequence of notes
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
syncopation · groove · composition · arrangement · score · accompaniment · notation · key
- GershwinComposing brothers' surname
- DylanWelsh masculine name
- HammersteinFamed musical theater lyricist
- BerlinGermany's largest city
verse
Metered poetic passage
refrain · stanza · rhyme · meter · imagery · metaphor · simile · wordsmith · storytelling · narrative
songwriter
One who composes music
- composerCreator of musical works
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
publisher · royalties · copyright · ASCAP · BMI · credits · demo · pitch · commission · contract
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
tempo · syncopation · groove · composition · arrangement · score · accompaniment · notation · key · chord
Sondheim
- GershwinComposing brothers' surname
- DylanWelsh masculine name
- HammersteinFamed musical theater lyricist
Berlin · Bernstein · Wodehouse · Rice · Miranda · Lennon · McCartney
sonnet
Fourteen-line metered poem
ballad · elegy · diction · alliteration · assonance · consonance · rhythm · cadence · scansion · iambic
pop
Fizzy drink, regionally
R&B · soul · folk · blues · gospel · Broadway · Bollywood · K-pop · reggae · punk
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- Hip-Hoprapper, rappers, rhymes, beat, freestyle
- songwritingverse, verse-chorus, refrain, song structure, melody
- communicatorsspeaker, explainer, orator, presenter, announcer
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
lyricistcomposer
Creator of musical works
melodist · music composer · tunesmith · music writer · scorer