songwriting
Penning musical pieces
Songwriting is the craft of composing music and lyrics for songs.
It encompasses everything from sketching out melodies to crafting verses, choruses, and bridges.
Professional songwriters may work alone, collaborate with artists, or write specifically for others to perform.
The term covers both the process and the skill: She's been focused on songwriting since her teens.
Someone engaged in this work is a songwriter.
Metered poetic passage
- chorusSingers performing together
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- introBrief opening section
- outroSong's closing section
hook · refrain · pre-chorus · coda · interlude · breakdown · tag · vamp
Musical sequence of notes
- hookCurved catching device
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- motifRecurring thematic element
- pitchFrequency of sound
contour · interval · scale · key · tonality · earworm · leitmotif · riff
Curved catching device
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- contrastNotable difference between things
- repetitionAct of redoing
- tensionStretched or strained state
release · payoff · setup · economy · specificity · universality · subtext · perspective
Matching terminal sounds
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
assonance · couplet · stanza · simile · prosody · scansion · syllable · singability
Source of creative impulse
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- demoShort trial presentation
- revisionAltering to improve
- rewriteRevise text substantially
pitching · workshop · collaboration · journaling · freewriting · concept · theme
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- meterDevice that measures usage
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
swing · pulse · backbeat · polyrhythm · measure · accent · pattern · downbeat
Notes sounded simultaneously
- progressionSequential forward movement
- voicingExpressing aloud
- majorOf chief importance
- minorScale with lowered third
seventh · tonic · dominant · subdominant · modulation · cadence · arpeggio · suspended
verse
Metered poetic passage
outro · hook · refrain · pre-chorus · coda · interlude · breakdown · tag · vamp · reprise
tune
Musical sequence of notes
pitch · contour · interval · scale · key · tonality · earworm · leitmotif · riff · lick
hook
Curved catching device
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- contrastNotable difference between things
- repetitionAct of redoing
tension · release · payoff · setup · economy · specificity · universality · subtext · perspective · prosody
rhyme
Matching terminal sounds
alliteration · assonance · couplet · stanza · simile · prosody · scansion · syllable · singability · conversational
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- demoShort trial presentation
- revisionAltering to improve
rewrite · pitching · workshop · collaboration · journaling · freewriting · concept · theme
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- meterDevice that measures usage
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
groove · swing · pulse · backbeat · polyrhythm · measure · accent · pattern · downbeat · upbeat
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
- progressionSequential forward movement
- voicingExpressing aloud
- majorOf chief importance
minor · seventh · tonic · dominant · subdominant · modulation · cadence · arpeggio · suspended · diminished
- collaborationscollaborators, joint task force, joint project, duo, coalition forces
- artsartist, creativity, expression, painting, sculpting
- creative activitiessketching, doodling, painting, drawing, sculpting
- musicmusic, singing, singer, singers, band
- songwritinglyrics, verse, verse-chorus, refrain, melody
- Band Lifedrums, guitar, bass, electric guitar, microphone
songwritingperforming
Executing an action
recording · singing · playing · karaoke · live performance
songwritingstreaming
Real-time digital delivery
music appreciation · listening · passive listening · fandom · playlist curation
song, sing, write, writing, written, sung, songs, songwriter, singsong