Lyrics (in singular form lyric) are a set of words that make up a song In music, a song is a composition that contains vocal parts that are performed ("sung"), commonly accompanied by musical instruments, exception in the case of a cappella songs. The lyrics of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, although they may be religious verses or free prose. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-songwriter, who also composes the song's melody in addition to the lyrics or lyrist A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-songwriter, who also composes the song's melody in addition to the lyrics. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form The term musical form is often loosely used to refer to particular musical genres or styles , which may be determined by factors such as harmonic language, typical rhythms, types of musical instrument used as well as historical and geographical origins. In the vocabulary of art-music, however, it has a more extended meaning, referring to the type, articulation, meter In poetry, the meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of metres and forms of versification is known as prosody. (Within linguistics, "Prosody" is used in a more general sense, and symmetry Symmetry , generally conveys two primary meanings. The first is an imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically pleasing proportionality and balance; such that it reflects beauty or perfection. The second meaning is a precise and well-defined concept of balance or "patterned self-similarity" that can be demonstrated or proved according of expression. The lyricist of traditional musical forms such as Opera Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, is known as a librettist A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata.

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Etymology and usage

Lyric derives from the Greek Greek , an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, is the language of the Greeks. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical ancient Greek literature and the New Testament of word λυρικος lyrikos, meaning "singing to the lyre".[1] A lyric poem Lyric poetry is usually a form of poetry with rhyming schemes that express personal feelings. It does not need to, but can, be set to music. Aristotle, in Poetics 1447a, merely mentions lyric poetry along with drama, epic poetry, dancing, painting and other forms of mimesis. The lyric poem, dating from the Romantic era, does have some thematic is one that expresses a subjective, personal point of view.

The word lyric came to be used for the "words of a song"; this meaning was recorded in 1876.[1] The common plural (perhaps because of the association between the plurals lyrics and words), predominates contemporary usage. Use of the singular form lyric to refer to a song's complete set of words is grammatically acceptable. However it's not considered acceptable to refer to a singular word in a song as a lyric.

Copyright and royalties

See Royalties Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee") and another (the "licensor") for ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property (IP). Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such

Currently, there are many websites featuring song lyrics (e.g. www.lyrics.com). This offering, however, is controversial, since some sites include copyrighted lyrics offered without the holder's permission. The U.S. Music Publishers' Association The Music Publishers' Association of the United States is the arm of the music industry responsible for the production and distribution of sheet music and is the oldest music trade organization in the United States, founded in 1895 (MPA), which represents sheet music companies, launched a legal campaign against such websites in December 2005, the MPA's president, Lauren Keiser, said the free lyrics web sites are "completely illegal" and wanted some website operators jailed.[2]

Lyrics licenses could be obtained in North America through one of the two aggregators; Gracenote Gracenote, Inc., formerly called CDDB , is a company that maintains and licenses an Internet-accessible database containing information about the contents of audio compact discs and vinyl records. It provides software and metadata to businesses that enable their customers to manage and search digital media. Members of the public can also use it Inc. and LyricFind. The first company to provide legal lyrics was Yahoo Yahoo! Inc. is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search), Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping (Yahoo! Maps), video sharing (Yahoo! Video), quickly followed by MetroLyrics MetroLyrics is a lyrics-dedicated website that was founded in 2002, and was the 1st lyrics site to license Gracenote's lyrics catalogue in April 2008. MetroLyrics is the No.1 global lyrics website, and with 40 million+ unique users per month it is the 3rd largest music site in the US and Globally.[citation needed] MetroLyrics is also part of. metrolyrics.com[3] is the first lyrics dedicated web site that converted to legal database, and has became the largest lyrics database in the world based on number of unique users reaching over 40 million unique monthly users in the summer of 2010.

Many competing lyrics web sites are still offering unlicensed content, causing challenges around the legality and accuracy of lyrics.[4] In the latest attempt to crack down illegal lyrics web sites a federal court has ordered LiveUniverse, a network of websites run by MySpace co-founder Brad Greenspan, to cease operating four sites offering unlicensed song lyrics[5]

Academic study

Riskiest Search

McAfee claims searches for phrases containing "lyrics" and "free" are the most likely to have risky results from search engines. [7]

See also

Look up lyrics or lyric in Wiktionary Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website, the free dictionary.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2008-08-23
  2. ^ "Song sites face legal crackdown" BBC News, 12 December 2005. Site accessed 7 January 2007
  3. ^ "Lyrics". MetroLyrics MetroLyrics is a lyrics-dedicated website that was founded in 2002, and was the 1st lyrics site to license Gracenote's lyrics catalogue in April 2008. MetroLyrics is the No.1 global lyrics website, and with 40 million+ unique users per month it is the 3rd largest music site in the US and Globally.[citation needed] MetroLyrics is also part of. http://www.metrolyrics.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  4. ^ Plambeck, Joseph (May 9, 2010). "Lyrics Sites at Center of Fight Over Royalties". The New York Times The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. Although it remains both the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States as well as third largest overall behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, the weekday circulation of the paper has fallen precipitously in. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10lyrics.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=lyrics%20royalty&st=cse. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Court Orders LiveUniverse to Shutter Unlicensed Lyrics Sites". Digital Media Wire. August 11, 2010. http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/08/11/court-orders-liveuniverse-shutter-unlicensed-lyrics-sites. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  6. ^ "Bob Dylan Lyrics". MetroLyrics MetroLyrics is a lyrics-dedicated website that was founded in 2002, and was the 1st lyrics site to license Gracenote's lyrics catalogue in April 2008. MetroLyrics is the No.1 global lyrics website, and with 40 million+ unique users per month it is the 3rd largest music site in the US and Globally.[citation needed] MetroLyrics is also part of. http://www.metrolyrics.com/bob-dylan-lyrics.html. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  7. ^ http://us.mcafee.com/en-us/local/docs/most_dangerous_searchterm_us.pdf
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