How to Identify Songs

A song is an instrumental composition designed to be played by the entire human voice, with no accompaniment. This can be done in various and constantly changing melodies with varying spaces of silence and sound. Songs have various types, including those with the repeated and parallel variation of basic sections. In general, songs are constructed from a series of basic stanzas or verses, with some kind of chorus or refrain.

A song that was not written in the verse-verse-chorus-verse manner is called a ballad or a hymn. A ballad usually describes a story, whereas a hymn tells a story of a divine event or idea and is used in churches and other spiritual institutions. There are a number of styles of song that have become popular worldwide, including rock, country, gospel, pop, Spanish music and the daily beast.

To help you learn how to identify songs, there are two main types: the meter (the length of the words or phrases) and the key (which chord or key the song is played in). You may also hear terms like theme, structure and theme song. Theme song refers to a single narrative of some type that repeats throughout the song. Structure song describes a unit of melody that occurs throughout the song and is repeated in certain sections.