15. IMPORTANCE OF LYRICS AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN USING MUSIC

15. IMPORTANCE OF LYRICS AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN USING MUSIC

IMPORTANCE OF LYRICS:

The lyrics are the main way of communicating the message in music, though it's undeniable that few songs with lyrics of no meaning have become popular today, because of the music alone. The lyrics have to be worked out in partnership with melody, chords, and the general mood they generate.

The Lyrics which are attractive in music usually has the following features:

Ø  Usually the words with a lot of emotional impacts, like “love”, “need”, “face”, “heart”, etc. will be featured prominently with higher notes in melodies, or as vocal harmonies.

Ø  Every word will be in the regular vocabulary of a teenager.

Ø  The natural rhythmic pulse of a word will be reflected in the rhythm of the song. If the pulse is on the first beat, that word will be placed on a strong beat.

Ø  Lyrical clichés will kill a song and should be usually avoided.

Ø  Lyrics will tell a story or describe a situation. Emotions with the background will be provided.

Ø  The best lyrics will not just speak to listeners – they make listeners feel like they could be singing the song.

In some genres of music, lyrics aren’t even existent which causes the music to speak for itself. However, in most cases, lyrics are prevalent. Songs that make you think about their message and that cause you to ponder their meaning for days are real masterpieces, yet they seem to be very rare.

 

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY:

It is very true that music and ethics have strong ties historically. Contemporary scholars who investigate music’s role in society cannot avoid touching upon its relation with ethical and moral issues.

Jeff Warren, the author of ‘Music and Ethical Responsibility’ states that the responsibilities cannot be summed up or reduced to abstract concepts and general rules, thereby establishing a distinction between ethics and morality should be done; responsibilities must be renewed each time they occur in specific situations. In short, music allows encounters with others, and this certainly leads to an exploration of the role of music in relation to ethical responsibilities. In order to make this claim, Warren first contended that music is not autonomous and music gives meaning. Meaning is neither an inherent aspect of music nor a completely subjective matter. Rather, it is created in interactions between music and listening and/or playing subject. Musical meaning is not only multiple, contingent, and emergent, but also created through interpersonal encounters, and therefore involve ethical responsibility. As music is always linked to human beings, we are responsible for other people when we create, perform, and listen to music. Ethical responsibility cannot be situated in the music itself but rather in the interactions with other people who might be influenced by encounters with music that is created or used.

The ethical responsibility should be partaken by the performer, composer, and audience. Arguing against the obsolete idea that a performer’s primary responsibility lies in respecting the score, Warren contends that ethical responsibility emerges in contact with others (composers, fellow performers, audiences, also people not participating in or present at a musical performance). A performer thus has responsibilities for the past, the present, and the future.

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