lyrics · musical
Ask PrometheusLyrics (noun) means: the text with music. It emerges from text, music: the text and music together make a pattern. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 8, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' was recorded with musical accompaniment in 1963. music
- The libretto of Mozart's opera *The Magic Flute* was sung to composed melodies in 1791. theater
- Rapper Kendrick Lamar performed the lyrics of 'Alright' over beats at the 2015 BET Awards. performance
Emergence
through: the text and music together make a pattern
- rhythmic arrangement
- semantic meaning
- sung phrasing
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (67 steps)
- lyricsL8
- textL7
- musicL3
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.