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Newguest Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Write a song
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If somebody says: We were writing songs as a four-piece.....
Does "writing" mean composing music or writing lyrics, or both? If writing means both composing music and writing lyrics how to differentiate what soemone is trying to say when he/she says: We were writing songs????
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If somebody says: We were writing songs as a four-piece.....
Does "writing" mean composing music or writing lyrics, or both? If writing means both composing music and writing lyrics how to differentiate what soemone is trying to say when he/she says: We were writing songs????
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Yes, "writing" can be used for both. For just music, you can use "scoring" or "writing a score".
- Yes, "writing" can be used for both.
- For just music, you can use "scoring" or "writing a score".
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Yes, "writing" can be used for both.
For just music, you can use "scoring" or "writing a score".
For just music, you can use "scoring" or "writing a score".
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I'd disagree slightly, insofar that writing and composing are directly interchangable when referring to music or poetry, however I would read scoring more as a synonym of orchestration when applied to composition.
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