Aleksandra Bełkot

Reflection on the lyrics of the sung poetry in its vocal-instrumental layer on the example of selected Pod Budą’s works

The subject of this article is the analysis of the selected songs – classified as ballads – of the band Pod Budą from Kraków, which purpose is to prove the thesis that the most important song codes in sung poetry are located in lyrics. This thesis is argued by the fact that vocal-instrumental parts of the work underline the importance of lyrics through suitably shaped components of a musical work. Lyrics in sung poetry emphasize therefore: agogic and melodic accents when singing in both high and low volume, and in the instrumental part, apart from the specific dynamics, also tempo. Certain musical technique also helps to trigger the imagination of the recipient as, while listening to the song, the audience can see what the vocalist sings about, that is the space and the situations in which a character of the song is located.

The subject of this article is the analysis of the selected songs—classified as ballads—of the band Pod Budą from Kraków, which purpose is to prove the thesis that the most important song codes in sung poetry are located in lyrics. This thesis is argued by the fact that vocal-instrumental parts of the work underline the importance of lyrics through suitably shaped components of a musical work. Lyrics in sung poetry emphasize therefore: agogic and melodic accents when singing in both high and low volume, and in the instrumental part, apart from the specific dynamics, also tempo. Certain musical technique also helps to trigger the imagination of the recipient as, while listening to the song, the audience can see what the vocalist sings about, that is the space and the situations in which a character of the song is located.