| dc.description.abstract | This thesis discusses the textual meaning and melodic structure analysis of three Simalungun folklore songs, namely Horja Harangan, Marsapata and Tih tolol. In practice, the presentation of these three songs is usually presented in a spontaneous textual manner. This study uses a descriptive method, which is a method for examining the status of a society, an object, a condition or a system of thought, and the aim is to fully describe the facts, characteristics and relationships between the phenomena studied. The textuals of the three songs and related data will be collected using a literature study approach, field work, through interviews, recording at the research location in Bahapal Raya village and laboratory work. To find the meaning contained in the three folklore songs, an analysis will be carried out by applying the semiotic approach proposed by Roland Barthes. Through this theoretical approach, two different meanings will be distinguished, namely the meaning of connotation and denotation. The results of the analysis of the three songs show that the three songs contain cultural expressions or expressions in the form of messages prohibiting parents not to work in the forest (Horja Harangan), expressions of sadness and disappointment at being left by loved ones (Marsapata), and expressions of advice for children who are grow into a teenager (Tih moron). While the musical analysis shows that three scales are obtained from the three songs. The hexatonic scale is on the Horja Harangan song, the Heptatonic scale is on the Marsapata song and the Tertratonic scale is on the Tih Tolol song. In terms of song format, it was found that Horja Harangan and Marsapata used the strophic format and Tih Tolol used the repetitive format. | en_US |
