ANALYSIS OF PURWAKANTHI FROM THE LYRICS OF BUGIE'S SONG IN THE "KELAYUNG-LAYUNG" ALBUM

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the form of purwakanthi taken from the lyrics of Bugie's song in his kelayung-layung album that is written on the album's data card. The research data was collected by "listening-then-take-notes" method, which includes the following steps : (1) listening the said music in its mp3 format carefully, (2) write the lyrics right after listening it, (3) marking any lyrics that includes purwakanthi, (4) inserting purwakanthi's form data inside the available data card, (5) dividing each purwakanthi  by its form type, and finally (6) looking up the meaning of any lyric sentence containing purwakanthi. The found data will be analyzed with qualitative-descriptive analysis technique. The data will be checked of its validity with semantic validity check, expert judgement reliability check, and intra-rater reliability check. Research results showed these facts : (1) the form of purwakanthi found in the lyrics of Bugie's song in the kelayung-layung album is divided into 3 types, namely purwakanthi guru swara with  a, å, i, u, é vowels; purwakanthi guru sastra with b, d, g, j, k, l, m, ng, p, s, t and w consonants; purwakanthi basa/lumaksita; (2) the meaning of purwakanthi found in the one of the song called "Kelayung-layung" is that humans can not predict when will their body and soul be taken by God.