http://www.songstuff.com/song-writing/article/song-form-overview/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_form
12 bar: out of 4 bars - 2.5 bar is vocal & 1.5 bar is instrumental: it is AB form
Indian music: chorus + verse + chorus + verse + chorus = ABCABCAA: A = Chorus: B = Antra: C=Bridge
Song structure = musical forms
32 bar form
12 bar blue
AABA
ABABCB song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=81&v=kTHNpusq654
Western music: same size sections: intro+ABABCB+outro
introduction (intro), verse, pre-chorus, chorus (or refrain), verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge ("middle eight"), verse, chorus and outro.
The formal sections found in songs are the verse, chorus, bridge, and refrain
The foundation of popular music is the "verse" and "chorus" structure
- Repeated sections: both chorus and verse music repeats.
- Chorus/refrain/hook/sthayi/mukhada: repeated section with same lyric: repeated lyric = repeated section/part
- Verse = antara = must have same music but different lyric: repeated section with different lyric: different lyric
- bridge: a small piece of music that connects two sections of a music
Verse played first:
cadence: the melody element that give sense of rest. Usually the cadence ends at the key note
coda: end piece of music
ABABCB: verse1 + chorus + verse2 + chorus + bridge + chorus + chorus
interludes: instrumentals connecting main sections or parts of a section with instrumentals
Song Building Blocks
A number of common structural elements of a song have been mentioned during this article.
The most common building blocks are:
- INTRODUCTION(INTRO)
- VERSE
- REFRAIN
- PRE-CHORUS / RISE / CLIMB
- CHORUS
- BRIDGE
- MIDDLE EIGHT
- SOLO / INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
- COLLISION
- CODA / OUTRO
- AD LIB (OFTEN IN CODA / OUTRO)
For details about these common song building blocks, how and why they are used, please read our article, "Song Building Blocks".
