How to Write a Song #6 - Song Structure

[rajeshknair2001]

loved your lessons. thank you.

[neroxyzey]

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[MegaDomnick]

This guy's voice not only teaches the soul, but soothes it was well:))

[shepv50]

These lessons have been a real inspiration. I have never written a song before am trying to put the ideas into practice,

Something seems to have gone wrong with the upload of lesson 5 though as things seem to go from 4 to 6.

Any chance of getting hold of 5 please?

[siriusblack9999]

@shepv50 5: youtu. be/6PC DDlpCGGg

[HBSfromMsia]

I have a question. Is the bridge and pre-chorus the same thing? Its confusing.

[alvaritooooooooo]

@HBSfromMsia I think that the pre-chorus acts like a "bridge" from the verse to the chorus but like a progression or "crescendo" of the verse to finishing in the "explosion" of the Chorus. It doesn't have a main role and in a standard song it repeats always while the bridge is usually located in the middle or near the end of the song breaking the "routine" of the melody and rythm and putting a little bit of "relax" before the final BIG explosion and it's usually played once.

[sdsheep195]

Happiness is a warm gun by beatles is an exception...

[Hyardacil]

Often new writers are SO CONSUMED by their goal to create something new that they veer away from TRADITIONAL SONG STRUCTURES?!?!!? Really?!

Sigh.

[Hyardacil]

Often new writers are SO CONSUMED by their goal to create something new that they veer away from TRADITIONAL SONG STRUCTURES?!?!!? Really?!

Sigh.

[TGTVHSJ]

Do you think it would be overdoing it if I used a bridge and a solo? please reply coz im struggling thanks

[toyogc4ever]

@TGTVHSJ no, loads of songs have a bridge and a solo. i dont think its overdoing it,unless the bridge and the solo are too long.

also,if it helps, i will tell you that my songs go better if the solo goes before the bridge,after the second chorus. but i guess most songs go just as well if the bridge goes before the solo,i dont know.

i hope it helps.

[theclash06013]

Another song structure (mostly for Prog Rock) is A D A B C E D B C. A is a verse, B is a prechorus (some go A D B A B C E D B A), C is the chorus, D is the bridge, and E is a solo. So you have a verse, a bridge, a verse, a prechorus, a chorus, a solo, a bridge, a prechorus , and a Chorus. This seems complex, but if the prechorus is kinda long (as it often is in prog rock) it'll act like a 2nd chorus, Pull Me Under by Dream Theater is a perfect example of this kind of format.