What makes a verse a verse? What makes a chorus a chorus? A verse usually occurs twice in a song, and each time a verse would contain different lyrics. What is a chorus? How they impact a song How does a verse impact a song? The further you get into the song, the more the listener understands about the story.
How does a chorus impact a song? Your chorus is the centerpiece, everything lyrical or musical revolves around your chorus.
How are they structured The structure of a verse A verse can be anywhere between lines of lyrics. Most commonly verses come in groups of 4 lines. The length of the lyric lines can vary, but are usually in contrast to the chorus. The vocal range is also usually more limited in the verses. Rhyming schemes? What sort of rhyming schemes do verses use? What sort of rhyming schemes do choruses use? Why is rhythm treated differently?
However, with rhythm it can be more forgiving. This verse contains 4 lines using end rhyming alternates. The first and third line are slightly longer than the second and fourth. The vocal range mainly focuses on notes C, D and G. Hit me baby one more time.
This chorus contains 5 lines using 1 end rhyming couplet, then an end triplet rhyme. The vocal range mainly focuses on notes C and E, but also the range is higher than the verse. Storyline The core of the story is the feeling of loneliness that they no longer have someone they love, this is illustrated in the chorus.
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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Flanders and Swann appeared to be in no doubt as to what constituted a refrain when they penned The Hippopotamus Song, because they actually wrote it in the lyrics of the verse : A regular army of hippopotami All singing this haunting refrain Mud, mud, glorious mud etc.
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I've just remembered a song: "So far away" by Dire Straits. In this song we have a chorus: "so far away from me, so far I just can't see But also the verses have a repeating line: "you're so far away from me". That's a refrain, then, according to my theory, right?
Charlie great example. The fact that it happens so often and is so short just one verse line per refrain line makes it less common. But still a good example if not super typical. Check out Bob Dylan Blowing in the wind. If it happens once at the end, it's a reprise. For further reading, and a much older source of the word, see Oxford Living Dictionaries , especially in ancient Greek tragedy a group of performers who comment together on the main action.
Will Crawford Will Crawford 2 2 bronze badges. It may have some technical definition in classical but here is a simple one: The verse is where you talk about and detail the song subject.
Here is an example : "Don't Pull Your love out on Me baby" an old 80s hit and a crowd pleaser:. Kevin Connelly Kevin Connelly 39 2 2 bronze badges. This was totally unexpected. I know the concept of "bridge" in a song. You say a "bridge" can also be called a "refrain", but a bridge in song structure usually does not repeat and is a completely different verse compared to the rest of the song. How does that match with the definition for "refrain" "a regularly recurring phrase or verse"?
It doesn't in a strict sense -- a refrain is typically expected to repeat. A bridge may or may not repeat. However, they both function to create a transition a bridge to other sections of music — Kevin Connelly. I've definitely had some confusion myself with the term Bridge. In most of what I actually do musically, the bridge is played once, however, I've definitely seen Bridge used in other contexts.
I've heard it used to describe the B section of a Jazz head and I've heard it used to describe a repeated C section of a popular song form, such as some Beatles songs unfortunately can't think of any examples now but I believe it's more common on their earlier albums. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.
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