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# Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Form and popular song
- 2 Verses and choruses
- 3 Identifying choruses
- 4 Identifying verses
- 5 Song structure and meaning
- 6 Other elements of song structure
- 7 The bridge
- 8 The pre-chorus
- 9 Music, meaning and the pre-chorus
- 10 Introductions
- 11 Instrumental interludes
- 12 Endings
- 13 Alphabetic representations of form
- 14 Studying form in traditional dance music
- 15 Strategies for representing form
- 16 Check your learning
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements

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