Listening for form in popular music
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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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