Should a pop chorus be...
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- KVRAF
- 5524 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Mars Colony
...eight or sixteen bars? What say you? This is assuming the verse is sixteen bars.
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- KVRAF
- 2118 posts since 1 Apr, 2004 from Athens, Greece
Sixteen, obviously. Eight bars would make it hip hop.
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- KVRAF
- 7837 posts since 20 Jan, 2008
The mantra of the day is "Dont bore us take us to the chorus"
I like to split the difference and go for 12 it doesn't have to be bluey.
Three four bar lines is repetitive enough. Attach a 4 bar interlude before going to the bridge and you've got just the right amount of breathing room.
I like to split the difference and go for 12 it doesn't have to be bluey.
Three four bar lines is repetitive enough. Attach a 4 bar interlude before going to the bridge and you've got just the right amount of breathing room.
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- KVRer
- 6 posts since 28 Aug, 2007
Or make a 4 bar pre chorus that transitions into a 12 bar chorus.