This is a example of a simple song form.
AAA song form
These type of songs are the most traditional form and you will find they are used in pop and folk songs . This can also be called strophic form.
AAA just means that the song is made up of verses and nothing else.
Songs which use this are songs like Maggie May by Rod Stewart and Amazing Grace by Neil Diamond.
Next is 32 bar form AABA
This type of structure was not used until 1910 onwards and was used prominently in operatic music.
AABA means 3 verses and 1 chorus.
This song below consist’s of four sections of 8 bars each.
Each section is given a letter name either A or B depending on their melodic or harmonic content. If you were to use a bridge or a middle 8 that would be called the C section.
The song form I use in my final project is ABC . It uses 3 different melodies which are 2 verses 3 chorus and a bridge. The song which I really like and is what inspired me to implement this structure is Fix you by Coldplay and uses ABC song form as what I have in my song. The structure of the song is verse , chorus , verse, chorus , bridge and I end the song with a final chorus. The reason I’ve used this particular song form is because I think its a clear structure which is easy on the ears because its not over complicated but also not too simple and boring . The down sides of this song form are that it does go on for a rather long time and is slightly repetitive. On the other hand it does make the song more intricate and gives time to showcase me as a singer. So in the end I’m happy with my choice and I think it went well.
The last song I’m going to talk about and its song form. In this song as you can hear it has 5 different verse sections, 2 different chorus and a single bridge section. This means that on each different section Police have changed a chord slightly to mix up the song but to something that still works. This song is Every breath you take by the Police and it has AABACABA song form.
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