Bridge (music)

In popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section. The bridge may be the middle-eight in a thirty-two-bar form (the B in AABA), or it may be used more loosely in verse-chorus form, or, in a compound AABA form, used as a contrast to a full AABA section, as in "Every Breath You Take".

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Popular music - Thirty-two-bar form - Verse-chorus form - Compound AABA form - Every Breath You Take

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Lyrically, the bridge is typically used to pause and reflect on the earlier portions of the song, or prepare the listener for what comes next.

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See also: song structure (popular music), interlude.

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Song structure (popular music) - Interlude

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