Song structure (popular music)

Songs in popular music are almost never through-composed. That is, they almost always use the sectional forms such as strophic form. Other common forms include thirty-two-bar form, verse-chorus form, strophic form, and twelve bar blues.

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Popular music - Through-composed - Section - Strophic form - Forms - Thirty-two-bar form - Verse-chorus form - Twelve bar blues

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The first two sections listed below are considered primary, while the intro or introduction and outro or ending may or may not be used in different performances and are not considered essential to the identity of most songs. A bridge is slightly more important. These two sections are usually repeated throughout a song though the bridge, intro, and outro are usually only used once.

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Intro - Outro

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