Song Structure in Music Explained (How To Arrange Your Songs)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- In this video, you’ll learn about song structure in music. You’ll learn these topics at a beginner level, and apply them in Ableton Live. Use any DAW to follow along.
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00:00 Introduction
0:21 Common elements of form and structure in music
0:49 Listen to the song that you'll analyze
1:06 Verse
1:56 Pre-Chorus and Chorus
2:49 Verse 2
3:16 Pre-Chorus and Chorus 2
3:27 Bridge
3:58 Double Chorus
4:42 Outro
5:04 Different Musical Forms You Can Use
First, you’ll learn about common musical elements that begin a song. You’ll label the sections in your DAW, and listen for different characteristics in the music.
Next, you’ll analyze and label the verse and chorus of the song. This is where you’ll gain a better understanding of what helps these sections of the music stand out.
After analyzing the intro, verse, and chorus, you’ll go to the bridge. You'll discover what elements help make the bridge feel different than the rest of the song.
When you're finished analyzing all sections of the song, you’ll label the complete form of the song in your DAW. You'll compare it to different types of forms in music.
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How do you like to arrange your songs?
LANDR very similar to this approach except I write in an empty midi clip what I hear In each section as well after I’ve created all my song parts in clip view ...verse and chorus are too vague for me....then I look at the parts of my song that I have and build a track around the info I placed on the midi track ....you would never know what songs I chose since I pick songs from all genres and decades and bpms it’s better for me to use songs that are completely unrelated to the type of song I’m making....great video! Keep it up!
@@craigolsen612 That's awesome! Thanks for watching.
Well shit! Didnt the music change during the chorus? Like didnt it “go up” or something? I don’t care about lyrics. Lyrics are SO EASY!!! But omg the music part of a song is impossible! I honestly believe that no human being has ever written the music for the song. I believe they all came from the gods because there’s no mere mortal that can keep the timing and make the sound sound right. once again I’m not talking about lyrics, I’m talking about the music part. it’s impossible to do!!! Please prove me wrong.
@@joshnic6639 You're right but with enough practice, music theory knowledge and having the proper tools and team, it's possible.
@@craigolsen612 i used to do that when i started off. Later I learned from watching people in a horizontal view/timeline and I started doing that. I think it helps me work towards a full somg faster compared to a vertical view approach in session view
this helped me become less of an amateur, a must watch for production
That's awesome. I'm glad this helped you improve!
Finally a proper video with good examples and simple short and professional explanation. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@LANDRmusic I did enjoy 😉 the video but haven’t you seen my comment yet?
The moment at 5:35 where you pushed delete actually blew my mind! Thanks for a great, easy to apply tutorial- been trying to gain confidence and this helps tons.
Ah that's so great to hear JMP4it. You're very welcome. Glad it helped you.
No kidding! That is such a sick way to get a start in the songwriting process instead of just starting at a completely blank project.
Concise, and more educational that 99% videos I've seen on arrangement.
Dude- very helpful! No extra chatter, straight to the point. Love that!
"Blackened" By Metallica has the key signature E Phrygian.
Phrygian is a mode, neither of the more common major (Ionian mode) or minor (Aeolian mode).
The BPM of the intro is about 72, the fast-paced parts are 192, and the slow bridge/solo is 128.
"Blackened" has perhaps the most changing time signatures of any Metallica song. The intro is in 4/4, then 3/4, 4/4 again, and then followed by a 5/4 measure, leading into the 7/4 riff. Then, the verse is in 6/4, going into the 7/4 riff again, then a 2/4 measure leading into the chorus, which is in 4/4. The 7/4 riff kicks in again, then the 6/4 verse, another 7/4 riff, and another 2/4 measure leading into the 2nd 4/4 chorus. Then the slow bridge starts with a 7/4 measure, then 4/4 for the rest until the dual-guitar build-up section, in which every other measure is 4/4, and the other measures alternate 2/4 and 3/4, in that order, but starting with a 4/4 measure. Some find it easier to alternate counting 6/4 and 7/4 measures, or even counting one pattern as a whole: a 13/4 measure repeating over and over until the slow solo, which is entirely in 4/4. Then there is a short 4/4 break, ending with a 2/4 measure that leads into the fast solo, which is entirely 4/4 except one measure before the last part of the solo that's in 5/8. Then the riff starts again, in 7/4. Then one final verse in 6/4, then a 2/4 measure leading into the final chorus, which is in 4/4. The last chorus repeats itself, with different words. This repeat is tied to the previous chorus by a 5/4 measure. Finally, the outro is in 7/4. It is somewhat difficult for inexperienced musicians to count the beat properly during the riff, because of the odd time signature and the accented notes for the melody, as well as the snare, are played on the upbeat.
This is a completely accurate analysis!
Till today, whenever I came across the terms Chorus, Verse, Bridge, etc., I didn't know what they meant. I knew that there were different parts to the song, I just didn't know how to refer to them. Your video cleared up everything. I really liked the way you used both auditory and visual aids, to describe the different song parts. It made following along so much easier! Now whenever I'll listen to a song, I'll instantly know which part is which. Thank you so much!
Hey Batman, I'm so glad this helped you better understand song structure. Thanks for sharing your perception and progress!
Thank you for that explanation. God bless! 😊🙏🏻❤
Thanks! This is so practical and easy to understand
This is exactly what i expect to learn and see in order to understand. Thanks bro!
This is a great example for basic song structure! Thank you! Would love for you to break down and analyze the structure of a more complex song next. Maybe something from a prog rock or metal band. =)
Good easy to understand video! Just a few things I'd like to add: It's important to mention that the arrangement template here is based on pop music. "Bars" are subjective to the bpm of the song. 8 bars at 80 bpm is equivalent to 16 bars at 140 bpm because it's twice the amount of beats per minute. So keep an eye on the amount of actual seconds that each section takes so that there's enough room for a verse or a hook and to also not draw out the intro too long.
and if you're reading this and make hip hop/beats, it's usually straight to the hook or 4-8 bars of an intro, 16 bars for the hook, then 32 for the verse, then the same 16 bar hook, then a unique 32 bar verse, then the hook one more time.
thank you!! this was so helpful and easy to follow!
Thank you so much for this !!!! This was super helpful.
I really liked your video and you explain things very simply and organized, thank you! Greetings from Greece!
Thanks you for teaching with actual examples. you even walked us through a song
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great simple and easy to understand thanks !
THIS VIDEO WAS HONESTLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH ANTHONY 🙌🏼❤️
Glad it helped Claudius. You're very welcome!
Very useful, thanks!
This makes perfect sense for what is song structure is all about hopefully 🙏 you’ll check out learn to fly for your next song structure and see what happens in learn to fly by foo fighters for stereo world by feeder because some outtro you can have a fade out instead of a end but man what you taught us about what is song structure many recording artist like jars of clay,foo fighters,hawk Nelson,audio adrenaline ,and feeder and don’t forget about one direction use alot of song structure and some have ending and some has fade out or even fade in and even both have fade out and a end like whooey by feeder. This video is very helpful thank you 🙏 for what is song structure is.
Awesome video! Thank you!
Phenomenal video. Thank you very much.
Thanks for covering this topic. More on structure in the context of electronic genres! Anything worthwhile 🙏 .. I got chordz for days and there are beats a-plenty - structure is what it needs!
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This very helpful.. thanks man
@Landr! Thanks for sharing. This will help me with my research.
Glad it was helpful! Feel free to share your research when it's done.
WOW!!! NICE AND CONCISE EXPLANATION THANK U
Great video. Thanks for this
Thank you so much for making this video
ive been struggling with figuring out the structure for my song. Ive just been aimlessly making nice beats but have a hard time to think up of how to make it into a whole song cuz i don't have a clue about what direction to take the beat to. This video opened my frickin eyes so thankss
I'm still stuck with structure sometimes even after making this video 😂😂 Glad this helped you.
really helpfull, thank you
Awesome tutorial tnQ. Deleting at d end is my fav part. 👌🏼👍🏻
It was mine too! hahahahaha
This is amazing and clear
thanks for the help! Especially at 5:35
Thank you very much!
Wow, you explained everything i wanted to know 📃 ❤❤❤❤❤❤
thanks bro, u r the great
Thank you so much for the lesson I learned it from you.God bless you
You are very welcome.
This was actually a really helpful video, thanks :D
Glad it helped!
I knew something was missing in my music, i just didn't know how to look it up on online. This os priceless.
Thanks buddy
New subscriber gained. This is very well explained, simple and easy to understand, nice work!
Awesome, thank you!
this wa helpful.Thank you.
That was incredibly helpful. Thank you
You're very welcome!
Thanks a lot
Lifesaver, this helped me with my schoolwork, thank you so much
Hey Al, so glad to hear it. Thanks for letting us know.
Awesome, straight forward, instructional. No BS. And a sweet Canadian accent too! What more can we ask for? Thanks.
Hahah Cheers!
This was really awesome so so helpful keep up the good work.
Thank you! Will do!
Thx for this video brother it's really helpful
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Great song
Thank you! This was a big help!
Glad it helped!
This helped me so much
l like your use of a song to explain music structure 👏👏👏
this is just the video I needed ty
Glad to hear it Bones!
Well explained, I can teach this to my guitar students
Thanks for the tip! I tried the same last week, but decided to put all labels in a spreadsheet.
I should have used a daw instead!
An addition could be to add empty midi clips to label where different instruments start, stop, and loop
Yeah I've definitely seen empty MIDI clips do the trick. They look more clear as well.
This was very helpful
This helped me understand what is what better than ks :)
thank you so much for analyzing a random song. That was exactly what I was trying to do but got confused LOL
Thnx for the video man, it really did help me
I'm glad it helped Walid!
A nice presentation of stucture basics. Also the formula to write the most generic music, like the one heard on this video.
This is an awesome video dude! Very helpfull!
Hey Jim, thanks so much. I'm glad it helped you!
Thank you. Helpful.
You're welcome!
Well explained pal🙌
great video thank you!!!!
You are so welcome eric!
THANK YOU. seriously, thank you.
You're very welcome!
Thanks, man! :))
Thanks you for helping ❤️❤️
You're welcome.
Thanks! Helped me a Lot! :)
Glad it helped!
Great video!
Thanks!
Well made guide, helped a lot thank you :}
Glad to hear it!
Thanks! This helped!
Glad to hear!
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thanks for translate
Thanks man this is very helpful😊😊🙂
Glad it helped, thanks for watching!
Great explanation
Glad you think so!
What I took most from this video. Was the most important thing. Also I would say it was a slap in the face, like I should have figured that out on my own. If it was a snake, it would have bitten me lol. That being...... importing a song into the daw, and analyzing it as you did. Marking the breaks of each section. I have a lot of knowledge on theory, and how to play. Yet, producing is a whole new game. Thank you so much for the video. I am also a LANDR member. Thank you 🙏🏻
Hey Justin. Thanks for taking the time to write that comment. It took me so long to figure this out as well. I was just writing myself into corners. I'm really glad this helped you - and I look forward to hearing some music that you produce in the future!
great very helpful
So nice to hear Grasela.
Genio, gracias por la ayuda
De nada mi amigo!
Thankyou, now i know the real meaning to the structure of a song, its for my English class😂😂🙏
Why u guys r very talented
wow finally i found a short video explaining all the material thanks so much man !! i wrote music a couple years back and im trying to remember knowledge on how to do it again cause i wanna get back into it ^^
Glad it helped!
This is super helpful, thank you!!
Question - does Logic Pro also allow you to import a song and then label / break it down?
thanks man 🧡🧡🧡
No problem 👍
5:34 was epic :D Anyways, great video. Cheers
Awesome
Thxxx
YW!
Thank you
You're welcome!!
great
Amazing ❤️
Thanks 😄
wow nice structure thanks
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks alot! I'm trying to learn how to sing but I wanna try and make my own song first😅😅 this really helps!!
Happy to help!
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Nice
Good!
Thanks!
Great video, very helpful, would love in future videos if you did not have the overlay graphic title come in from the side, my brain just found that distracting and startling. Distracted me from learning the interesting content. Thanks.
Thanks
You're welcome!
Wait, this guy is the Australian prime minister?
Could you do another video analyzing multiple songs
Cool!
Thanks for watching, Kevin.
explanation with a video,nice
Glad you liked it
@@LANDRmusic YES I DID....MORE EYE OPENERS LIKE THIS,