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Originally posted by Dr. Feelgood
There's no rule that says that pop music has to have verses/choruses of a particular length. They come in all sorts of sizes. Same with most (and possibly all) music. |
Like I said - I'm a dancer, not a musician. If is said "pop music
usually has 4 eights to a verse/chorus, and blues
usually has 6 eights to a verse/chorus" - would that be better?
If its a song you have never heard before, and you are trying to anticipate what is coming, you have to make some assumptions. The first assumption is that the song is danceable! Then you hope it is consistent - if the first verse has 4 eights, then the other verses and chorus will be the same. Another is that if there is a change in the bass line after the first 2 eights of a verse, then it is going to be 6 eights, not 4 eights. And finally if there is a break on a particular beat in the first verse, then it will be in the same place in the other verses.
You can't anticipate what happens in a bridge (is that the right word?). And you can't do anything about musicians deliberately confusing you, eg where thay occasionally throw in an extra beat, or change the timing completely.
David