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Saving the chorus until the end

Saving the chorus until the end - Sibelius Tutorial

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Saving the chorus until the end

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- [Instructor] Another way we can play with the form of a song to create anticipation is to play the chorus less. It's a counterintuitive notion because in typical pop song structure the part of the song we hear the most is the chorus. In most verse, chorus song forms we hear the chorus at least three times and if not, we certainly never hear it less than the amount of times we hear the verse or the pre-chorus. A lot of song writers make the mistake of confusing a hook with a chorus. The catchy parts of songs we sing over and over are often referred to as hooks. While choruses can have a hook, not all hooks are choruses. The true function of a chorus is to fulfill the promise of a song. To resolve the musical and lyrical tension and bring us to release. A song can have many hooks, but only one chorus. It is the proliferation of hooks in the song that will allow us to delay the chorus and play it less frequently, sometimes not until the very end. Some great examples of songs where we…

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