Artie, thanks for that link. Very interesting article. Of special note was the length of each section. Specifically, the fact that sections are EVEN with lengths of 8, 12, or 16 bars. It also talks about bridges and pre-choruses being 4 or 8 bars. I had always written VCVC or VCVCBC or VVBV formats, but did not concern myself with the lengths (other than each section had to be the same) until about a year ago when a guitar teacher, who is also a songwriter, talked about section length and then again when I went to the studio with MAB and Jay, and they had restructured some songs to be even 12 or 16 bars. So now, I do consider section lengths when I write lyrics, and make sure they fit into a specific even bars length.
phil g.
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