Pop Song Structure

A section about 2/3 of the way through the music that has a different mood and new musical ideas from the other sections. Often 8 bars long

• Verse

• Bridge

• Instrumental

• Middle 8

Section of the song that repeats with the same melody and lyrics each time. Normally the most memorable part of the song

• Chorus

• Pre-chorus

• Verse

• Bridge

A short section that links together two main sections

• Intro

• Pre-chorus

• Bridge

• Instrumental

Opening section of the song that sets the mood and style

• Instrumental

• Chorus

• Bridge

• Intro

A section of the song just written for instruments - no singing

• Verse

• Chorus

• Instrumental

• Middle 8

A section of the song that repeats with the same melody and lyrics each time and leads into the chorus.

• Pre-chorus

• Chorus

• Bridge

• Outro

A section that draws the song to a close

• Intro

• Outro

• Bridge

• Middle 8

Section of the song that repeats with the same melody but different lyrics each time.

• Pre-chorus

• Verse

• Chorus

• Intro

Which of these is a typical pop-song structure?

• Intro - chorus - verse - chorus - middle 8 - verse

• Intro - verse - chorus - verse - chorus - middle 8 - chorus - outro

• Intro - verse - middle 8 - verse - middle 8 - chorus - outro

• Intro - verse - chorus - middle 8 - outro