Aaba For Mat

There are many aaba songs that do not follow the 8 8 8 8 format for example the song send in the clowns has a 6 6 9 8 format.

Aaba for mat. In other forms b represents whatever section comes second in the song. Songs in the aaba format consist of four sections each eight bars long. A second eight bar a section which may have. The a section is the main section of the song the verse and it repeats the most often.

Also like the aaba format melody variations and key changes are required to keep songs with this structure from becoming monotonous. An eight bar a section. The second bridge can have lyrics or purely instrumental in nature. Examining the aaba form.

Send in the clowns has a 6 6 9 8 format. The b section also referred to as the bridge or middle 8 presents a. The aaba format was the predominant songwriting format in popular music in the first half of the 20th century. In the aaba form the a sections are the versesections and the b section is a bridge.

The 32 bar form also known as the aaba song form american popular song form and the ballad form is a song structure commonly found in tin pan alley songs and other american popular music especially in the first half of the 20th century. The aaa song structure is not used much in popular music but many children songs hymns and folk songs bear its signature including kumbaya and mary had a little lamb. As its alternative name aaba implies this song form consists of four sections. There are many aaba songs that don t use the 32 bar 8 8 8 8 format.

Sometimes the songwriter lengthens the aaba song form by adding another bridge and a last a section resulting in an aababa format.