post tonal

quaternary form

4 part aaba form. phrase is typically 4 or 8 measures long. could also start as aa’, the b is the bridge (could also have a abac, abcb, abca…. form)

bridge

may temporarily tonicize another key, ends in prep to return to the a section. In 50-80s music became a contrasting section

verse

repeated music with different text. 50-80s music its acting as the storyline

verse refrain form

just verse and regrain lol

12 bar blues

minor sounding vocal melody with chords in parallel major key under it. There are 3 subphrases that are 4 measures long- 12 bars. 1- 4 measures of tonic, 2- 2 of IV 2 of II, 3- V IV I I. so it is I I I I, IV IV I I , V IV I I

petatonic blues

scale degrees 1 b3 4 5 b7

head

recognizable melody in jazz

chorus

same text repeated with a hook

simple verse form

only verses no chorus

pre and post chorus

pre- before chorus leads into it, post- after chorus leads into verse

loop

repeating harmonic pattern. 3 or more chords use same sequence and rhythm

a design

V1 V2 prechorus (PRC) chorus (C) post chorus (POC) V3 PRC C POC bridge C POC