Aaba For Mat

Sometimes a songwriter may feel the need to lengthen the aaba song form by adding another bridge or adding an additional a section.

Aaba for mat.

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. Sometimes the songwriter lengthens the aaba song form by adding another bridge and a last a section resulting in an aababa format. This format can be illustrated as a a b a b a. The a section is the main section of the song the verse and it repeats the most often.

Examining the aaba form. The aaba format was the predominant songwriting format in popular music in the first half of the 20th century. A second eight bar a section which may have. The second bridge can have lyrics or purely instrumental in nature.

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. The b section also referred to as the bridge or middle 8 presents a. Songs in the aaba format consist of four sections each eight bars long. There are many aaba songs that don t use the 32 bar 8 8 8 8 format.

Send in the clowns has a 6 6 9 8 format. In the aaba form the a sections are the versesections and the b section is a bridge. The title is usually placed either in the first or the last line of each verse and is in the same place each time it comes around. An eight bar a section.

As its alternative name aaba implies this song form consists of four sections.