The song “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell features a classic verse-chorus-verse-chorus structure. It starts with a verse: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot ...

If songs across the globe and from a variety of cultures tend to have certain ... Recently a group of researchers has put forth an intriguing hypothesis about the origins of song structure, ...

Whatever structure your song features, if you want it to be played on the radio, without doubt the most important thing is to get to the chorus in less than a minute, and ideally in less than 30 ...

Music can elicit strong emotions, which can be hard to describe. A new study has found that a simple change in harmonic structure can contribute to our preference for certain songs. Analyzing the ...

No Hook: How the Structure of Viral Rap Songs Is Changing Social media has accentuated evolving regional rap styles, putting more emphasis on clever punchlines than traditional hooks.

When we critique songs getting shorter, the point of comparison is to songs that have a clear structure within the confines of their genre. For instance, a pop song having two verses, a bridge ...

The electronic musician has been turning traditional song structures inside out for nearly 20 years. On this +1 he explains how he breathes life into an artificial sonic world.