Song Science #3: How to Build Contemporary Song Forms

Master the Verse, Chorus, Pre-Chorus, Post-Chorus, Bridge to write powerful songs

4.90 (310 reviews)
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1.5 hours
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Feb 2023
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What you will learn

Write songs in different song forms

Build the different sections of a song

Create unstable and stable songs

Use harmonic rhythm

Description

Welcome to Song Science 3!

In previous courses you learned how to create chord progressions.  We worked together on basic chord progressions and even more advanced progressions utilizing techniques from secondary dominants to diminished passing chords.

In this course you'll learn how to build the different sections of a song.

Sections include:

  • The Verse
  • The Chorus
  • The Pre-Chorus

At the end of this course you'll understand how to:

  • Create instability and stability in your songs by tweaking the number of measures
  • Contrast the different sections to make the Chorus pop
  • Build sections from a repetitive chord progressions standpoint and through-composing

This course is for anyone whose looking to be a better songwriter.

I look forward to seeing you in the course!

Content

Introduction

Welcome!

Section Building Concepts

Prosody
Measure Count: Can you have a 7 Measure Verse?
Harmonic Rhythm: Where Should Chords Fall Rhythmically?

The Verse vs. The Chorus

The Purpose
Two Harmonic Journeys

Repetitive Progression

Harmonic Rhythm Contrast
Pitch Contrast

Through-Composed Progressions

Home and Away

The Pre-Chorus, Post-Chorus / EDM Drop, and Bridge

Pre-Chorus
Post-Chorus and Pop EDM Drops
The Bridge

AAA Song Form (The Refrain Song)

How to Write a Modern Refrain Song - An American Idol Winner Did It!

Conclusion

Thank you!

Bonus!

Special Offer

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Reviews

Drew
March 19, 2022
Great detail and loads of room to explore new concepts discovered in the course. The information itself is immensely helpful, excited to apply it to songs!
Tamir
March 2, 2021
Amazing course! I recommend averyone who want to improve their skills and acquire knowledge in writing great songs, to take this course.
Mike
September 13, 2020
Rob is a very engaging instructor and he provides some good songwriting ideas in this course. There are a lot of good song ideas here to use in your own compositions. I highly recommend this course.
Marlon
May 27, 2020
Yes, this course has been a good match for me. It's reinforcing by repetition of topics that I was somewhat familiar with, but making them much more clear at this point. My suggestion is to improve the sound equalization of the keyboard and his narrating voice. His voice is quiet and his keyboard very loud when I have to keep changing the volume in most lectures. Just technical stuff.
Pierre
May 12, 2020
The course was pretty much as expected. To give some constructive ctiticism I would suggest that the instructor could use a pop filter, to avoid annoying pop sounds. It would also be nice if we could see what the instructor actually played on the piano, to follow along easier in the examples. Other from that I'd say that the instructor did a quick and good "to-the-point" course. I am satisfied.
Joel
June 21, 2018
This course is really helping me understand the use of different number of bars and how it can be used in songwriting. Can't wait to see what else i can learn from this course.
Robert
June 20, 2018
The instructor used many examples from contemporary music to illustrate the course content. My only criticism is that compared to the other three courses in this series, this course did not seem to have as much content.
Steven
June 6, 2018
I really liked this course and its predecessor. I love how the instructor systemically walks through different structures with real world examples from songs we all know...
Ian
January 8, 2018
Great information and I like the way the examples are illustrated with good contemporary songs. A lot to take in here, I’ll have to work through it two or three times I think.
Marcus
October 26, 2017
Another brilliant songwriting course from Rob. Theres lots of information here to help you make informed decisions in your songwriting, all delivered clearly. This makes understanding these useful concepts easy so you can start putting them into practice right away. Highly recommended to any songwriter that wants to be more in control of what they can create.
Alec
September 11, 2017
I feel like there could have been more emphasis on how the chords function in each section. I do have a better understanding of song structure now though.
AL
August 23, 2017
I like the fact that you are not rushing through the course and your explanation is done with great detail and I'm learning a ton! what other courses do you have on understanding chords and how to create them?
Keith
April 18, 2017
Another high quality deliverable ! great job ! Thanks for sharing this material its been great and practical ... great examples..
Juan
January 21, 2017
The course is fast but good. One of the best things of it is the use of real songs as examples. You´ll really learn by whatching and hearing them! Great course.
Nailah
December 28, 2016
He teaches so simple anyone can understand. And kudos on the recent examples of songs that play on the radio now, so you really understand the examples given

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