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 ...

The chorus is the most often-repeated bit of a song, the part that you sing along to and that contains the main idea of what the song is about, both lyrically and musically. It should be easy to ...

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 ...

As Finneas already pointed out, these two aim for music outside of the standard pop song structure. It’s not surprising that a song with a heavy story-telling element, like “Happier Than Ever ...

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 ...

Recently a group of researchers has put forth an intriguing hypothesis about the origins of song structure, and they have come up with an ingenious way to test it. Psychology Today.

The pair provided us with a track-by-track breakdown of every song on Structure. Listen to the album and check it out below. Structure by Water From Your Eyes 1.

You won’t see a song there lasting more than 3:40. In the evolution of music, we’re up to CDs and getting into the ‘00s. Now, here’s the kicker: songs didn’t shorten with the internet ...