Just as any good writer would plan and organize a paper, story, or narrative, musicians do the exact same thing! Of course, there are moments where the creator will just go with the flow, but for the most part songs, like stories, will have some sense of organization.
In music, we call this the "form". Just like a sculptor will form clay in the shape he desires, the musicians will order or form the song in the way he wants it to go! Most often, people will identify the sections as verse and chorus, but musicians can also label differing sections of a song with letters. The sections of a song are usually big musical ideas or statements. Right now, we are beginning to identify what might change in the music to make a new musical idea or section. Musical elements such as the melody, rhythms, instruments, and textures may change to indicate to the listener that a new section has begun. In the pictures below, the students are listening to two rock n' roll pieces, "Happy Days" and "At the Hop" to identify the form, or the order of the sections they hear, kind of like a puzzle!
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