Song structure explained

Determining a song’s structure is like unlocking the roadmap for where to go with performance, arrangement, mix ideas and more. It can help you communicate with the artist, fellow band mates, and make production decisions.

In this Puremix exclusive, multi-award winning engineer Fab Dupont explains several types of song structures as well as his process for identifying the different structures.

Fab will analyze over 30 songs with you and explain:

• The Elements Of Song Structure
• The History Of Song Forms
• Classic Examples Of Popular Song Forms
• Learn Song Forms like AAB, AABA, Verse Refrain, Through Composed, And More!

Once Fab has explained how he analyzes song structure, you will take a quiz to identify the form of Amy Reagan’s song “Crazy”.

Discover one of the most important elements of music, Song Structure, with Fab Dupont. Only on Puremix.

SONG LINKS:

Franz Schubert - The Erl King

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The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun

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Queen - The March Of The Black Queen

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Of Montreal - Women's Studies Victims

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Memphis Slim - Lonesome

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Johnny Lee Hooker - Boom Boom

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Frank Sinatra - Blue Moon

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Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A Lady Tonight

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Seal - Luck Be A Lady Tonight

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Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind

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Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A Changin’

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The Beatles - Eight Days A Week

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The Beatles - Yesterday

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The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand

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The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

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Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are

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Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville

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The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman

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Pharrell Williams - Happy

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Drake - One Dance

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Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again

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Daft Punk - Get Lucky

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Britney Spears - Toxic

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Dua Lipa - New Rules

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Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk

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Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars

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DJ Snake, Lil John - Turn Down For What

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Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee

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David Bowe - China Girl

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