Structure and Bars for a pop song?

[b52ravens]

I'm stuck wondering how to structure a beat for a bunch of pop songs im making a beat for?

How much bars the intro, hook, bridge, etc. be? And would order would they traditionally be in?

 

[3ternal]

Is it really that hard to listen to some songs and figure it out? There's no really specific form, though you want to keep the song under about 4:00 or so.

 

[ItsMeza]

pop songs vary, but usually intro 4-8 bars verse depends what kind of pop song, prechorus 4-8, chorus 8-12, bridge 4 bars collision/verse again depends on type of pop song then repeat from prechorus and after bridge u can add intrument solo or something, pop songs vary though so i dont know ultimately its up to you but yeah 3ternal is right you gotta stay under in the 4 minute zone, good luck

 

[ztar guy]

Form follows function.

Blues AAA
All the sections have the same number of bars

Jazz pop
AABA
Usually a 4 bar intro followed b1y two 16 versus then a 16 bar chorus. and another 16 bar verse.
Prepeat the enter AABA 2 more times.
1 for the solo
1 to retern to the melody with a 2-4 bar cap

Pop
ABCAB
4~8 bar intro
16- bar verse
8~16 bar chorus
8~16 bar bridge.
16- bar verse
8~16 bar chorus

2~4 bar outro.

Or get an estimate on how long you want the song to last (usually just over 3 minutes
Figure out how fast you want the tempo to be
If you are writing in 4/4 @ 120 bpm
120/4 = 30
One minute of a 120 bpm song is 30 measures
multiply by length of song in minutes
3 x 30 = 90 bars
Don't be afraid to go over a few bars but a pop sond should be under 4 miniutes.
Now that you know you'll need 90 bars you can divide them up as you see fit so long as there is some sense of parity to the arrange ment.

 

[Wedges2]

Form follows function.

Pop
ABCAB
4~8 bar intro
32 bar verse
16 bar chorus
8~16 bar bridge.
32 bar chorus
16 bar chorus
2~4 bar outro.

I would hate to hear a 32 bar verse in a pop song, dear lord. Must be usin a temp of 300 for that lol.

 

[McThugin']

4-8 bar INTRO
8-12bar VERSE... 8BAR chorus 8bar bridge

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4-8 bar INTRO
8-12bar VERSE... 8BAR chorus 8bar bridge

my bad and no more than 3 and a half mins the listeners attention span isn't that long so make it cathy memorable and make an exit..haha