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Bars, Hooks, Breakdowns and Song Structure in Rap
Want to know what a bar in rap is? It's OK, a lot of people don't know how to count bars, write in bars or even what a bar is, this lens explains this as well as hooks, breakdowns, and song structure. (excerpt from book) - RapManual.com
What is A Bar?
A bar is the time it takes to count to 4 on rhythm in any song, this is because the time on any rap song is in the 4/4 time format. A usual verse in a commercial song is 16 bars, sometimes 8, and on freestyles nobody counts. To count bars simply count to 4 in rhythm on any song and add one after each succession. In a normal rap song you should be able to count to 64 on beat, remember after each 4 is a new bar. Hence 64 divided by 4 is 16.
What is a Hook?
A hook is the chorus part of a song that comes immediately after the verse or bridge and is usually 4 to 8 bars and above after the breakdown part of the song and sometimes may fade out.
What is the Breakdown?
The breakdown is after the first two choruses and is sometimes continues by another verse. Sometimes the instrumental music may change slightly and an extra verse or chorus may compliment it. The Bridge is like an extra chorus that can be used anywhere.
Basic Song Structure
intro
verse
chorus
verse2(*1)
chorus
breakdown(*2)
chorus
chorus
outro
*1 = there may be more than 2 verse or choruses
*2 = a breakdown/instrumental sequence varies in bars and in some songs do not exist.
verse
chorus
verse2(*1)
chorus
breakdown(*2)
chorus
chorus
outro
*1 = there may be more than 2 verse or choruses
*2 = a breakdown/instrumental sequence varies in bars and in some songs do not exist.
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