Re: [Harp-L] song structure

[Harp Explorer <harpexplorer1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Iggy Pop would listen to great instrumental tunes and see how they
developed and maintained variety in order to keep up listeners' interest.
Green Onions, Miserlou, Tequila, and so on.

You specified a bridge, but you didn't list a solo portion to kick out the
jams before getting back to the restatement of the themes at the end.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 3:29 PM, <jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm beginning to understand music theory, but I need a good course in song
> structure.
>
> I wrote a song--tempo 140 bpm, a verse and chorus of harp, a verse and
> chorus of organ, then a bridge, then another verse and chorus on the harp,
> but the song wound up being only about a minute and a half long.
>
> Adding another verse and chorus of harp sounded wrong. Another verse and
> chorus of keys sounded, I don't know, wrong.
>
> I added an introduction, essentially just playing the same verse and
> chorus, but in E minor instead of E. I have to listen to it tomorrow to see
> if it's any good.
>
> What would Iggy Pop do?
>
>
>  Jim
> âmyâ
> The gin is mighty fine
> Them biscuits is a little too thin
>