ABAC is a really typical type with classic American Songbook tunes like "White Christmas"
The “White Christmas” song structure
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The “White Christmas” song structure
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I feel like putting a C-section in a song is something Matthew Herbert would do
C-Sections scare me
new dads:
Don’t worry G. I’ll bring you a fifth 😂
All Bops Are Castards
Every breath you take has a similar structure
that song is more ABACBA
@MatrixEvolution17 true, that’s why I said similar 😉 and it’s probably one of only a few more modern examples I guess …
This could be a full video on its own, rather than tacked on snippet to the video from a year ago.
But what about the ACAB form?
They’re labeled in alphabetical order so that can only occur as a substructure in a song with a preceding section with an a and b section. A C section by definition cannot initially appear before the B section because then it would be the B section.
All I know is Genesis ABACAB goes ABACAB…. class dismissed.
This ABAC structure was also used in “Wannabe” by Spice Girls.
Heard the drifters version recently and think it’s a banger!
What about the introduction? Was it added later?
“The sun is shining, the grass is green,
The orange and palm trees sway.
There’s never been such a day
in Beverly Hills, L.A.
But it’s December the twenty-fourth,—
And I am longing to be up North” 🙂
VABAC or something, I guess. I don’t think the verse is usually counted in the alphabetical order.