A POP SONG IN A FEW STEPS

Warning! This post is full of audios so put your headphones on and let’s get started!

1)TEXT: 90% of pop songs are love songs so we’re going to write a text about love. Well, in this case we’re supposed to use words such as sweet, love, heart... so love everywhere.

1a) VERSE: in the verse we can talk about our love for a girl or a boy: we can say we are falling in love with someone or that she/he is the sweetest person in the world; we want to kiss him/her for our entire life and so on.

Verse

I'm falling in your eyes

And now I’m falling in love

Your eyes were as a light

Your skin white as a dove

Oh, you are so beautiful

I’ll never forget you

But I don’t know where you are

1b) CHORUS or REFRAIN: the chorus (or refrain) is the part of a song that everyone will sing, so we have to use simple and direct sentences easy to remember (don’t forget to put “love" in it!!!).

Chorus

Where are you

I love you

I want you

Where are you

I Want you

now

We will end with another verse (in which, for example, we could talk about our sadness because we will never meet our beloved again), then we’ll repeat the chorus.

2) RHYTHM: we could use different types of rhythm, more or less complex.

For example: 

2a) regular 4/4 (tum tzz cha tzz): AUDIO 1

2b) regular 4/4 with double Charleston (tum tzz tzz tzz cha tzz tzz tzz): AUDIO 2

2c) pop 6/8 (tum tzz tzz cha tzz tzz): AUDIO 3    

there are innumerable rhythms, so we could use different ones too.

3) ARRANGEMENT: the arrangement is the instrumental composition without vocals and rhythm. In a pop song there are four main parts of it.

3a) ACCOMPANIMENT: in the accompaniment we use chords to accompany the melody.

AUDIO 4

Here we can use a guitar, a piano or other similar instruments.

3b) BASS LINE: the bass line is the low notes “melody”. Probably, you will not hear this, but if it wasn’t there, you would notice the difference.

AUDIO 5

We can play a bass guitar or a piano.

3c) MELODY: the melody is that part of a song everyone whistles.  

AUDIO 6

AND… SIIIIIIING!!!

3d) STRINGS: without the strings, the song would sound incomplete. In fact the strings don’t leave space to a moment of silence.

AUDIO 7

We probably won’t have an orchestra,  but we could use a keyboard as well.

We could also add: 

- a solo (maybe with an electric guitar

- choirs

- any sound we want

So, finally, this is my pop song. Hope you’ll like it!

AUDIO 8

Thanks for reading! Let us know in the comment section what you think about this tutorial and if you found it helpful and interesting. See you soon!

JACO