When Did You Learn About Bar Counts, Song Structure, Measures etc?

[PhonZhi]

Like when did u learn that most verses are 12-16 bar measurements, Hooks are mainly 4-8 bars and bridges 8bars in the average song made for radio? When did u become aware that songs are "measured" and are similar in length? When and how did u learn to count bars? obviously if u were in the band you learned earlier than most, but what about those of you that werent taught?

 

[pointproven214]

internet.

 

[H. Selassie]

Around 14, 15 when I actually started listening for lyricism

internet.

Pretty much

 

[sanityovar8ted]

band 5th grade thru 11th

 

[pointproven214]

and reading books on it.

 

[Therht]

Suppose my subconscious grasped traditional 4, 8, 16 bar structures as a youth

But it was when I picked up djing in my late teens I realised you had to know your 8 bar counts

Studying others GOATs on the buttons I realised you could pre plan your mixes by just matching up your 16 bar intros with the 16 bar chorus on the last tune for example (these times I'm mixing UK Garage)

Got to know my tunes well enough I could pull off intricate blends on the fly, "oh that tunes got 16 bars of drums then it drops", "that tune there got 16 bars of drums, 16 of melody, another 16 the bass comes in, then the whole tune drops out for 8 bars, builds up then kicks in to the main drop"

DJs mixing out of wack is bad enough for everyone, but hearing a DJ mixing out of sequence to a pro like moi is horrible

By my late teens I'm writing bars and from there you know it's a wrap

I once did the bar count on Da Mystery of Chessboxin' lads, that tunes all over the place.



worst!

 

[SirBiatch]

back when I used to keystyle on ICQ

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Never really have and don't really care to. Thats for y'all musicians and shyt. Not saying I don't know what a bar is etc but I could care less

 

[Mr Rager]

Like 5 years ago when I picked up FL Studio

 

[stealthbomber]

learned how to read music in 4th grade

but dj'ing is when i realized it why it's important

 

[Blackout]

When I had my first access to the internet.

I also noticed that the length of the rap in the whole song are way more shorter than I thought.

 

[STVNTMAN]

Had a music class in middle school

 

[pointproven214]

music theory is very important to how flow actually works it's about being one with the beat and not the amount of syllables in a phrase or a line.

 

[head shots101]

Around 16 when I was trying to rap

I would go 1,2,3 bar to count

 

[Pete Wrigley]

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