Bridge (music)

As Bridge [ bɹɪdʒ ] a characteristic about senior molding in jazz, pop, rock and electronic dance music is called ( English for " bridge ").

The concept

The English word " Bridge" has, according to the German word " bridge " has several meanings; common to all is the relevant sense here " link over a breakup ."

Stylistic Overview

A conventional 32- taktiger "Chorus" ( a run of jazz standards ), the AABA song form; of the basic key leaving the B- part is called Bridge. In its proportions, this plan is often changed: The bossa nova title The Girl from Ipanema, although has the usual 8 -bar A section, but a 16 -bar, diverse modulating Bridge ( " Oh, but I watch her ​​so sadly ... ").

Many pop songs have an AABA form. The Lennon - McCartney song Yesterday, for example, has a 7 -bar A section and an 8 -bar bridge ("Why she had to go I do not know ... ").

Other pop songs, and many rock songs employ a different construction: first, change verse and chorus ( " Verses" and, with a different meaning as above, "chorus "); then follows the Bridge, a molding, the melodic, harmonic and in the sound of the environment stands out; finally heard again the refrain, often several times. This allows to avoid the fatigue effect, which possibly occurs after two or more times listening to verse and chorus.

With the word bridge can sometimes the " prechorus " refer to: the last bars of the verse immediately before the chorus, where they form a separate formal section on executive function. A unit with a useful function among members at the end of a formal section ( like the start of the spaceship in David Bowie's Space Oddity ) is, however, not be described as a bridge, but as a break.

In English, certain hot moldings of classical music 'bridge passage', in particular the so-called reconciliation between the main and side thought in the sonata form.