HELP! What's a VERSE, CHORUS, & BRIDGE? (Songwriting 101)

Do you like my crazy lip-syncing!?!? In this songwriting 101 tutorial, you will learn: what is a verse, what is a chorus, and what is a bridge! DOWNLOAD SONGWRITING CHEAT SHEETS! / dylanlaine
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[@DylanLaine]

Songwriting Cheat Sheets can be found here! www.patreon.com/dylanlaine

[@doryismybae1569]

Dylan Laine thank you so much for the video!

[@lifedoggosdogs5388]

Thanks soo much I wouldn’t of been so good at songwriting if it wasn’t for you thanx soooooo MUCH!XOXO

[@Lucas-nf7uj]

I think you should understand it all before you begin to write

[@rohankulkarni9357]

You are so quite

[@jordendeboer2853]

Hey do u also know if the bridge is the same for house music? Nice vid btw

[@johnnydark6876]

the bridge can be considered as a small separate song within a song.

[@lilahgene6008]

johnny dark that’s a good way to put it😁

[@soxysoxy3277]

not really

[@ateez_stan777]

@@soxysoxy3277 yes it basically is

[@phillipmartelly]

I'm still confused on a bridge

[@theliamofella]

I would say the middle 8 matches that idea a little bit more

[@TheUltimateDestroyer]

Chorus has the same lyrics each time, verses have different lyrics each time, bridges have different lyrics, background music and new melody (pitch and rhythm)

[@YH-ls7km]

Thanks

[@emotheremail6667]

But does the chorus have the same melody as the verses? That is the question I have trouble understanding. Writing songs come natural, writing a melody comes natural to me. I get the bridge is completely different but again is a chorus melody (not the lyrics) the same melody as the verses?

[@shadipahlavi]

I need help with bridge ;i dont understand how 2 musicaly create or understand the relationship between the bridge and the rest of the song?how can i deeply feel or understand the connection musicaly?

[@jiminpark8111]

@@emotheremail6667 no, chorus melody usually is not the same with the verse melody

[@KCynefin]

Thank you so much

[@remotegod255]

damn good explanation of verse, chorus, bridge. I've studied music for 25 years and that may be the clearest, simplest explanation I've heard. They say you have to understand a topic incredibly well before you can make it seem simple to your students, so thanks for sharing, and great lip-synching :)

[@DylanLaine]

Thanks for such an encouraging comment! I appreciate it!

[@ishansharma1475]

Still you needed to watch this... Your 25 years were waste

[@MissAnthropic]

@@ishansharma1475 you seem nice, hey quick question, how many years of being a decent human had you wasted up until that comment?

[@billymanilli]

@@MissAnthropic not very many, would be my guess...

[@JohnNugent92]

You're actually an amazing lip syncer. Great video as well!

[@DylanLaine]

Thanks John!

[@phillipzx3754]

No kidding. She fooled me with Adele...big time!

[@ateez_stan777]

@@phillipzx3754 yep

[@Jinx-iw6zb]

Yeah that's like pop star level of lip syncing

[@steelcantuna]

Nugent stole my comment I was going to leave.

[@Jacob-on5zh]

me at 1 am trying to write a rap song

[@czygyny]

I love learning new things about stuff I love. I was driving today and suddenly the question popped in my head.'verse, chorus, bridge' what's the difference?...and when I got home, voila! Your video answered it all. Thanks!

[@DylanLaine]

Yay!!! Thanks for sharing that with me!!!

[@somethingelse4898]

@@oscarrahman8588 Oscar you okay?

[@tatayshgonzalez8692]

I'm literally here for the exact same reason

[@Muciatneh]

5 years later still supremely informative and less than 5 mins. Gave it a like, thank you

[@abbesatty9498]

Most useful 3 minutes I've spent in a long time. You're very good at explaining. You're also funny and, as many mentioned, an excellent lip-synced.

[@henrythepooh]

this is so simple but yet helped me understand so much .. THANKS YOU EARNED A SUB!!

[@DylanLaine]

Thanks! I'm so glad it helped you understand :-)

[@amberlyon2534]

Same tho

[@Mackinstyle]

Perfect 3 minute video, not wasting a second or a word to get to the point. Thank you. I learned something today.

[@keitaro3660]

wow so useful, i really confuse what chorus is and your video are very fun and helpful, thanks XD

[@jcdenton7273]

Thank you, Imma use this for the first rock song I'm writing.

[@w3nhan_]

thank you sooo much, it helped me so much on the chior test :)

[@DylanLaine]

+wenny miao Hi Wenny! I am so happy this helped you! :o)

[@NavedAAurangzebKhan]

Dylan Laine hello im sharing your video and link to all my contact so that you can get more subscribers and you 'll upload videos i love your style really you are maleficient

[@silversax7860]

Hi, so it tends to go?: Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 Chorus Bridge Chorus

[@rileygibbons6994]

Silver Sax thanks, this is what I was looking for

[@tinyarianaelephant3211]

n the outro (usually)

[@vale6771]

Is there any way you can give me the measure numbers for a and b section 😞 or chorus verse 1 and 2 or is it different for everything?

[@shirin3166]

@Top fan whats a pre chorus??

[@shirin3166]

@Top fan i know i sound stupid but whats pre-chorus?

[@savitrya2407]

Oh god! She's so cute! It isn't crazy lip syncing, it's so adorable! The way she teached is so amazing! Subscribed!💜✨

[@parths.1903]

seriously , she is so soooo adorable.

[@RichGordonOfficial]

I was today years old when I learned what a verse, chorus, and bridge are. Thanks, Dylan!

[@loutrioti8375]

Thank you so much! My searches were growing frustrating until I found your video. I really appreciate the effort you put into this work. 🙏🏻

[@TheBitterRiffs]

Dylan, you got a new subscriber just for coming in on the last chorus of "let it go" the way you did. Laughed so hard. I was doing research on what makes a great bridge for my new song, but instead found a new channel to subscribe to. Thankyou lol!

[@amberlyon2534]

Same

[@tanusrimaitra6756]

The way you speak is just so adorable. Also, the expressions you make while lips sing a song is fabulous.

[@emmavandenbor]

Thank you for this video!!! I have to learn this for school and now I understand it so much better! ❤️❤️ Keep going!!

[@DylanLaine]

You’re welcome, Emma! :)

[@vanessaursille8786]

Wow!You really made this so simple,easy to understand and fun!

[@amberlyon2534]

This video was amazingly simoke and informative. I normally have to watch a minimum of 10 videos before I subscribe. This is my first vid of her and I am subscribing. That's how good of a vid this is.

[@craigroseburgh9348]

Finally great illustration on a verse, chorus and bridge. Thank you so much.

[@romaroalte2645]

Love how you explain it ))) It's fun and accessible to understand with good "alive" examples. The many other videos is just text such as I've already read on wiki.

[@krampus5068]

this helped so much!! I have to make a song since we are in quarantine and I have no ideas what the hell a verse, chorus and bridge were

[@idkidk9295]

Thank you so much! I've been set some music homework to do with the analysis of a song and i needed to know what some things were so i could do it properly - you've helped a great deal! :) Amazing video btw, love how straight to the point you were

[@BigguBosu117]

I loved that you used Let It Be and Don't Stop Believin' as examples, was easy to understand and good to listen to songs that I loved, now I know what a bridge is, thank you.

[@bobnewton8729]

Thanks. The explanations and examples really helped. Your lip sync was fun.

[@glucosed6175]

woooww through this small video it gave me lots of idea about chorus verse and bridge thank youu

[@DylanLaine]

Yay! I'm so glad!

[@Kacarot1000]

I just love this girl, she's full of life and enjoys what she knows about music!

[@worksmagic89]

You did a very good job explaining this and thanks for using actual songs to demonstrate each word.

[@TheHappyNisha]

You're amazing! :-) At 41, I'm finally following the call to start writing the songs for music and words that our 'God-Spirit' has been sending through to me. Your videos are super fun and light, and easy to understand and follow; just wanted to say Thank you Dylan. x (Getting them recorded in a presentable form, and then sharing them with the world will be my next epic challenge!) :D

[@andrewchengmusic4235]

How's the epic challenge going?

[@jameelah6115]

Great video! Entertaining and very helpful as well!

[@DylanLaine]

Thank you Jameelah!

[@TrevorAllen]

This video is great -- helpful, clear, accessible and concise. I love the simplicity of explanation (I have minimal music education, so when Wikipedia talks abt a compound AABA structure in the INTRO paragraph... well, that's not helpful) as well as the abundance of examples (Google results share a bridge without reference to the music before or after it... so how can one even tell the bridge as a bridge?! What's a bridge without either end to connect to?). Dylan Laine is one of the clearest instructors to musical basics I've ever seen. Thanks so much!!

[@christ-upfellowship5413]

This is so well done! You go girl! Thank you Dylan Laine! God bless you!

[@crazycrazashhley2004]

omg thank you so much for this video i reallyyyy needed this cause im working on a song^^

[@lr7845]

Wow this actually taught me a lot.

[@ateez_stan777]

Nice video! Straight to the point! Explained very well!

[@subhashdeshpande5889]

Thank you very much Dylan explaining the concepts with crystal clarity with examples! The best method you should always follow to make the concept clear without confusions !!!!

[@nottmv]

who else is watching this from music class for school😂

[@flowerrryt3666]

Me lollll

[@machu9787]

Me

[@shadipahlavi]

Me

[@fuzailashfaq5612]

Mr lol

[@yda_23]

Me

[@quasima2nez]

You are such an amazing versatile singer. Awesome.!!

[@DylanLaine]

Thanks!! :D

[@efflorescence88]

Really great explanation, thank you very much . I just loved the way Dylan Laine explain about chorus, verse and bridge :)

[@DylanLaine]

You’re welcome! :-)

[@meihatsume1165]

AWESOME! This is the easiest and simplest tutorial for verse, chorus, and bridge. I loved it a lot!!!!

[@DylanLaine]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@firefist1576]

Thanks!! Now cant help but to look for verse chorus and bridge in all my piano pieces!! :D I love the adele part too

[@DylanLaine]

+firefist15 You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!! Haha, I know what you mean - when I first learned, I couldn't help but search for all the sections in every song I heard!

[@GilFavor101]

It's 2019, and this is one of the best videos for beginners, thank you for making it.

[@jasonnicholson6114]

Being in the music business for 20 years, this is one of the best explanations I’ve seen. Great job!

[@DylanLaine]

Thanks!

[@WeekendMuse]

Thanks for a short, to the point, helpful explanation video. And well done with the lip-syncing!

[@ashuprakash6266]

Wow ! I really needed this tutorial. Loved it. Thank you so much. :)

[@DylanLaine]

You're so welcome!! I'm glad it was helpful!! :D

[@strxberrygacha4437]

0:12 OMG I WAS SINGING EXACTLY THAT CHORUS THE WHOLE DAY XD

[@1susiemusic]

I looooove your videos! They are so informative yet simple. For years I've written songs in a full band bit would now like to branch out on my own. I felt insecure about my guitar playing since I only know basic open chords and strum simply. I kept stressing and procrastinating in producing my own solo album, but you've made realize that my playing doesn't need to be advanced and that a song can be simple. Thank you so much for sharing sister 😉

[@jschaves16]

Your video is awesome and I always try to use it in my music appreciation class when we talk about form. Thanks for making/posting!

[@NicoleEivissa]

Elsa in person, nice to meet you! :))) Thanks for your video, I'm like...in search what is verse, bridge etc., to know how to create tracks in my program:) Helped me a lot!

[@DylanLaine]

Nice to meet you too, Nicole! I'm thrilled that this video was a help to you! Best of luck creating your tracks :D :D :D

[@sei1318]

I thought so too

[@poiisontag3316]

Here another way to explain a verse: when sometimes you hear a line and then the second line sounds like it's saying the same thing but it actually has different words.

[@btsimaginekuchkuchsabkuch6567]

Ah god bless u maam!! Whenever i try to look 4 a melody 4 my song all such words verse,chorus,bridge etc come in my way this is muchhhhh betterrr

[@SheisChristin]

What a great video! Thanks Dylan!

[@keishareynald-lewis1324]

this was awesome help, wow! And fantastic presentation, so smart. Everything else was so confusing when trying to read up in my google search. Such joy in clarity! thank u.

[@DylanLaine]

I really appreciate the kind comment! Thanks Keisha!

[@Minoche_Fahd]

BTS brought me here! Thanks RM FOR THE VLIVES WHERE YOU EXPLAIN ANYTHING

[@chanieclipse]

OMG army is everywhere 💜

[@faryallone968]

Literally i got super interested in anything related to music, song and dance after becoming Army. And this video 💯%ly worth watching. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@charlotteanderson2582]

I love your stuff so much, I had to study for a music class and at first I was like "OMG this is going to take forever, what am I going to do???!!!" But your videos helped SOOOO much, you are actually my SAVIOUR! ^^

[@dishasave9539]

I was actually watching the video with 1.5x playback speed but then i really liked your video so switched back to normal speed! Subscribed!

[@TheNazrin511]

hahahaha cute and good info.thanks !

[@DylanLaine]

+nazrinkarim_ Thanks so much!!!

[@StanTheBland]

Wow, how does she perfectly sound like all of the singer song writers in the start of the video?!

[@nembutsu1045]

lip sync, she sang along and put the song over her singing

[@fred.chapman]

Dylan, thanks for this clear, concise explanation of song structure. The examples you chose from popular music illustrated your points so well. Your knack for explaining musical concepts is enhanced by the engaging way you lip-sync. The whole video is extremely well done!

[@DylanLaine]

Hi Fred! You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@alveymoenga9714]

This is exactly what I have been looking for. It has great examples that are self-explanatory and relatable to young students. Thank you so much Dylan for putting this up

[@DylanLaine]

You're so welcome! Glad it helped!

[@SeeTea13]

It's funny how she can cover all of the songs

[@youtubian1000]

what is pre chorus? XD

[@etherealii]

Ben Relegaño the lyrics that come before the chorus

[@jmsalcedooo]

Pre = Before Pre Chorus = Before Chorus Before the "Chorus" there is sometimes a "Pre-Chorus" to probably lighten up a song or a way to add more lyrics to the song to make more sense. It depends mostly on the Artists if they would include Pre-Choruses to their songs. It’s a normal tactic though.

[@youtubian1000]

@@jmsalcedooo so in EDM genre before the drop hit that is the pre-chorus?

[@jmsalcedooo]

If we’re talking about EDM, then it can be considered as: it depends. - If the Drop would have lyrics, then it is considered as the ”Chorus” or the ”Post-Chorus” (depends on where the drop is positioned). (The Weeknd - I Feel It Coming) - If the Drop does not have any single lyric then it is not considered as the Chorus. (Billie Ellish - bad guy) Some songs would include ”Post-Chorus” ("After-Chorus") to finish the chorus. It is mainly targeted where DROPS would still hit and continue while there is a lyric. (Calvin Harris, Rihanna - This Is What You Came For)

[@youtubian1000]

@@jmsalcedooo wow this is complete now i understand what im doing now cuz i always make beats such as edm and some songs now i know what im actually doing thanks man you are brilliant :D you're like a teacher you must make videos too :D

[@nithyanair4821]

@dylan laine Thank u so much for this video I've been trying understand verse,chorus and bridge since half years u made me understand it in three and half minutes

[@aaronyih2328]

This was great! thanks. Short, sweet, to the point and with helpful examples!

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[@lolBird746]

Me too sigma pookie bear!

[@mastermavis9989]

what is a pre-chorus?

[@DylanLaine]

+Daichin Lay Hello! A pre-chorus is between the verse and chorus, but not all songs have it. If they do, then the pre-chorus typically changes lyrics each time, but keeps the same melody.

[@Kirana125]

hi @@DylanLaine , what about: - intro - interlude - instrumental - overtone - ending - coda - outro can you give me example song with multiple structure? hehe, thank you

[@kaylamyli9451]

watching everyday will bring the minds of singers on certain vital things in music thumbs up for you. Cause your video teaches a lot

[@cgadison]

Omg! BLESS YOU!!! I have learned more from you in these 3 minutes, than I have in my 3 weeks of music class! Lol not kidding.

[@GLu-tb1pb]

Most songs: VBCVBC(sometimes another C) Some songs: CVBCVBC Bohemian Rhapsody: VVVVVBVBVBVVVV????

[@saporob]

Bohemian Rhapsody is not a pop song, it's a full composition with 5 different parts perfectly glued together: acapella, ballad, opera, rock and coda.

[@missfrances314]

Very clear with very good examples. Thank you very much!

[@jinsulee2620]

I love your way of explaining those difference!

[@twiglet2214]

Great explanation and some clarity now prevails.Thank you.

[@muraroligia]

Best video I watched about it, with examples. Thank you ❤

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I already knew this info but I'm going to subscribe to you still cause I love the way you present the information. You just earned a new subscriber.

[@bernardshiue]

This is a concise and excellent explanation. Many thanks!

[@aichi9894]

i'm a newbie for music thingy (a casual listener) and I can understand parts of song now. such a great video! keep up the good works

[@user-hh8fl7ek4n]

This video is very introductory and helpful, with concise information. Thanks!

[@FireJamUSA]

Thank you for posting this. I FINALLY GET IT!!! The examples you gave worked wonders.

[@MadMax-rt1dn]

THANK U IVE BEEN SEARCHING ALL DAY!!!

[@edgarbustamante3371]

Wow you are so expressive! Great information. Thanks.

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Thank you for this excellent tutorial!

[@MarkCook-tl8po]

That was a great use of my time. Cleared up my question in less than 4 minutes. Thank you.

[@brutalangel9464]

I'm a metal/rock but found this very helpful. Thank you, even though I'll be writing death/thrash stuff, still helpful songwriting stuff. Cheers!

[@talibhassan652]

This video is gold. I am sold.

[@storkontheroof]

Clear and fun explanation. Amazing to watch you go crazy. Haha. Thanks!

[@florencehill4062]

Thanks for the amazing explanation. As a singer-songwriter, this was super helpful for me. I subscribed!

[@sofiejensen3804]

541 tutorials into KZbin and finally found the one, that super simple explained what I wanted to learn! Thank you

[@vamsiprasadkumili1237]

Simply the perfect explanation

[@person2442]

I wanted to do my first cover song, but I had no idea what the heck was bridge. You covered that up for me really well.

[@searching_solitude1930]

The most clearly I've learnt! THANK YOU!!

[@aartimodi3233]

Awesome explanation I actually write songs but didn’t know what verse, chorus and bridge 🌉 is thanks for helping.

[@imm_music511]

Awesome video! Your videos have helped me through the years now I write my own music thank you!

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Thanks - helpful descriptions and examples!

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Best video ever.... Short and totally explaining 😍

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Great video! Thanks for the quick yet informative video :)