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Categories: Musical terminology, Jazz terminology, Song forms

thirty-two-bar form 32-bar form 32-measure song 32 bar form 32 bar song

The 32-bar form, also known as the AABA song form, American popular song form and the ballad form, is a song structure commonly found in Tin Pan Alley songs and other American popular music, especially in the first half of the 20th century. Wikipedia

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Song structure commonly found in U.S. popular music in the early 20th century; consists of 4 sections: an 8-bar A section; a second 8-bar A section, similar to the 1st; an 8-bar B section, with contrasting harmony; and a final 8-bar A section Wikidata

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musical form

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thirty-two-bar form

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thirty-two-bar form

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32-bar form, 32-measure song, 32 bar form, 32 bar song, 32 bar song form, AABA form, ballad form, compound AABA form, middle 8, middle eight, Thirty-two bar form

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AABA song form, American popular song form, ballad form