Chorus forms
Hi david!
I'm going through chorus forms study for improvising in level 4.
I was wondering about ABA chorus form. In your lesson it doesn't appear but I suppose I can play a lick, then go away with a B lick and playing again licks A in place of the tournaround. What do you think about that ?
Thanks.
What about one A lick that lasts 4 measures, then a B lick for the two bars on the 4th chord, then when going back to the 1st chord we play only the second part of lick A ? Can we call that a A B/A ...chorus form ? I thinsk that out of the general rules, variations can be difficult to catalog right ?
That's very common. This is called the A B/A C Chorus Form. When returning to A you can use the first lick, the second lick or a mixture of the two, paraphrased to fit in those two bars.
I got it, thanks :)
The fun thing is that the more instrumentals that you study/analyze the more you see Chorus Forms in use, as well as the interesting deviations. When I was developing the concept of Chorus Forms I analyzed around 1,500 instrumentals (mostly harmonica, but also guitar, organ, sax, etc.).
You remember me when I approach something new, real scientific!
It does happen every now and again, but it's uncommon.