Irregular Phrase Lengths (are good) | 4 types of Cadences | speech rhythms

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Irregular phrasing in music, melodic or harmonic, can happen intuitively or intentionally. Bring some awareness to it for a pro level of control and expressivity.
00:00 intro
00:27 basics (4 bar phrases)
01:40 3rd party loops
02:00 speech rhythms phrasing
03:13 song writing with speech rhythms
04:29 4 types of cadences
06:38 melody and speech
07:15 breaking out of 4 bars
07:53 conclusions

[SubtleHawk]

Great video. This is a topic I find very interesting because it's something that not many people have covered and it's one of those things that's very easy to miss when done really well. The Beatles for instance did it so seamlessly. Yesterday is a 7 bar phrase, Eleanor Rigby is a 5 bar phrase, I Want You (She's So Heavy) ends with a looping 5 bar phrase, etc.

[DCPImages]

Writing for video reverses the same problem: the dialogue and action can dictate phrase length and the composer has to conform the musical phrases in imaginative ways.