Re. [Dixielandjazz] The Bridge

[Bill Biffle]

I seems to me that Jada has the AABA structure, is just in 4 bar groups.

A:  Jada, jada , jada jada jing jing jing
A:  diito
B:  It's just a crazy melody...so soothing to me, (or words to that effect)
A:  Jada, etc. again

Bill Biffle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: Re. [Dixielandjazz] The Bridge


>
>
> Bill Gunter wrote: (polite snip)
>
> > Ps . . . the "bridge" is simply the third eight.
>
> While that might be the case in many popular songs adapted to jazz,
> there are
> also many songs that either don't have a third eight, or a when they do,
the
> third eight is not really a bridge. Besides "Indiana" there are "Chimes
Blues",
> (in fact just about all blues) "Copenhagen", "Panama", "After You've
Gone",
> "Darktown Strutter's Ball", "Up A Lazy River", "Flee As A Bird", "Didn't
He
> Ramble", "Muskrat Ramble", "Ja Da", "Struttin With Some BBQ", "South",
"Love
> Songs Of The Nile",  etc.  (and "Somebody Stole My Gal" with it's 40
measure
> chorus)
>
> For the song's third eight to be a proper bridge, the song construction
> probably has to be "aaba" with each section being 8 measures. There must
be
> at least 500 songs that do not fit this pattern. Anybody care to start a
list?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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