What is a 'bridge' in a song? What part of the song is that?!
Question:
What is a 'bridge' in a song? What part of the song is that?
Answers:
Songs usually follow a guideline when being performed. It's usually:
1: Intro
2: Verse
3: Chorus
4: Verse
5: Chorus
6: Solo (Sometimes the solo and the bridge are switched around.)
7: Bridge
8: Chorus (Something another verse)
9: Outro
Okay, the bridge is the part of the song where the band usually goes to a higher key, sometimes a lower key, sings some lyrics and builds up to the solo. You can tell it's the bridge because it in a different key than the rest of the song and it's very short; usually only lasting 4 bars.
Here's an example of a bridge in a well-known song by Bryan Adams:
Summer of '69 (this song is played in the key of D)
(Verse)
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played 'til my fingers bled
It was summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a Band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far
Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
(CHORUS) Back in Summer of '69
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
And that's when I met you (yeah)
Standin on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
(Chorus) Back in Summer of '69
(Bridge) Key goes to F
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, no
(Back to the Verses and the key drops back down to D)
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Standin' on a mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
(Chorus) Back in summer of '69