The musical “form” of a “song”. Names exist for popular forms such as “12-bar blues”, “16-bar tune” and “32-bar A1A2”. More complex forms often do not have names and need to be described, identifying their section lengths and types.
We have hand-picked some of our favourite F.A.Q.s about Alive Drumming and Song Rhythm Tracks.
They do, don’t they! And for a number of reasons:
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“Song Rhythm Tracks” is Alive Drumming's mobile Musician’s App providing production-ready rhythmic backing. It is available on the Apple iOS App Store.
Alive Drumming brings musicians production-quality rhythmic backing, in it’s most convenient form — a mobile App to select, download and play Alive Drumming’s “Song Rhythm Tracks”.
We support all the popular, essential song forms by name - 12 bar blues, 16 bar tunes, 32-bar A1A2 and 32-bar AABA, and about 30 other less common also by name. The list is increasing! We also support identifying these same song forms using stick notation. This simply specifies section lengths in bars, for example, '8|8/8|8', where 'bridge' sections are preceded by a '/' instead of '|'.
Additionally, we support user-defined song forms using stick notation, repeats, and concatenation of up to four (4) parts</
We support all the popular, essential song forms by name - 12 bar blues, 16 bar tunes, 32-bar A1A2 and 32-bar AABA, and about 30 other less common also by name. The list is increasing! We also support identifying these same song forms using stick notation. This simply specifies section lengths in bars, for example, '8|8/8|8', where 'bridge' sections are preceded by a '/' instead of '|'.
Additionally, we support user-defined song forms using stick notation, repeats, and concatenation of up to four (4) parts</
All Musicians! New Musicians; Experienced Musicians; Great Musicians;
Really, any musician including Pianists, Guitarists, Horn Players, Singers and even Drummers.
The tracks can be used for practice, jamming, gigging and cutting a release.
They cover a wide selection of musical genres with 1000's of rhythms available.
They are best for musicians who play songs or 'numbers' and wish to have an inspiring rhythmic accompaniment that fits the song they are playing, both rhythmically and the musical form.
They are particularly useful for music teachers and students a
We have long believed it has to be the very first thing to get right and there’s little point playing notes at all unless they are in the desired rhythm (feel and groove). Tempo, however, is a whole other subject – there’s a lot to be said for precision and even playing tunes at markedly different tempos to internalize the piece better.
Timing is the bedrock of all music: “When a note is struck at the wrong time, it’s the wrong note”.
Getting playing in the right rhythm as soon as possible is why we have always sought out structured and inspiring rhythmic backing. This ultimately lead to “<span
All Musicians! New Musicians; Experienced Musicians; Great Musicians;
Really, any musician including Pianists, Guitarists, Horn Players, Singers and even Drummers.
The tracks can be used for practice, jamming, gigging and cutting a release.
They cover a wide selection of musical genres with 1000's of rhythms available.
They are best for musicians who play songs or 'numbers' and wish to have an inspiring rhythmic accompaniment that fits the song they are playing, both rhythmically and the musical form.
They are particularly useful for music teachers and students a
Song Forms for a number of songs are here
Musicianship, Song Rhythm Tracks, SongForm, Website
Song form is the concept that every song has been composed around a musical form or structure. Popular song often chooses simple forms as a basis but forms can be more complex as well.
A good reference on song form (structure) is the Wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure
Alive Drumming aims to provide you with the easiest and most reliable methods to select or describe song form.
Song Form may be selected using either (i) traditional names such as ’16
Song Rhythm Tracks 
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