The Verse

In the last two classes, we talked about the Chorus, the catchy part of the song that is the central idea of a song.

Today we are going to talk about the Verse. The Verse is the part of the song where the story is told. Typically a Pop or Hip Hop song has 3 Verses that are each 16 bars long and separated by the Chorus...for example: Intro/Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Outro

1. Go online and find a song that you like.
2. Open your email, compose a new email, and answer the following questions.
3. What is the title of your song?
4. How many verses are in your song?
   
5. Write the lyrics of the first verse.
6. Does the title appear in the verse?
7. How many lines are there in the first verse?
8. How many bars are there in the verse?
9. What are the different instruments you hear in the verse?
10. Send your email to mrprice@ccpaedu.com
11. Now, open Reason.
12. Create an M-Class Mastering Suite Combi
13. Create a Mixer 14:2
    
14. Start with your Redrum Drumbeat.
15. Make it either a 16 step or 32 step drum pattern with...
16. A clap, snap, or snare drum on 5 and 13
17. A Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes
18. At least two other sounds from the High Hat folder, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
19. Copy the Pattern to Track.
20. Create one of the Soft Synth Instruments and the Matrix.
21. On the Matrix make a melody with the volume up on between 3 and 7 notes. Make the melody in either Octave 4 or 5.
22. Copy Pattern to Track.
23. Create a Dr. Rex and load a loop to go with your beat.
    
24. Copy Pattern to Track.
25. Add either another part using theDr. Rex or another Soft Synth with a Matrix using the lower octaves.
26. Copy Pattern to Track.
27. Save the beat in your folder as (Your Name) First Verse.