I'm neither a musician nor a vocalist. But this forum is full of both so please be kind while I ask an elementary question:
With regard to this quote from that wiki article "Given the song's musical structure, which fits A-B-A-B (sometimes A-B-B-A) octosyllabic verses.."
Is this the same thing as 4/4 time? If not, what "time" is the rhythm {the beat?}. Also, I thought "octo" meant "8"? . So does this mean 8 syllables ??? What does "octosyllabic verses" mean?
To help me better understand 4/4 time and ABBA musical structure, would you please name some other well known songs with that {those?} structures?