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Posted By: GUEST,Doug Gifford
22-Oct-20 - 09:29 PM
Thread Name: Why did 32-bar AABA songs blossom so quickly?
Subject: Why did 32-bar AABA songs blossom so qui

I sing mostly popular songs from the '10s to '40s. I've noticed that before the mid-20s there were very few AABA choruses and then suddenly nearly *every* song had an AABA chorus. Has anyone else noticed that? I'm curious about how it happened.