Snuffy, a bridge is a contrasting section to a song. Such songs with bridges are usually constructed this way: First verse
Second verse
Bridge
Third verse.
The verses have the same melody and usually, but not always have the same rhyme scheme. The bridge may have a different rhyme scheme, or not, but it should have a different or contrasing melody. Some good examples of songs with bridges are:
In musical shorthand, the structure can be labeled AABA. Make sense?
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- I Got Rythm
Jim