In this video, Martin starts to refine his ideas for the melodic structure of the song and shows us how he will add to this basic structure with instrumental ‘fills’ in between sections.
Martin recaps on the form he is using which is ABAB for the verse and CD for the chorus/refrain so, ABABCD. He then talks us through ways that he can add to this basic structure with ‘fills’ or instrumental sections that reuse some of the ideas from the verse and chorus. Notice how Martin is still looking at ways to resolve issues of scansion, for example, he is finding it difficult to set a line that does not have equally paired syllables.
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