Stages

Chorus

Hook placement, syllable budgets, lifts, and the one line worth changing in the final pass.

A chorus is not the loud part. It is the part where the song stops explaining and starts repeating. Everything here follows from that: what gets repeated, how many syllables the repeat costs, and what the last line does the second time through.

The hook placement entries all reach the same conclusion from different directions — the hook belongs where the listener can predict it and still want it. That means the first chorus usually needs to arrive earlier than feels comfortable, and the last line is usually the only line worth changing in the final pass.

entries in Chorus

• ChorusExercise
  One-Word Chorus: Eleven Ways to Repeat a Single Word

  单词副歌：重复同一个词的十一种方法

  Any key; keep the same four-bar loop under every pass · none — the repetition is the structure

  6 Sep 2026 · 28 bars · 5 parts
• ChorusTechnique
  Arrival and Company: Why a Chorus Needs Both Ends

  到达与陪伴：为什么副歌的两端各有任务

  E major (E–B–C#m–A), no capo, chorus melody peaks on B4 · ABAB across the chorus, hook repeated unrhymed

  3 Sep 2026 · 40 bars · 5 parts
• ChorusTechnique
  Where the Hook Sits: First Line, Last Line, or Middle

  hook 放在哪：第一行、最后一行，还是中间

  A major (A–E–F#m–D), chorus lifts to the fifth · AABA, with the hook as the repeated A

  31 Aug 2026 · 52 bars · 7 parts