Verse–chorus form

Susanna", "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", and many others.

[1][2] It became passé in the early 1900s, with advent of the AABA (with verse) form in the Tin Pan Alley days.

[6] The chorus often sharply contrasts the verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically, and assumes a higher level of dynamics and activity, often with added instrumentation.

Songs that use different music for the verse and chorus are in contrasting verse–chorus form.

Examples include: Songs that use the same harmony (chords) for the verse and chorus, such as the twelve bar blues, though the melody is different and the lyrics feature different verses and a repeated chorus, are in simple verse–chorus form.