Most of the time, the bar and beat pattern is going to go 4 bars to the line, 4 lines of the verse, 4 lines of the chorus. Pretty much just as Band in a Box is set up to receive. The chord changes will be some variation of the 1-4-5. Go to Chordie to see how your favorites are structured in terms of chord progressions. The root (1) is the home base. (2) induces what some call tension. (5) acts to resolve back to the base (1) This is a simplified outline, meant to steer the writer in the right direction. Working with it, find loads of technical information under the category of "How Popular Songs are Structured."

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/exploring-common-chord-progressions/

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