What is the section called when part way through a song, there is a major style change?
I remember seeing this term on Genius at one point in time and can't for the life of me remember what it is. I Googled it and went to a Wikipedia page and remember it defined it as something along the lines of, "A second part to a song that has a significant style or tonal difference than the first. There is a quick change or shift in style." I'm fairly certain it started with an "S" as well.
The term describes the specific section that has a significant style change.
If you’ve heard
King’s Dead around 2:30 the entire song shifts to a totally new style and never returns to the original. That’s what I’m getting at.
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That’s the called the bridge. Especially in hip hop. The Godfather James Brown called out loudly and often for the bridge in many of his songs.
See also: beat.media/genre-guide-structure-of-a-hip-hop-song https://genius.com/discussions/20302-Hip-hop-song-structure-is-it-too-standardised
There's a list of song terms on this site you might have heard of called Genius:
Introduction (Intro)
Verse
Refrain
Pre-Chorus (Climb)
Chorus
Post-Chorus
Hooks
Riffs/Basslines
Scratches
Sampling
Bridge
Interlude
Skit
Collision
Instrumental or Solo
Ad lib
Segue
Outro
genius.com/Genius-song-parts-annotated It's obviously not scratching, sampling, or solo.
A skit is a separate section that could be anywhere in the song during which some kind of action happens like in a play or radio drama.
A segue is always at the end of a song but is a short section that is linking material between one song and another song. Segues are not always a significant style change, some of them actually connect the two styles of the songs and have hallmarks of both styles. Segues are also not always music. They can be quotes, sound effects, or almost anything.
It could also be called a pivot or key change.
Trio?
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trio Tri"o, n. [It., fr. L. tres, tria, three: cf. F. trio, from the Italian. See {Three}.]
[...]
(Mus.)
[...]
(b) The secondary, or episodical, movement of a minuet or
scherzo, as in a sonata or symphony, or of a march, or
of various dance forms; -- not limited to three parts
or instruments.
Probably rhapsody. It's defined as an episodic sequence of elements in one connected movement. Prominent examples titled as such are "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.
Okay, sorry for all the confusion. The term that my brain was thinking of was "Interpolation." Yes, I know that's not what I'm describing, but let me explain.
On a the Genius page for Post Malone – White Iverson Lyrics, there's a box that gives the track information.
Under that box there is a credit titled, "Interpolates":
This is the Wikipedia article that came up after I Googled, "music interpolation."
You can see that it talks about "an abrupt change of musical elements, with the (almost immediate) resumption of the main theme or idea." My brain seemed to have not remembered the second half of the description and associated the first with another word, "Satz" somehow.
Anyway, thank you for all your help. I know interpolation is nothing like what I described, but I found my solution. Thanks!
In classical music we'd speak of the second (third, fourth...) movement.
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