Structure

This week's readings on structure made me think of many different songs, because every song has some sort of structure. The lack of formal “structure” is itself having structure. A song that came to mind particularly is a Scottish folk song called “Banks and Braes.” I sang this song both in middle school and when I was in the Ohio BoyChoir. Here is a link to the song, as performed by Brigid Mhairi. It isn't the best recording, but it gets the point across. This song is in strophic form. It has the one melody that is repeated several times with different words.