In AABA songs (sometimes called verse–bridge songs) written and performed by the Beatles, the song texts’ scansion and rhyme show significant contrasts between different sections, and these contrasts often have important formal and narrative functions. Combining rock Formenlehre with phonetic analysis, this article shows that A modules tend to have irregular scansion and frequent rhyme, while B modules tend to show regular scansion and less frequent rhyme. In the unusual cases where A modules have infrequent rhyme, the B modules tend to offer contrast by showing greater rhyme frequency. These contrasts represent an independent, recurring formal device in the Beatles’ catalogue that does not entirely comport with other well-defined formal processes, such as the loose-verse/tight-chorus schema. The scansion and rhyme have various narrative and formal functions: They often suggest a contrast between an active and passive state in the song’s protagonist, and disruptions to regular patterns or conflict with grammatical boundaries can play a critical role in shaping phrases. B modules that thwart the norm can connote an especially high emotional arousal or suggest a process of intensification and conclusion, linking the form to an expanded statement–response–departure–conclusion form. The analyses demonstrate the central role that prosody often plays in popular song and show the importance of considering its relation to other musical patterns.

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甲壳虫乐队 AABA 形式中的文本扫描和押韵规范

在披头士乐队创作和演奏的AABA歌曲（有时称为诗-桥曲）中，歌曲文本的扫描和押韵在不同部分之间表现出明显的对比，这些对比往往具有重要的形式和叙事功能。结合rock Formenlehre和语音分析，本文发现A模块倾向于出现不规则的扫描和频繁的押韵，而B模块倾向于显示规则的扫描和不频繁的押韵。在 A 模块很少押韵的特殊情况下，B 模块往往通过显示更大的押韵频率来提供对比。这些对比代表了披头士目录中一个独立的、反复出现的正式设备，它与其他定义明确的正式流程（例如松散诗/紧密合唱模式）并不完全一致。扫描和押韵具有各种叙事和形式功能：它们通常暗示歌曲主角的主动和被动状态之间的对比，对常规模式的破坏或与语法边界的冲突可能在塑造短语中发挥关键作用。阻碍规范的 B 模块可能意味着特别高的情绪唤起或暗示一个强化和结论的过程，将形式与扩展的陈述 - 响应 - 离开 - 结论形式联系起来。分析表明韵律在流行歌曲中经常扮演的核心角色，并表明考虑其与其他音乐模式的关系的重要性。对规则模式的破坏或与语法边界的冲突可能在塑造短语方面发挥关键作用。阻碍规范的 B 模块可能意味着特别高的情绪唤起或暗示一个强化和结论的过程，将形式与扩展的陈述 - 响应 - 离开 - 结论形式联系起来。分析表明韵律在流行歌曲中经常扮演的核心角色，并表明考虑其与其他音乐模式的关系的重要性。对规则模式的破坏或与语法边界的冲突可能在塑造短语方面发挥关键作用。阻碍规范的 B 模块可能意味着特别高的情绪唤起或暗示一个强化和结论的过程，将形式与扩展的陈述 - 响应 - 离开 - 结论形式联系起来。分析表明韵律在流行歌曲中经常扮演的核心角色，并表明考虑其与其他音乐模式的关系的重要性。