This Week’s Song Analysis:

Filed under: Music Analysis — dpenn @ 12:30 pm

THREE DAYS GRACE – BREAK

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Song: Break
Artist: Three Days Grace
Album: Life Starts Now
Genre: Rock

SONG INFORMATION:
Length: 3:13
Structure: A-B-A-B-Solo-C-B
Tempo: Mid/Up
Mood: Angry
Lyrical Theme: Change

SOUND:
Crisp bass driven hard rock with thick distorted guitar. Definitely 80’s metal influenced (just listen to the solo – Maiden, anyone???)

SONG TIMELINE:
0:00 – Intro
0:19 – Verse 1
0:36 – Prechorus
0:44 – Chorus
1:00 – Turn Around
1:05 – Verse 2
1:21 – Prechorus
1:30 – Chorus
1:46 – Solo
2:15 – Bridge
2:24 – Chorus
2:40 – Outro
2:58 – Last Chord Ring
3:13 – End

STRUCTURE LENGTHS:
Intro Length: 0:19
Verse 1 Length: 0:17
Pre-chorus Length: 0:08
Chorus 1 Length: 0:16
Turn Around Length: 0:05
Verse 2 Length: 0:16
Pre-chorus 2 Length: 0:09
Chorus 2 Length: 0:16
Solo Length: 0:29
Bridge Length: 0:09
Chorus 3 Length: 0:16
Outro length: 0:18
Last chord ring length: 0:15

PRIMARY INSTRUMENTATION:
Guitar, Bass, Drum, Vox