The first place I try to make the change is in the chorus syllable count. At the very least, it makes you do something different with the timing when you feel that it's necessary. (for my taste, I need the change-up).

Some choruses only need to take you to another interval within the same tonic chord as the verse, but it's still able to lift it to a different kind of feel. I tend to lean toward the IV chord, but I'm trying to get away from that a little, just to get a different sound within my own repertoire.

Cheers,

Barry


"the older I get, the better I was"