Take care of your Intro

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As part of the songwriting techniques used in songwriting, the INTRO has a special place because it's the one that introduces the song, so if you can't have your audience's attention by the end of the intro, you'll never have it.

The intro is the first part of any song, it is so important because it sets the mood for the listener. When you hear an intro you'll make expectations, after that, everything will be based on those expectations. The intro gives us a clear picture about the song theme and composition, it also introduces all the other parts of the song, so it's good to have a good rhythm and harmony in it.

Intro used to be very long, but in modern music it's very short, because of this, you have to make it unique, catchy and has a very good melody, so try to come up with many songwriting ideas to form a good intro.

Usually the vocals start by the end of the intro and the beginning of the 1st verse, so try to make a good impression about your song.

From an energy perspective, the intro whether will have a constant energy or a built energy (increase in energy to connect to the verse). Sometimes the intro is used as a connection between the 1st chorus and the 2nd verse, that gives a special feeling and a well balanced energy.

The general rule suggests that an intro represents half as long as the verse, so if you have a verse of 4 bars the intro will be 2 bars...etc.