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Old 28th February 2021, 10:51 PM
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A Ballad is not defined by its tempo but by its structure, hence songs like Mad world, Last Minute, memorial address, a song for xx, alterna, return road and maybe even fairyland and sweet season and so on are technically ballads or at least have traits of one. If you strip some of these of their music, they become proper ballads (the ASfXX version on A BALLAD or the Orchestra Version of alterna for example).


ballad: a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. but in music it indeed usually refers to a slower sentimental or romantic song - but not necessarily.

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