I mostly play old time and bluegrass music. Particularly in old time and fiddle songs, the songs have a fairly rigid and repetitious structure. That's not to say players don't do interesting things with it, but unless a song is intentionally crooked, the structure of the song remains the same throughout. A typical structure is AABB. That is, play the "A part" twice, play the "B part" twice, and repeat.
@chriscoyier Have you ever been to the Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival in Fossil, OR? I accidentally happened upon it one year while out in the area going to John Day and Painted Hills.
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