7 What's the name of the form of the song 12 Days of Christmas, or the "style" of the composition, where a new "verse" is accumulated as follows: A AB ABC ABCD ABCDE ABCDEF ABCDEFG ABCDEFGH ABCDEFGHI ABCDEFGHIJ ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJKL ? terminologymusical-forms Share Improve this question Follow edited 17 hours ago GratefulDisciple 2,5131212 silver badges2121 bronze badges asked 18 hours ago GeremiaGeremia 95355 silver badges1919 bronze badges 5 2 Maybe a more appropriate word is the "form" instead of "style", with the tag musical-forms instead of styles ? – GratefulDisciple Commented 17 hours ago 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall could be another example. – Geremia Commented 12 hours ago 3 Shouldn't it be A - BA - CBA ... ? – the-baby-is-you Commented 10 hours ago Might be better known as 10 green bottles, hanging on the wall. 99 would take all night to sing! – Tim Commented 7 hours ago @the-baby-is-you Indeed — though it's a lot more complicated than that.  (Isn't everything?!)  More accurately, I think it would be AB - ACB - ACCB - ACCCB - ADB - ACDB - ACCDB - ACCCDB - ACCCCDB - ACCCCCDB - ACCCCCCDB - ACCCCCCCDB.  (And if there's a name for that specific form — other than ‘the form of “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”’ — then I'll buy you all a mince pie!) – gidds Commented 1 hour ago Add a comment  |