Двухчастная форма была очень популярна у американских авторов музыки для кино и Бродвея 40-60-х годов. В 70-е годы и позже из-за отсутствия припева она используется относительно редко. Повторяющейся единицей в "классической" двухчастной форме является пара куплетов, первый из которых заканчивается половинным кадансом, а второй совершенным. Однако, такая "вопросно-ответная" структура может быть сформирована не только средствами гармонии, но и с помощью аранжировки, как в композиции Битлз In My Life (см. ниже)

Среди композиторов, активно использовавших эту форму, такие имена, как, например, Irving Berlin, Hoagie Carmichael и George Gershwin. В качестве примера приведем одну из песен Ирвина Берлина:

Bing Crosby - White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
just like the ones I used to know
Where the tree tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases
May all your Christmases
May all your Christmases be white

Cher - The Way Of Love

When you meet a boy
That you like a lot
And you fall in love
But he loves you not
If a flame should start
As you hold him near
Better keep your heart
Out of danger, dear

For the way of love
Is a way of woe
And the day may come
When you'll see him go
Then what will ya do
When he sets you free
Just the way that you
Said goodbye to me

When you meet a boy
That you like a lot
And you fall in love
But he loves you not
If a flame should start
As you hold that boy near
Better keep your heart
Out of danger, dear

For the way of love
Is a way of woe
And the day may come
When you'll see him go
Then what will ya do
When he sets you free
Just the way that you
Said goodbye to me

That's the way of love
The way of love

The Beatles - In My Life

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

In my life I love you more