What is a sting and a bed :o(

Im new so excuse me but i keep seeing these words banged around and i have no clue - as an educator that takes pride in educating others can someone please help me for once ) much appreciated thanks!

A sting is something you get from a bee.

A bed is something you sleep in.

Er, no, seriously.

A sting is a short piece of music which is used as a short 'interlude' between two pieces.

A bed is a longer piece of music which is used to talk over with.

so is there actually a difference between vamp and bed?

Vamps have pointy teeth.

A sting is a short animation usually accompanied by a piece of music (or, indeed, it might be music with no animation). So, for example, BBC News 24 opens with titles every hour. At half past, there is a shortened version of the titles - this is know as a sting.

A bed is a piece of music (often quite repetitive - or a 'loop') which is played while the presenter(s) speak. So, in terms of news, a bed is the music over which the headlines are read.

Hope that helps to clarify things for you a little. I'm quite sure somebody with a more technically-accurate and eloquent response will be along shortly.

I don't think there is any difference between a vamp and a bed, and they're the same thing. In much the same way as an "aston" could be called a "super".

Here are a few examples from News 24 and Sky News:

N24: Bed/Vamp - Used at the top of the hour, before the main titles.
N24: Sting - Used at half past the hour, after the weather and trails.
Sky News: Bed/Vamp - Used at the top of the hour, after main titles.
Sky News: Sting - Used occasionally into/out of ad breaks.

As has been said, a sting is general a shorter version of the main theme, used to separate segments of parts of a programme, news, weather, sport etc. Hope that helps.

Perfect i get it now - thanks everyone!

Bail...you wouldn't happen to have them in longer versions?

News 24 yes, sky no.

Could you post the NEWS 24 ones?

I always thought that a vamp was like the introduction part of the bed, for example the drum beat at the start of the Breakfast bed.
What I Though A Vamp Was on the Breakfast Headline Bed

Techincally speaking vamps are improvised with one instrument. In TV/Radio though vamp simply refers to the musical underscore and is equivilent to a bed. There's no difference.