How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course

So you want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This is the...
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Author: Rikky Rooksby
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Language: English
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How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course by Rooksby, Rikky

How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course

$56.60

How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course

$56.60
Author: Rikky Rooksby
Format: Paperback
Language: English
So you want to write songs, and you want to write them on guitar. This is the book that shows you exactly how. Taking tips and tricks from classic songwriters, from Bob Dylan to the Beatles to Tori Amos, How to Write Songs on Guitar takes you through the four main elements of a song - rhythm, melody, lyrics, and harmony - and inspires you to combine them in exciting new ways. Now with updated songs and tips on writing trends, it's packed with wisdom and practical advice culled from over 1 500 songs, How to Write Songs on Guitar 2nd edition will soon have you producing better, more memorable songs.

Author: Rikky Rooksby
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.38w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780879309428


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 49

About the Author
Rooksby, Rikky: - Rikky Rooksby is a guitar teacher, songwriter/composer, and writer on popular music. He is the author of How to Write Songs on Guitar (2000, revised edition 2009), Inside Classic Rock Tracks (2001), Riffs (2002, revised edition 2010), The Songwriting Sourcebook (2003, revised edition 2011), Chord Master (2004, revised edition 2016), Melody (2004), Songwriting Secrets: Bruce Springsteen (2005), How to Write Songs on Keyboards (2005), Lyrics (2006), Arranging Songs (2007), How to Write Songs in Altered Guitar Tunings (2010), and Songs and Solos (2014). He has also written fourteen Fastforward guitar tutors and arranged over three dozen chord songbooks, including The Complete Beatles. He has written entries on rock musicians for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and published interviews, reviews, and transcriptions in many UK music magazines. He is a member of the Society of Authors, Sibelius One, and the Vaughan Williams Society

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