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

AUTHOR: Rikky Rooksby
ISBN: 0879306114

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


Guitarist
"An extremely valuable source book for wannabe songwriters as well as a highly readable journey of the popular song."


Dirty Linen
"A useful source of knowledge for those just beginning with either writing or guitar."


Book Description
Rikky Rooksby helps you transform your guitar-playing skills into creative songwriting techniques. Using well-known songs as examples, plus lots of easy-to-read graphics, he explains and demonstrates how lyrics, melody, harmony, and rhythm work in a song. Rikky's straightforward style will have you up and writing on your guitar with easeâ€"even if you never have before. You'll learn how to write words to melodies and vice versa; how to understand, develop, and embellish a melody; how chords create harmony; and how tempos and time signatures differ. The book also analyzes classic and unusual song structures and their elementsâ€"from intros to bridges to codasâ€"and discusses the benefits and problems of writing songs on different kinds of guitars.


About the Author
Rikky Rooksby is author of several best selling how-to books for guitar players. A guitar columnist for Making Music, he has also written for Guitar Techniques, Bassist, and other magazines.


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         Book Review

How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course
- Book Reviews,
by Rikky Rooksby

How to Write Songs on Guitar

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Most people who want to write songs want to write them on a guitar. This new book, geared toward beginners, shows them how. The book teaches readers how to play guitar and at the same time provides a solid foundation in songwriting techniques and methods. Even for those who have never played guitar and never written a song, the clear, straightforward style of this book will soon have them writing songs and strumming along.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

Deemphasizing theory and composition, this guide encourages readers to think and create like professionals. Musician/ journalist Rooksby discusses song structure, lyrics, melodies, and creativity. Over 1400 popular songs written by some of the best- known artists are cited to explain a tune's building blocks and how to combine them into a whole. With hundreds of color graphics and a discography, this is recommended for all public libraries. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.


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