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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rooksby, Rikky, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Writing and publishing.

Popular music.

Guitar--Methods--Self-instruction.

Guitar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Backbeat, 2020.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This is a book for songwriters, guitarists, and people who write songs on the guitar. It explains songwriting technique, providing information on all aspects of song creation and construction.

Contents:

how to write songs on guitar

contents

dedication

foreword to the 20th anniversary edition

how to use this book

introduction

section 1 songwriting methods

section 2 chord dictionary part 1

section 3 chord sequences

section 4 developing sequences

section 5 song structures

section 6 rhythm

section 7 melody

section 8 how to write a lyric

section 9 chord dictionary part 2: advanced harmony

section 10 keys and key changing

section 11 guitar resources part 1

section 12 guitar resources part 2: altered tunings

section 13 making a demo recording

section 14 gallery of songs

section 15 famous songwriters on songwriting

section 16 recommended albums for songwriters

indexes

acknowledgments

about the author.

ISBN:

9798765148167

1-4930-5177-6

OCLC:

1250083239