The Songwriting Sourcebook [HL:332983]

The Songwriting Sourcebook [HL:332983]

Backbeat Books

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UPC:
884088478858
Composer:
by Rikky Rooksby
EAN:
9780879309596
ISBN:
879309598
Minimum Order Quantity:
1
Pages:
240
UPC:
884088478858
Format:
Softcover
Subtitle:
How to Turn Chords into Great Songs Fully Updated and Expanded Edition. Reference
Original Currency:
USD
Vendor:
Hal Leonard
Originally published in 2003, and now revised and updated, The Songwriting Sourcebook is the third entry in Rikky Rooksby's bestselling How to Write Songs series. This easy-to-use book will help you write better songs by explaining the art of writing effective chord sequences. It shows:

• How three and four chords can lay the foundation for a simple song, and how to move on to progressions using five and six chords

• How to give your chord sequences additional color by adding chords that are not strictly in key, including blues chords

• How to write chord sequences for songs in minor keys as well as major keys, and how to take progressions into new territories by changing key

• How to fine-tune the color of your chords by understanding the emotional potential of sevenths, sixths and ninths



All examples come with easy-to-read guitar chord boxes, and the accompanying 20-track audio CD features original recordings that illustrate some of the points made in the book.