The Songwriting Sourcebook

How To Turn Chords Into Great Songs

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Rikky Rooksby

The Songwriting Sourcebook

How To Turn Chords Into Great Songs

Rikky Rooksby

The Songwriting Sourcebook

How To Turn Chords Into Great Songs

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Description:

  • Language: English
  • Pages: 240
  • Dimensions: 279 x 216 mm
  • Weight: 913 g
  • ISBN: 9780879309596
  • EAN: 884088478858
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 bychanging 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.