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How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course | 
 enlarge | Author: Rikky Rooksby
Publisher: Miller Freeman Books
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 23669
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0879306114
Dewey Decimal Number: 787.8713
EAN: 9780879306113
ASIN: 0879306114
Publication Date: September 1, 2000
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Product Description
Now anyone can write and play their own songs on the guitar - with no prior training! This inspirational handbook teaches readers how to play guitar, while providing a solid foundation in songwriting techniques, using well-known songs as examples, easy-to-follow text, and graphics that explain and demonstrate lyrics, melody, harmony and rhythm. This book's straightforward style will have even those who've never played a guitar or written a song making music with ease.
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 Beyond The Call October 12, 2008
This work takes you WAY beyond the techniques of songwriting and qualifies more as the be-all, end-all work for guitar I have ever seen. Starting with the musical basics, this book covers evey aspect of guitar. It's a solid must have for anyone who ever even thought about picking up the instrument. Written in clear terms, the work covers tricks and tips that have taken me over fifty years to discover and master. Better than having a know-it-all best friend to coach your every move. If your serious about guitar and you don't own this book,...well, good luck!
 interestingly conceptually and practically September 30, 2008
chord progressions, rhythms, melodies, lyrics are covered. A great resource for chord progressions. would like more thoughts covered on melodies. I am a novice guirtarist and this is perfect.
awesome for beginners or pros September 21, 2008
Very detailed book about every aspect. Tons of examples and chord diagrams. Just get it!
Excellent Book May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I checked this book out of the library so many times that I finally decided to buy it. The chord progressions and examples are what make this book great, and they apply to all types of musical instruments. I use this book to compose on the computer, then sequence the songs into synthesizers.
As for the negative reviews, my guess is that they don't understand what a chord progression is. But if you do, and especially if you've ever gotten stuck as a songwriter, get this book.
 Artificially Inflated Text November 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A lot of technical issues covered. The outstanding thing about this book (& by outstanding I mean the thing that stands out, not the thing that is excellent) is that the author wants to tell you every song that fits into each and every category that he mentions. Example: for the chord sequence I, IV, VI, V there are ten examples in contemporay music and He wants to name each and every one of them, then he will do the same thing for chord sequence I, VI, IV, V. Etcetera ad nauseum! This is a thin book; It could be a lot thinner and convey the same amount of (interesting) information.
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