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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23095 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Synopsis
Explains how to create songs to be played on guitar, including advice on such basics of songwriting as structure, rhythm, melody, and lyrics.

Customer Reviews

This is what I've been looking for all these years.
This book has it all as songwriting goes.

Chords sequences, song structures, harmony, how to write lyrics, famous songwriter quotes on their insipations and more.

There are also frequent examples of songs, we know and grew up with, that refer to the issues being tackled in the various sections.
The book even has a suggested album listening list for various styles of music for inspiration and eye-opening.

And finally something that I haven't seen mentioned before is the extremely high producion quality of the book. This is probably the nicest looking and highest quality print publishing I own now for musicianship, and my musicbooks produce quite an impressive stack if piled up.

Beutiful and jam packed full with knowledge pretty much sums it up, thank you Rikky Rooksby and Backbeat Books!

Really did nothing for me...
Perhaps it's because I consider myself a reasonably experienced writer but this book just made me think, close the book, pick up the guitar and just play the thing!

I see there are a number of people who strongly disagree, so keep an open-mind. It might just work for you!

Must have for all guitarists
I rarely rate or write reviews on items that I have purchased however, I feel that this is a book that should be in the library of every guitarist (whether aspiring to be a writer or not). The theory in this book is written clearly and in a way that everyone can understand. It also gives a great insight into the minds of some of the great writers and gives insight into how they may have constructed their songs.