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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Songwriting Sourcebook: How to Turn Chords Into Great Songsby: Rikky Rooksby  List Price: $22.95 Amazon.com's Price: $15.61 You Save: $7.34 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 782.4313 EAN: 9780879307493 ISBN: 0879307498 Label: Backbeat Books Manufacturer: Backbeat Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2003-09 Publisher: Backbeat Books Studio: Backbeat Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Using visual examples of songwriting techniques, this book teaches guitarists to write better songs. The CD demonstrates how the examples sound, and it includes dozens of chord progressions, evolving melodies and structures, and harmony effects, making the book especially useful to those who don't read music. The book starts with basic chords, describes how to write a song with simple elements, then gradually develops more complex structures. By seeing and hearing step-by-step examples of the song craft, the reader can easily learn the secrets of songwriting. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Songs are more than just chords...This book should be called "How to turn chords into chord progressions" because that's pretty much all there is. As a reference book it's pretty decent, but working through the whole book is a tedious process. Also there is no index in the back which makes it har do look up specific subjects. As a whole, this book promises more than it delivers. Rating: - Sincerest flattery - I've "borrowed" some progressions for my own songsI've been playing guitar forever, and writing songs for years, but like most other writers I get stuck in ruts from time to time. Now, whenever I need some new ideas, whether an entire song, a verse, a chorus, a bridge, or a lift, I just look through this book. Even a basic I-IV-V can be made more interesting by advancing or delaying a change. I also like that he relates the CD examples to particular musical styles, which provides a good template for writing to that style. As with Rooksby's ... Read More Rating: - Insight, Inspiring and SuprisingI have over last two years developed into a real fan of Rikky's books. This one really surprised me for progressive depth in the structure of each chapter. Each chapter builds on the next. And sandwiched between the 'tips' are these gems of compositions that helps broaden and deepen the constructive elements of songwriting. The book is focused more on chord progression in songs and then the composition of the song's components, verse, chorus, bridge, etc. The great surprise, and I think, and real ... Read More Rating: - A Must for SongwritersThis book taught me so much about songwriting, it's scary. I'm not a novice, either! It teaches you about chord theory better than any other book I've read. Rating: - my chord refernce bookman, this book has really really come in handy for me, expeically early chapter, good thing i have this. some of the think in here i have never seen or heard on the internet before, this book seems rare with its information. 
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