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Rikky Rooksby helps you transform your guitar-playing skills into creative songwriting techniques. Using well-known songs as examples, plus lots of easy-to-read graphics, he explains and demonstrates how lyrics, melody, harmony, and rhythm work in a song. Rikky's straightforward style will have you up and writing on your guitar with easeā?"even if you never have before. You'll learn how to write words to melodies and vice versa; how to understand, develop, and embellish a melody; how chords create harmony; and how tempos and time signatures differ. The book also analyzes classic and unusual song structures and their elementsā?"from intros to bridges to codasā?"and discusses the benefits and problems of writing songs on different kinds of guitars.
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Summary: Not Well Written
Not sure why there are so many 5 star reviews for this book. Maybe it's because the book is so slickly packaged and colorful. Do not expect to get much out of this book, unless you are well versed in music theory. You'll have to figure the theory out for yourself. Not that Rooksby doesn't try. Rooksby attempts to explain the theory behind chords and their use, but the explanations are so abbreviated that a newcomer will never figure out what he's talking about. Another problem;he often introduces important concepts not explained until later chapters, if at all. On the positive, you will learn about different sequences of chords and what songs use them. There is good information here, but just poorly explained. I suggest The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition, both by Michael Miller be used in CONJUNCTION with Rooksby's book.
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Summary: Beyond The Call
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!
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Summary: interestingly conceptually and practically
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.
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Summary: awesome for beginners or pros
Very detailed book about every aspect. Tons of examples and chord diagrams. Just get it!
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Summary: Excellent Book
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.
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