The Songwriting Sourcebook
How to Turn Chords into Great Songs Fully Updated and Expanded Edition
by Rikky Rooksby
Collection / Songbook - Sheet Music

SKU: HL.332983

How to Turn Chords into Great Songs Fully Updated and Expanded Edition. Reference. Songwriting. Softcover. 240 pages. Published by Backbeat Books (HL.332983).

ISBN 9780879309596. UPC: 884088478858. 8.5x11.0x0.604 inches.

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 by changing 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.