How To Write Songs On Guitar

by Rikky Rooksby

What an incredible book for any guitar player who enjoys composing songs and is looking for new ideas, insights, and inspirations that can take them to the next level of creative development. This guitar songwriting course will teach you the basics of the craft, help you improve, and point out some unexplored directions. With its easy-to-use style, uncomplicated language, and clear explanatory diagrams, How To Write Songs On Guitar untangles the technical tricks of songwriting and demonstrates methods used by the pros. Learn how to write words and melodies, develop and embellish tunes, make chords work for you, understand and use intros, bridges, key changes, and much more.

This book also contains inspirational tips and tricks drawn from over 1,400 classic songs, old and new, from Jimi Hendrix to Tori Amos, from The Beatles to Radiohead. How To Write Songs On Guitar is the first book that really shows a guitar player how to think and create like a seasoned songwriter.

Rikky Rooksby is a guitar teacher, songwriter, music journalist, and the author of numerous Fast Forward how-to books for guitar players. He has written features, interviews, reviews, and transcriptions for magazines such as Guitar Techniques, Bassist, The Band, Music Collector, Encore and Sound On Sound, and is a monthly guitar columnist for Making Music.