How to Write Songs on Guitar

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Updated twentieth-anniversary third edition of *How to Write Songs on Guitar* shows the techniques and tricks used in two thousand great songs by everyone from the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie to Kings of Leon, U2, Amy Winehouse, and Ed Sheeran. Explores: * the four main elements of a song-melody, harmony, rhythm, and lyrics and also * song structure, intros, bridges, chord sequences, and key changes * innovative chords, scales, modes, tunings, and recording techniques * classic chord sequences * the basic architecture of most songs. * chords for altered tunings * finger-picking patterns and strumming rhythms * lyric writing, rhythm, melody, and making a demo recording

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