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Songwriting for the Curious Guitarist

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About Songwriting for the Curious Guitarist

Preview

Guitar Basics (page 2-5)

Scale Chords (page 6)

Song Parts - Arrangement (page 7)

Counting Beats (page 8-9)

Major & Minor Keys (page 10)

Intros & Outros (page 11)

Verse (page 12)

Chorus - The Hook (page 13)

Bridge (page 14)

Solo (page 15)

Pre-Chorus (page 16)

Melody Note Options (page 17)

Connecting Melodies (page 18-19)

Outside Chords (page 20)

Dorian & Mixolydian Keys (page 21)

Lyric Writing (page 22)

About Recording (page 23)

Pro Songwriters & The Music Industry (page 24)

Closing Thoughts (page 25)

What You Will Learn?

  • Complete songwriting class for guitar. Chords, melodies, arrangements, tips & secrets. All levels..
  • *Be sure to download the PDF in the Projects & Resources section.  (It's called "Songwriting for the Curious Guitarist - PDF.")  It's 26 pages long & contains all the text & tabs that you'll need for this class.  (If you have issues downloading it from your mobile device, then download it from a computer or laptop.)  Don't wait - get it now!.
  • Welcome to Songwriting for the Curious Guitarist! This is a complete class that will turn you into a confident & creative songwriter on your guitar. We'll start at the very beginning, assuming that you don't know anything about songwriting, and teach you how to arrange a song, choose chord changes for each part, create melodies that go with your chords (for singing or soloing), plus your own rhythms & strum patterns, and add your creative mark to your original songs..
  • This class is an excellent way for you to expand your patterns & formulas for song parts & arrangements, and also go deeper into the possibilities on time changes & modulations, or key changes.​.
  • Any kind of six-string guitar will work well for this class - electric, acoustic, or classical guitar..
  • Songwriting on the guitar is so enjoyable because there are unlimited possibilities for chords, song parts, melodies, solos, lyrics, and your own creative direction. This is why so many popular artists write their songs on the guitar..
  • The title of each lesson video will include the page number of the attached PDF (downloadable in the Projects & Resources section) to reference while going through this class. This includes the guitar tabs & text guitar lessons..
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  • I'm glad you're here - let's begin..