Righting Wrongs in Writing Songs - Softcover

Danny Cope

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9781598635317: Righting Wrongs in Writing Songs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 159863531X ISBN 13: 9781598635317

Publisher: Delmar, 2008

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This book gives both aspiring and seasoned songwriters a powerful new approach to writing songs, focusing on common obstacles in the songwriting process and techniques to help songwriters overcome them. Each chapter goes to the root of a specific songwriting problem and provides exercises to help readers over the hurdles and put their new skills to work. Topics include writing approach, purpose, structure, melodic significance and construction, basic music theory, word meaning, word design and arrangement, chords, and how they are all pieced together. Along the way, a song is created to act as a case study and a demonstration of what each exercise can result in. The lessons are fun, informal, and include fresh suggestions and exercises born out of the author’s experience in teaching songwriting at the college level. The book’s companion website provides audio clips to accompany the relevant exercises and examples presented in the book.

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Paperback. Pub Date: November 2008 Pages: 352 Publisher: Cengage Learning This book gives both aspiring and seasoned songwriters a powerful new approach to withwriting songs focusing on common obstacles in the songwriting process and techniques to help songwriters overcome them. Each chapter goes to the root of a specific songwriting problem and provides exercises to help readers over the hurdles and put their new skills to work. Topics include writing approach. purpose. structure. melodic significance and construction. basic music theory. word meaning. word design and arrangement. chords. and how they are all pieced together. Along the way. a song is created to act as a case study and a demonstration of what each exercise can result in. The lessons are fun. informal. and include fresh suggestions and exercises born out of the author's experience in teaching songwriting at t...

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"Righting Wrongs in Writing Songs" teaches both aspiring and practicing songwriters key approaches to writing songs, draws attention to areas that have proven to be common obstacles and hurdles in the songwriting process, and proposes techniques to help songwriters overcome these problems. Concepts are taught through songwriting lessons and exercises in the key areas of chord structures, melody, rhythm, and lyrics. The book also includes general approaches and evaluative techniques applicable to the craft of songwriting. Lessons are presented in an informal tone, using fresh suggestions and exercises born out of the author's experience in teaching songwriting at college level. The book's companion website provides audio clips of all the examples presented in the book.

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