Songwriter's Workshop: Melody Book/Online Audio

Name: Songwriter's Workshop: Melody Book/Online Audio
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ISBN: 9780634026591

ISBN-10: 0634026593

ISBN-13: 9780634026591

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jimmy Kachulis

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Spark your imagination with hundreds of creative songwriting techniques! This hands-on guide provides lessons on how to write innovative songs, based on popular songwriting courses at Berklee College of Music. Whether you're a beginning songwriter who can't read a note of music, or an experienced professional looking for new ideas, this book will provide new insight into your craft; it teaches the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, together with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own art. This book comes with a CD so you can practice your songs with accompaniment, even if you can't play an instrument.

Book details

List price: $27.99
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 170
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



CD Tracks


Overview: The Songwriter's Workshop


Notes and Chords Used in This Book



Rhythm



Ideas



Note Lengths



Phrase Lengths and Space



Phrase Beginnings and Stressed Words



Phrase Endings



Ending Titles on the Downbeat



Song Sections



Exact Repetition



Varied Repetition



Internal Repetition



Contrasting Ideas



Number of Phrases



Contrasting Sections



Melody On Chords



Ideas



One Chord Tone



Neighbor Notes



Two Chord Tones



Passing Notes



Arpeggios



Scales



Song Sections



Keep the Rhythm, Change the Shape



Repetition



Sequence



Inversion



Shorten the Motive



Lengthen the Motive



Contrasting Sections



Melody Across Chord Changes



Ideas



Connecting Chords



In-Sync Phrasing



Out-of-Sync Phrasing



Longer Melody Phrasing



Major Melodic Cadences



Minor Melodic Cadences



Song Sections



Verse/Refrain Song Form



Verse/Chorus Song



Verse/Prechorus/Chorus Song



Melody Over Chord Changes



Ideas



Major Pentatonic on One Chord



Major Blues



Major Blues Over Progressions



Minor Pentatonic Scale



Minor Blues



Mixolydian Melody



Dorian Melody



Song Sections



Major Blues Song



Mixolydian Song



Dorian Song



Melody Against Bass Lines and Riffs



Ideas



Parallel Motion



Similar Motion



Oblique Motion



Contrary Motion Against a Bass Line



Song Sections



Different Bass in Verse and Chorus



Same Bass in Verse and Chorus



Riff-Based Songs



Scales


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