Ian Robbins

Beginning Guitar for the Songwriter Ian Robbins

Beginning Guitar for the Songwriter: Guitar Accompaniment for Composition is the ultimate guide to learning the guitar from a songwriting perspective. Whether you write, sing, or play a different instrument, Beginning Guitar for the Songwriterwill provide detailed instruction on essential topics on guitar harmony, technique, and rhythm, with a focus on being able to create unique chord progressions and accompaniment patterns. Authored by Ian Robbins, this text provides a fresh and humorous approach to learning guitar by focusing on an ideal approach to composing Pop, Folk, Rock, and Country guitar parts, without being weighted down with staff notation pitch reading. Instead, this book focuses on tablature and rhythmic notation so as to expedite the process in which one can begin to compose guitar parts for their own original music.

Artistic photography, color-coded tables, chord diagrams, practice exercises, assignments and even emojis help guide the reader to insure comprehensive understanding of the presented material.

Beginning Guitar for the Songwriter includes:

Information on the advantages and disadvantages of different acoustic and electric guitars A thorough guide to guitar and musical terminology Over 20 different open chord shapes Barre and Power chords Pick-style and fingerstyle accompaniment patterns Instructions on reading tablature and rhythmic notation Photographic dillustrations of hand and finger placement Numerous practice progressions Compositional tips and tricks