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The Songwriter's Idea Book

Hardcover • 1992 • English

The Songwriter's Idea Book

By Sheila Davis

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

In her first two books, Sheila Davis classified the major song forms and enduring principles that have been honored for decades by America's foremost songwriters. Those books have become required reading in music courses from NYU to UCLA. In The Songwriters Idea Book, Davis goes one step further, giving you 40 strategies for designing distinctive songs. You'll break new ground in your own songwriting by learning about the inherent relationship between language style, personality type and the bra...Show more

Composers and songwriters
Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music

Book details

ISBN

9780898795196

Publisher

F+W Media

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

The Songwriter's Idea Book

Format

Hardcover

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