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Songwriting For Dummies
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Songwriting For Dummies

by Dave Austin, Jim Peterik, Cathy Lynn Austin
August 2010
Beginner
384 pages
10h 35m
English
For Dummies
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Part III

Creating Memorable Music

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In this part . . .

Although you probably don’t analyze a song when you’re on the dance floor or cruising in your car, the elements that create the music are what makes the song powerful and are important to understand when you’re doing your own songwriting. In this part, we show you those musical elements that combust spontaneously to create magic. We take a look at how the synergy of rhythm, melody, and chords combine to help your song take flight, and show you how new shortcut technologies can help you write songs quicker, better, and easier than ever before.

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