If you study jazz, you start with the standards. But in my opinion standards also exist in the rock guitar lexicon as well — and this Jimi Hendrix gem is definitely one of them. It’s a seemingly simple tune which repeats just one verse progression over and over. Where does its …
So while some songwriters start with lyrics first, others start with the instrumental part first. If you write with a guitar, it’s not uncommon to start by strumming a guitar and stumbling on a cool chord or riff. Or if you are a singer who doesn’t play an instrument, …
When you’re learning the craft of songwriting, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut with the same ol chords, same ol’ progressions. After all, there are only finite number of chords available — after a while the combinations all start to sound similar. But there are ways to develop …
Here’s a quick lesson for those of you who write songs on a guitar. If you often feel uninspired to write songs because you fall back on the same ol’ chords all the time, then this is an easy way to get inspired by a fresh-sounding chords. No music theory …