Berklee Press

Author: Jimmy Kachulis
Format: Softcover with Audio Online
Version: Composing Text

Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, with easy-to-follow exercises so you can immediately apply these tools to your own songs. Quit wrestling with writer's block, and learn to make the songwriting process easy, fun, and intuitive. Kachulis covers a variety of topics, including:

• colours of chords and keys
• chord embellishments and progressions to enrich your palette of colours
• dozens of ways to modify your harmonies and progressions
• the most common chord progressions used in hit songs ... and more

Practice your songs with an accompaniment using the online audio! Online audio is accessed using the unique code printed inside the cover, available for download or streaming.