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In this ebook I am going to show you how to write a song on the guitar – without any knowledge of music theory. I have no background in music theory whatsoever, the process I’m laying down in this article made me write over 50 songs on my guitar, of which some are very popular for the audiences I am playing.
Writing a song on the guitar can be challenging because it is not easy to figure out where to actually start. I will help you getting started.
In each step I will first present the technique that I applied on every song I wrote and then illustrate it with a concrete example.
At the end of this ebook I will share some helpful resources for songwriting available on the internet.