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Rikky Rooksby
Rikky Rooksby is a guitar teacher, songwriter/composer, and writer on popular music. He is the author of How to Write Songs on Guitar (2000, revised edition 2009), Inside Classic R...view moreRikky Rooksby is a guitar teacher, songwriter/composer, and writer on popular music. He is the author of How to Write Songs on Guitar (2000, revised edition 2009), Inside Classic Rock Tracks (2001), Riffs (2002, revised edition 2010), The Songwriting Sourcebook (2003, revised edition 2011), Chord Master (2004, revised edition 2016), Melody (2004), Songwriting Secrets: Bruce Springsteen (2005), How to Write Songs on Keyboards (2005), Lyrics (2006), Arranging Songs (2007), How to Write Songs in Altered Guitar Tunings (2010), and Songs and Solos (2014). He has also written fourteen Fastforward guitar tutors and arranged over three dozen chord songbooks, including The Complete Beatles. He has written entries on rock musicians for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and published interviews, reviews, and transcriptions in many UK music magazines. He is a member of the Society of Authors, Sibelius One, and the Vaughan Williams Societyview less
Books by Rikky Rooksby
Chord Master: How to Choose and Play the Right Guitar Chords Melody: How to Write Great Tunes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lyrics: Writing Better Words for Your Songs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Write Songs on Guitar: A Guitar-Playing and Songwriting Course Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Write Guitar Riffs: Create and Play Great Hooks for Your Songs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Write Melodies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiffs: How to Create and Play Great Guitar Riffs Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bruce Springsteen: Songwriting Secrets, Revised and Updated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Write Chord Sequences: A Harmony Sourcebook for Songwriters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings