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10 Tips in Songwriting

So, let’s say that you wanna make a song, or you are a songwriter already. You should read these basic facts about making songs, finding your own music style, recording your songs and more. Let’s start:

Guitar Riff in Open C Tuning

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Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) is one of the most used alternate guitar tunings. It is used by many great bands, like Led Zeppelin and Soundgarden. C-major chord sounds very rich and powerful in this tuning (try it: strike all the strings without any fretting). Here is one riff in that tune, that is played with guitar slide:

Fear of Silence

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As you know, a good musician should listen to a lot of different kinds of music, lifelong, in order to improve:
– music experience
– aesthetic criticism
– own playing style