There’s nothing else as good as writing a song with a good old guitar. Since the invention of the guitar that we now know, guitar – based songwriting has been the most popular thing in the history of music. It is pretty much easy to write songs on guitars and knowing some basic stuff on guitars, we could already write new songs. For example, you happen to know a basic chord progression like, G – D – Em – D, you can make countless songs already with that progression. Of course, it would suck but the point here is, it is easier to write songs with the guitar.
To write songs with a guitar, first we should know our basic chords. If that is ok already let’s move on to the songwriting process. You can either do the following:
- Riff first, then lyrics
- Lyrics first then riff
If you want to do it the easy way, you can always start with a riff or chord progression and then put in your lyrics and melody based on that riff or progression. Or you could do it vice versa. Start with a lyric or melody and find the correct riff or chord progression for the lyric or melody you created. As easy as that.