Joe Carr

This new book is perfect for beginners, players with a little experience and guitarists who want a good grounding in the flatpicking style. Using popular American Fiddle tunes, Joe introduces the impo...

This book and accompanying audio include 21 beautiful songs, old-time tunes and Christmas melodies arranged as duets for two ukuleles. The individual parts are single note melodies designed to allow p...

While the Mandolin is not as synonymous with the blues as the Guitar, the Fiddle's fretted cousin was an important lead voice in many string blues bands of the 1920s through the 1940s including the Mi...

A new collection of 30 great tunes from a variety of Fiddle traditions. Each tune has been specially arranged for Mandolin and is presented in both standard notation and tablature. The accompanying au...

This new book is designed for seniors who wish to learn to play the Ukulele. Care has been taken to select repertoire familiar and appealing to a more mature audience and attention has been given to t...

First Lessons® Tenor Banjo, the great sound of tenor banjo is a cornerstone of Dixieland and traditional jazz. Using classic favorites, Joe Carr teaches the basics of accompaniment, basic melody and t...

The ukulele is an effective solo instrument carrying both the melody and chords when playing specially arranged music. This book includes 28 beautiful classic melodies arranged for solo ukulele. These...

This book and companion audio present 38 classic children's songs arranged for solo ukulele. Included are nursery rhymes, lullabies and rounds. Because sing-alongs are an important part of children's...

Patterned after Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method, this book and accompanying audio use proven exercises, studies and musical examples to introduce basic picking and reading skills for the ukulele. The b...

Here is a collection of 59 fiddle tunes from the rich contest fiddle tradition. Carr has collected unique variations of breakdowns, tunes-of-choice and waltzes from a who's-who of great first generati...

In this new multi-volume series, author Joe Carr introduces beginning to intermediate guitarists to classic bluegrass ballads and waltzes. The object of the series is to ground players in good techniq...

This book helps guitarists who are currently stuck playing simple melodies develop fiddle-tune-like solos to bluegrass songs and tunes. Thirteen songs are presented in both a simple 'Carter-style' mel...

Get that authentic, professional 'Texas' western swing sound with these all-time best western swing guitar licks from master guitarist Joe Carr. In this book/online audio combo, Carr breaks down 60 gr...

Take it Away! Unlock the secrets of hot take-off lead Guitar as played by the greatest players from the greatest bands. Western Swing master Joe Carr has transcribed the great Guitar solos from the Bo...

In this new addition to Mel Bay's popular 'School Of' series, Carr explains how to develop unique solos to any bluegrass tune or song. Using a combination of soloing source materials, including melody...

This collection includes 34 great gospel favorites, well-known hymns and old-time spirituals especially arranged in standard notation and tablature for the Mandolin. Several of the tunes are arranged...

Holiday Favourites For Solo Ukulele' by Joe Carr will put the greatest Christmas carols, Thanksgiving tunes and Hanukkah harmonies right at your fingertips so that you'll be strumming and plucking the...

An excellent beginner's video featuring Joe Carr teaching simple chords, strums, and songs. An ideal beginner's course for guitarists of any age.

This video teaches the material found in the book of the same title, including 22 songs to be enjoyed on the mandolin. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. By the time you finish this book...

This book and accompanying audio provide the most basic introduction to the Ukulele available. Starting with a chord that requires no left hand finger at all, the book introduces simple chords and eas...

Play Like a Legend: Doc Watson features transcriptions of his great guitar flatpicking recordings from the early 1960s until the 1990s. In addition, detailed explanations of special techniques such as...

Perfect for the soprano, concerto or tenor Ukulele, Joe Carr: 20 Caribbean Pieces For Ukulele includes 20 arrangements of Caribbean folk songs. The pieces in this book are arranged for solo playing in...

Holiday Favourites For Solo Ukulele by Joe Carr will put the greatest Christmas carols, Thanksgiving tunes and Hanukkah harmonies right at your fingertips so that you'll be strumming and plucking thes...

Unlock the secrets of moving chord rhythm for bluegrass, blues and swing. Using eleven tunes in six keys including old-time fiddle tunes, bluegrass instrumentals and swing progressions, Joe Carr shows...