Mel Bay Publications

Welcome to the exciting world of rumba strums and some of the most fun you can have with the guitar! In these pages, authoritative flamenco guitarist, founder of New York Guitar Academy, Quarantined Q...

This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs...

Now for the first time in standard notation, all 508 fiddle tunes in Adam Granger's seminal collection, Granger's Fiddle Tunes for Guitar, also published by Mel Bay Publications, are presented in The...

Die Autoren El McMeen und Sandy Shalk lieben den Klang einer Gitarre, wenn sie wie eine Harfe gespielt wird! Anstelle eines federnden, abwechselnden Bass-Pickings fließen und erklingen die Noten auf e...

In diesem Buch liefert der Journalist, Komponist, Songwriter, Lehrer und 2003 Winfield Flatpicking Guitar Champion Jeff Troxel eine Meisterklasse im Arrangieren von Fiddle-Melodien für Flatpicking-Git...

A unique collection of traditional Northumbrian music arranged for fingerstyle guitar. Selections include Salmon Tails Up the Water: Johnny Armstrong: Jimmy Allen: Felton Lonnen: Sir John Fenwick: Bon...

Hawaiian slack key Guitar (Ki Ho'alu) is one of the world's great acoustic Guitar traditions. This tradition includes virtuoso Guitar pieces, but the majority of songs played slack key are classic Haw...

This comprehensive book contains over 100 Celtic tunes arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. This edition is derived from a collection of nearly 300 arrangements Glenn Weiser has created over the last...

World traveling fingerstyle guitarist Pat Kirtley presents 17 solo guitar arrangements of traditional Irish tunes including a few original compositions in the same vein by himself, Pierre Bensusan, an...

This volume is intended as a folio of arrangements from the repertoire of a working musician. As such, there is only a minimum of discussion about the technical aspects of playing. Students who have a...

It is a challenge to arrange and play American fiddle tunes and Celtic melodies on the guitar. This set of lessons presents several approaches for the intermediate guitarist with 3 CDs containing 3 fu...

The present collection of guitar ensemble music was originally created for the Piedmont Guitar Orchestra (PGO), a community-oriented ensemble in North Carolina. To unite the diversity of playing level...

A collection of 23 beautiful airs and ballads of the British Isles arranged for guitar solo. These solos capture the beautiful melodies and moods of this genre. All solos are presented in notation and...

This collection of 24 original fun-to-play compositions for guitar includes swing, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and even Latin jazz written in notation and tablature. Jumpin' Guitar Jam Tunes will enhance te...

This collection presents a vast array of fingerpicking Guitar solos settings on timeless airs, hornpipes, reels, planxties, set dances, jigs, slip jigs, marches, songs and compositions by the renowned...

This fun and easy book and CD takes you from the very beginning. Learning right and left-hand techniques, learning your first chords, 18 great songs AND you painlessly learn them by reading notes. Any...

Discover over two dozen traditional tunes from Scotland and Ireland: a mix of novel and familiar jigs, reels, airs, marches, and strathspeys. Intermediate through advanced harp players will enjoy thes...

A tiny harp may have as few as 8, 12, 15, 18, or 22 strings. Although small compared to other harps, you can make beautiful, fulfilling music on a tiny harp.This book was written for those who have ne...

Forty-six Celtic arrangements for folk harp solo. Includes Blind Mary; Berceuse (excerpt), Martin Wynnd's Air; Blackberry Blossom; Give Me Your Hand; Moon Over the Rising Castle; and more!

This collection presents 25 classic and original tunes arranged as piano solos in a unique impressionist style reminiscent of Debussy or Ravel. The rich harmonies and pianistic character of each piece...

Lyrical Solos from the British Isles is a collection of folk and traditional songs and dances with one hymn and a few original pieces added, all with the aspiring young clarinetist in mind. The author...

In the tradition of Django Reinhardt, Biréli Lagrène is one of most highly regarded Gypsy jazz, bebop, and fusion guitarists of recent decades. Once regarded as a child prodigy, he has performed with...

Guitarist, Travis Reuter's compositions focus on abstract forms, complex rhythmic structures, timbre and polytonality, while continuing to explore the improviser's role in a traditional setting. His m...

For guitarists, the technical learning curve for improvisation is fairly steep. For this reason, it is important to find multiple uses for the musical structures that you learn to execute. This approa...

Guitarists face a sometimes overwhelming number of choices as to where to play a given note or phrase and what fingering to use. While a given fingering for a scale or phrase may be possible, it may n...