Mel Bay Publications

This book is written -with the guitar at hand- to help you as a fingerstyle guitarist, improvise in a contemporary way on the guitar. Every musician can learn to improvise. You just need to study and...

This book presents three of the greatest ragtime blues guitar players from the 1920s-1940s. They all possessed what Rev. Gary Davis called that sportin' right hand. Each could sing the blues or play a...

This is a clear and concise method to help the intermediate-to-advanced guitarist develop the crafts of composing and arranging. With an accessible presentation of theory as it applies directly to the...

El McMeen has authored many guitar books for Mel Bay Publications, but this book holds a special place in his heart. This cutting-edge collection includes melodic, challenging, and exuberant band marc...

This collection shows a wide variety of musical approaches in open and alternate tunings. The arrangements come from the playing of Davey Graham, Pat Kirtley, Tony McManus, John Renbourn, John Fahey,...

This book presents a practical step-by-step approach to fingerstyle guitar arranging technique.Two paths are methodically introduced:1.) A description of the technical resources used in solo arranging...

Der Name dieses Buches ist keine Übertreibung. Es enthält einige der herrlichsten Musikstücke, die die Autoren El McMeen und Sandy Shalk kennen. Um die Sache noch interessanter zu machen, wurde keine...

Renowned fiddler and composer Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, his musical partner and wife, have run the Ashokan Fiddle and Dance Camp in upstate New York for many years. Jay wrote "Ashokan Farewell" in 19...

All seven volumes of Mel Bay's original, internationally acclaimed Modern Guitar Method series are included in this single, deluxe master compilation. No other comparable method exists for the guitar!...

Seven outstanding solos in the Fats Waller post-ragtime style that gain a totally new flavor and life when played on fingerstyle guitar! In notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

An authoritative yet easy-to-understand method that teaches various strum patterns and song accompaniment styles.

Whispering Stones won the award for 'Best Recording' from the Washington Area Music Association and has continued to be a favorite with fans of fingerstyle guitar music throughout the world. The book...

Master guitarist Al Petteway ventures into new territory with 15 Celtic-inspired, traditional, and New Age fingerstyle compositions in standard and alternate tunings. Derived from Al's award-winning s...

Mel Bay Publications is proud to present this intriguing new collection of music for fingerstyle guitar. Selections include: Tango Fleur Bleue: As De Copas: La Modone D'amour: Un Tango d'autrefois: Ma...

Basic Guitar Strumming And Fingerpicking is designed to provide the beginning Guitarist with the basic techniques necessary to succeed in the modern world of music. Numerous strumming patterns are cov...

This first volume in Master Anthology Of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos includes both new pieces and outstanding previously published fingerstyle tunes. Veteran performers and talented young upstarts are gi...

This book offers a large number of essential chords and scales for the DADGAD tuning of the guitar. The material assembled here opens up a multitude of possibilities to expand and improve your playing...

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...

A collection of tunes representing a diversity of ideas, experiences, and geographic locations, this songbook provides a resource for use in clinical, educational, recreational, and religious settings...

This unique and effective method will help beginners and more experienced players develop both pick-style and fingerstyle accompaniment abilities with the Guitar. The streamlined approach is unique in...

This book with online audio contains a wealth of time-honored songs arranged for beginning to intermediate guitarists. Many styles are covered including American standards, country songs, blues, hymns...

For each song you'll learn the chords, the melody, plus some of Chet's hottest licks. Tips on tuning, changing chords, fingerpicking, and much more are carefully explained. Includes a DVD. DVD is regi...

This beginning guitar method is unique in that it teaches the basics of playing guitar while focusing on the style of folk guitar. Designed to teach students the fundamentals of playing chords and mel...