Mel Bay Publications

The 'Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition' is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented, the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The method...

Designed specially for left-handed guitarists, this edition of the comprehensive Modern Guitar Method allows students to let their dominant hand rule. The Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 Expanded Edition...

Grade 2/Expanded version of the famed Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method adds new, carefully graded playing material for every concept taught. Solos are presented in various styles. A special feature is the...

This expanded edition of the acclaimed Modern Guitar Method Grade 3 contains outstanding solos, etudes, chord melody studies, scale studies and duets in the keys of A, F#m, G, D, Em, Bm, F, Dm, Bb, Gm...

A comprehensive text filled with solos, technique and scale studies, duets and chord etudes designed to develop familiarity and skill playing in the higher positions on the guitar fingerboard. Fourth...

Contains studies, chord melody solos, chord studies, quartal harmony etudes, triad studies and duets in the keys of C, Am, G, Em, F, Dm, D, Bm, Bb and Gm. Presents a comprehensive listing of chords fo...

A rousing, fun-filled collection of songs in the keys of G and D. Ideal for the person who wants to pick up a guitar and start strumming.

Absolutely the best, most comprehensive new method available for guitar. Introducing the innovative new Zone Concept for learning position playing. Over 150 solos and duets in the keys of C, G, D, and...

I have always loved the book of Psalms. The range of human emotions conveyed in that book is so real. Joy, sorrow, fear, hope, worry, confidence, anxiety, assurance and much more spring out of those w...

Lively Guitar Tunes is a collection of 38 lively, up-tempo tunes arranged for guitar. The collection includes fiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, bluegrass, old-time melodies and some...

This is a collection of 25 lyrical North American melodies scored for guitar solo. Some of the solos have historical themes and some are from the turbulent Civil War era. Any collection of American ba...

A sparkling collection of 35 Celtic airs, ballads, reels, jigs and slip jigs arranged for solo flatpick guitar. Written in notation and tablature and includes access to an online recording of each sel...

The Guitar Journals series is the ultimate reference guide to studies and solos in several different genres. This volume is dedicated to sight reading and presents studies based on each string, then c...

There is often a mystical and captivating beauty found in the hymns and sacred songs of the British Isles. This book contains guitar solo arrangements on 19 selections. All solos are in notation and t...

Twenty-one guitar solos on beautiful hymns and some new Christian gems. All arrangements are in notation and tablature and give the pick-style player a wealth of wonderful, inspiring music to play in...

These 27 short etudes were composed to provide music suitable for study or the concert stage. The etudes present a colorful palette of moods and musical textures and incorporate various picking techni...

These twenty-one studies present a variety of melodic themes composed to provide enhancement of technique. I wanted to write short, playable pieces designed to build fluency and coordination between t...

The twenty Classic Guitar etudes in this book are melodic and 'guitaristic'. I composed them in Guitar-friendly keys. They were written to be fun to play and also to provide short pieces ideal for rec...

Solo Guitar can be a beautiful instrument in worship. However, the Guitar as a solo instrument is rarely used. These compositions and arrangements were written to provide pieces for just that purpose....

Killer Chords presents the basics of chord construction in an easy to understand manner. Many chord voicing techniques for guitar are presented in a concise, but thorough manner. Triads, seventh chord...

Finally a method that gets students started on the essentials of guitar while focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. Subjects include power chords, rock scales, rock soloing, readi...

Classical music and DADGAD tuning prove to be a beautiful combination as Rob MacKillop's latest book shows. You will be surprised just how easy it can be to master classics from like likes of Beethove...

This beginning piano course introduces children or adult students to basic music notation and helps them build a solid foundation of piano skills. Theory and instruction appears alongside music exampl...