Mel Bay Publications

Experience the magic of Spanish Guitar music with new compositions from author Kacha Metreveli. The material is written for two Guitars and encompasses styles such as Malaguena, Festiva, Habanera, Cap...

Are you unsure how to appropriately use that low B-string? Learn To Burn: 5-String Bass Guitar (Book/CD Set) will show you how, and much more. The book starts you off with right-hand technique exercis...

Put the guess work aside and get the right notes for all the chords on the five-string Bass in the first two positions. Each chord is fully arpeggiated in two octaves. All chords are presented in twel...

This clear, comprehensive Corey Dozier Wall Chart includes four movable scale diagrams for each scale on the 5-string Bass. Learning and practicing these scales will allow you to play the correct note...

Learn To Burn: Electric Bass is intended for the Bass player who wants to stretch his or her limits and begin playing outside his or her comfort zone. Starting with just the right hand, the material c...

Learn scales and their chord relationships with this 5-String Bass Scale Chart from Corey Dozier. The chart is small enough to take with you on the go, allowing you to incorporate it into your daily w...

For decades, Guitar students and teachers alike have struggled with the idea of left-handed individuals playing right-handed. Now that the idea of letting the dominant hand rule is widely accepted as...

Easy Way to Guitar is a popular, easy to understand children's course designed to give the student a thorough grounding in note reading and solo performance. Chord playing is introduced gradually, uti...

Suitable for beginning guitarists, the Mel Bay: Guitar Primer serves as a precursor to the Modern Guitar Method, Grade 1. This easy, carefully graduated note-reading method provides an introduction to...

Contains studies, chord melody solos, chord studies, quartal harmony etudes, triad studies and duets in the keys of A, F#m, Eb, Cm, E, C#m, Ab and Gm. Presents a comprehensive listing of chords found...

If you have a guitar and want to start playing immediately, this is your book. A best-seller for decades, Mel Bay's Fun with the Guitar will teach you 9 basic chords and will show you how to strum gui...

Crosspicking ist eine atemberaubende und wunderschöne Gitarrentechnik, die mit einem Flatpick gespielt wird. Es hat einen einzigartigen Klang, der in gewisser Weise eine Drei-Finger-Gitarre oder ein f...

Aimed at beginning and intermediate guitarists, this book is packed with songs, solos, and techniques that every guitar player should know. The material includes melodies, tablature, chords, and all t...

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written...

The best way to learn a musical instrument is to play it as much as possible, and the most enjoyable way is with other musicians in a band setting. Trading songs, interacting with other instrumentalis...

This Mel Bay Qwikguide begins with basic music theory about scales and keys and teaches how to transpose several songs with and without the capo. Then we look at chords in keys and explore some typica...

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written...

A guide for intermediate and advanced classical guitarists, addressing technical and musical issues. Any serious student of classical guitar will appreciate this book which covers topics often heard i...

This beginning method/songbook is designed for the D tin whistle. Includes music theory, fingering diagrams, note studies, and plenty of songs for practice. The online audio features tin whistle, guit...

Expanding Your Soloing for the Guitarist looks at musical devices that expand the guitar player's soloing mastery and fluency. The book takes an extensive look at scale and arpeggio shapes throughout...

One of the wizards of modern music,' was Bob Dylan's judgement of Rev. Davis's importance. He was a giant in the story of fingerstyle guitar. He was a master guitar player as well as a wonderful and p...

In the Building Finger Strength section of this book, we will cover 12 different finger-strengthening exercises. Practice these exercises slowly and accurately before trying to build speed. On the opt...

This collection of 39 rounds and canons features a range of material from the oldest-known round: 'Sumer Is Icumen In' to the famous Pachelbel Canon, as well as six original canons by Gail Smith. The...