Mel Bay Publications

A wonderful book containing 10 of the most beautiful, charming waltzes selected from the nearly 400 waltzes composed by Johann Strauss, Jr. This truly unique book captures the grace of this popular da...

A truly fresh and exciting book of piano solos featuring authentic Native American melodies. The history of the American Indian is sometimes a sad drama, yet is filled with a wonder reflected in music...

This book of 15 tasteful, moderately difficult piano arrangements is sure to please the gospel music enthusiast. These fairly short arrangements are perfect for use in a worship setting or just for fu...

You need only minimal playing skills and three chords - G, C, and D7 - to accompany each song in this innovative book. This is the perfect book for beginners, casual musicians, and teaching studios. T...

A very useful guitar guide to the licks and phrases used by top guitarists. Licks are presented in notation and tablature and are grouped into 'Country, ' 'Blues' and 'Rock' categories. Companion audi...

A comprehensive 96-page, large print perfect-bound book of bass chords. Hundreds of chord forms are shown ranging from basic major, minor and dominant 7th forms and venturing into extensions such as m...

A user-friendly photo chord guide designed specifically for the left-handed bass guitarist showing basic chord tones for major, minor, dominant 7th, sus 7, minor 7, major 7, diminished, augmented, six...

A user-friendly photo chord guide showing basic chord tones for major, minor, dominant 7th, sus 7, minor 7, major 7, diminished, augmented, sixth, minor 6th, 7#5 and 7b5 chords. The arpeggios for each...

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine declares Norman Blake a legend, and includes him in the 'first name club' on the Internet flatpicking news list. The Norman Blake Anthology offers complete lyrics and melod...

This is an updated edition of Chet Atkin 's famous Guitar method. It contains numerous picking studies, chord etudes and great Atkin 's style Guitar solos. Written in notation and tablature. Includes...

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...

Chet's actual recorded solos are: I'll Say She Does; Me and Merle; Yanky Doodle Dixie; Mr. Bojangles; Walk-Don't Run; Wheels; The Odd Folks of Okracoke; Yellow Bird; Windy & Warm; Just As I Am; John H...

The Mastering the Guitar Class Method Short Course has been written for use in guitar classes which last for nine weeks or less. Students will receive, in a condensed form, the same high quality, sequ...

Guitar quartets scored by the legendary guitarist, Laurindo Almeida. Included are the movements in his acclaimed 'Los Angeles Aquarelle Suite' ('North Hollywood', 'Sunset Boulevard, 'Latin Quarters',...

This book is an excellent study of the history and unique musical stylings of the Hawaiian Guitar. Stacy Phillips successfully pinpoints the characteristics of Hawaiian Guitar solos. A special feature...

Stacy Phillips is an internationally acclaimed soloist and author on Resonator Guitar. This comprehensive book took years to produce and is the culmination of Stacy's many years of playing the instrum...

A collection of 28 Ernesto Nazareth compositions expertly transcribed for classic guitar solo. One of the major difficulties in trying to arrange Ernesto Nazareth's themes for any instrument, but the...

John Fahey transformed the world of the acoustic flat-top steel-string Guitar by bringing it to the concert stage as a respected, solo instrument. Blind Joe Death : Volume 1 looks at the important peo...

Eleven original compositions for the classical guitar composed in the eclectic style for which Frederic Hand has become well known. Written in standard notation only, some of these pieces allow for op...

The long awaited songbook of one of the most popular players of all time. These ten tunes are among the most popular songs sung by Hank Williams. The Tab and audio features the intro, backup behind th...

A great beginner's autoharp book containing basic technical instruction plus melody lines, chords, and lyrics for 48 folk favorites. Includes information on playing positions, fingering, strumming, gl...

This handy, pocket-sized book contains a chord reference, basic strum patterns, and songs. It includes information on holding the uke and the pick, tuning, and how to read chord diagrams. Chord diagra...

This book includes a multitude of beginning to intermediate studies, designed to build right-hand picking technique and coordination between both hands. The material includes vertical picking exercise...