Mel Bay Publications

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...

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...

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...