Mel Bay Publications

Playing chords is the emphasis of this Mel Bay Guitar University (MBGU) book. Over 100 songs arranged for chord strumming accompaniment to singing. Presented are easy chord forms, strumming in differe...

Teaches you how to hear and play Louie Louie, Satisfaction, I Walk the Line, Let it Be, Light My Fire, and Smells Like Teen Spirit. -Includes chords, strum patterns, guitar lines and improvising scale...

Old Time Stringband Workshop for Flatpick Guitar is one in a set of four books, each with a matching collection of 40 traditional type fiddle tunes arranged to develop ensemble and jam session playing...

A thorough and practical approach to understanding the upper positions on the fingerboard for the flatpicking guitarist. Chord shapes, scale patterns, position studies, and repertoire teach guitarists...

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...

First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar is a fun and easy approach to learning the lap steel guitar. Author Jay Leach explains the basics of the instrument including bar control, picking, and string groups, wi...

The world of the ukulele continues to expand. Hearing the ukulele in a rock setting is no longer unusual. Whether you want to jam with a band or play solo, this book and CD set will help you learn the...

Introduction To The Guitar Toolbox Part 2: Book/CD Set consists of basic information from contemporary styles such as Blues, Folk and Rock. This book takes the player up the Guitar neck, with movable...

The Modern Guitar Method Grade 1 Wall Chart is a unique method in learning Guitar. Time-tested and proven successful in building the theoretic and technical foundation needed to play in any style. Thi...

This book is a collection of sixteen instrumentals arranged for acoustic lap steel guitar in D and G tuning. Lovely Hawaiian tunes such as 'Aloha Oe' are included as well as more bluesy selections suc...

The Complete Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Method is the perfect step-by-step book for beginning and intermediate steel guitar players. Fernando Perez explains in detail every technique necessary to play...

21st Century Chords for Guitar offers a new perspective on Guitar chords. The standard chords that we all know work to 'get us through' any accompaniment situation, However, there are more expressive...

El Metodo Moderno para la Guitarra, Nivel 1/Edicion Ampliada ofrece mejoras invaluables al metodo para guitarra mas popular del mundo. Este volumen completo dobla la cantidad de estudios y solos del l...

Complete in three volumes, this widely used text presents classical guitar instruction in a logical and clear manner. The student is thoroughly grounded in left and right hand technical studies and is...

Complete in three volumes, this widely used text presents classical guitar instruction in a logical and clear manner. The student is thoroughly grounded in left and right hand technical studies and is...

Explores guitar chord voicings, progressions, harmony, and the practical use of chord shapes in ensemble playing. This book opens the world of theory to the guitarist and suggests infinite application...

If someone is singing a song or playing a melody, how can I know what chords I can play with it?' This is a common question asked of guitar teachers and players. If you are the guitarist at a campfire...

Made famous by the legendary Jerry Byrd, the C6 tuning [CEGACE] for the non-pedal lap steel guitar has many advantages due to its versatility. The tuning is especially useful in playing two and three-...

This book is a collection of short, easy-to-learn guitar solos that sound impressive even when played by the beginning guitar student. The classical/folk style of these works gives the performer somet...

Studies teaching the basic notes on all six strings of the guitar. The studies are reinforced by original etudes and solos written by legendary guitar pedagogue, Jack Petersen.

The Guitar Scales Vol. 1 is a complete guide to the scales that beginning and intermediate guitarists need for practicing and soloing. Each chapter covers a specific approach to these basic scales, in...

Written by a master of Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar, this text teaches the history, tunings, and other techniques found in Slack-Key Guitar music. Because of the altered tunings in Slack-Key Guitar music...

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...

This collection of dances and songs comes from Peggy Carter's repertoire of hammered dulcimer arrangements, drawing from years of playing live string-band music for contra dancing, Irish dancing and R...

Gospel tunes for banjo! Murphy teaches hard-driving Scruggs-style breaks to 5 favorite gospel tunes. Includes a fancy up-the-neck break to Amazing Grace, in ¾ time. Many familiar licks, lots of new li...