Mel Bay Publications

In Total Giltrap, the innovative guitarist and composer Gordon Giltrap encourages players to exploit their limitations - the profound advice once given by the great jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Gilt...

Are you thinking about going to college for guitar but are concerned about the music theory entrance exam? Are you looking to increase your understanding of intervals, chords, scales and harmony but y...

This handy, case-sized book is packed full of useful information and tips for guitarists of any experience level. Clear musical examples in standard notation and guitar tablature are included along wi...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 and audio teaches excellent techniques to use for walking bass lines on guitar when playing in a duet format, either with another Guitar player or with a Singer or other instrumentalists.

A D-tuning method written by one of the greatest uke soloists of all time. This fine beginner's text teaches chords, melody playing, rhythm accompaniment, strumming strokes and techniques, and moveabl...

From the author of Mel Bay's best-selling book, Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele, we are proud to present, Favorite Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele. This book and accompanying audio offer a v...

This book contains exciting, moving and grooving original and innovative bass lines from Detroit-born Peter Washburne. His innovative approach makes use of the bass as an instrument capable of creatin...

Written by Mandolin master Dix Bruce, Getting Into Bluegrass Mandolin is specifically designed to quickly and simply show you how to play bluegrass Mandolin. This comprehensive book teaches everything...

Seven great songs and themes from film and TV arranged for Guitar solo by David Burden. This book and the series of which it is part give the classical student popular hits of contemporary music and p...

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...