Mel Bay Publications

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...

Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method - Grade 3 has been created to help improving guitarists develop further skills to a grade 3 standard. This book begins with the key of A major and immediately introduces...

Now clearly at the intermediate level, Grade 4 begins by introducing the E major scale in three octaves plus the principal chords in E major. The C# harmonic and melodic minor scales are introduced fo...

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...

An excellent beginner's tool which teaches simple chord strumming. This package includes the companion CD, which is in stereo play-along format, allowing the student to strum along each tune with a re...

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...

Le crosspicking est une technique de guitare étonnante et magnifique jouée avec un flatpick. Il s'agit d'un son unique qui, d'une certaine manière, imite la guitare à trois doigts ou le banjo à cinq c...

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...

Learning the Classic Guitar is a new direction in guitar instruction. Many ideas in these books break new ground. In developing this innovative method, Mr. Shearer adhered to the following concepts: 1...

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 book presents a collection of over 50 traditional 19th and early 20th century songs full of fun and foolishness written for voice and piano in 'guitar-friendly' keys. Complete lyrics, suggested g...

An excellent way to celebrate holidays throughout the year. St. Valentines's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Flag Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, and other holidays are included. Arran...

A deluxe collection of 55 colorful songs that recount the tales of the 'Wild West'. Filled with vintage photos and period prints, this book captures the essence of one of North America's most exciting...

Perfect for Earth Day celebrations, this is the book for any nature lover! Many of the songs can be used for camp-outs, hiking or just pure fun. Includes 'I Love the Mountains, ' 'Land and Sea, ' 'Mor...

America is clearly a land of song! In this fine collection, prolific Mel Bay author Jerry Silverman explores the dusty archives of songdom to rediscover golden treasures of bygone days. The book offer...

Forty-six well-known German favorites arranged for piano and voice. Lyrics are in German and English.

This collection of 32 songs celebrates the joy of singing with a potpourri of vocal gems in Italian. Lyrics are in Italian and English and each song is in piano/vocal format with guitar chords.

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...

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...