Mel Bay Publications

Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1A is the first in a progressive series using a wide variety of musical repertoire and educational material to provide a solid technical foundation for classical g...

Mastering the Classical Guitar, Book 1B is the second book in a progressive series using a variety of musical repertoire and educational materials to provide a solid technical foundation for classical...

The aim of this book is to gather in one place a compendium of techniques specific to the classical guitar. Each technique has a written explanation, preliminary exercises and two original composition...

As the title of his book attests, guitarist and musicologist Mart n Pedreira presents a methodical treatment addressing the most highly refined guitar techniques. In my opinion, we should not confuse...

This collection presents six legendary blues guitarists from the 1920s to early 1940s. Each has his own unique approach, style and techniques for playing. Some like Rev. Gary Davis favored regular tun...

The more you play the guitar the better you'll become and the more fun and enjoyment you'll have. When I asked Rev. Gary Davis when and how I should practice on my guitar his answer was clear. He told...

When John Hurt was rediscovered in 1963, he was presented with a very rare opportunity to expand and re-write his musical legacy, late in life. And he did just that, recording over seventy songs previ...

Recorded lessons from one of America's greatest guitarists. Johnny Hiland teaches essential Licks and Tricks every great Blues, Rock and Country player should know. Lessons in standard notation and TA...

This book includes Denin Koch's transcriptions of solo improvisations from Kurt Rosenwinkel's 2012 album, Star of Jupiter. Koch provides insight into Rosenwinkel's techniques and concepts, giving the...

Hailed by David Tanenbaum, Guitar Department Chair at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, as ?a fun and varied set that is pleasing to the ear while being a healthy workout?, theÿ7 Studies for Gu...

Discover the captivating sonic world of one of the most expressive alternate guitar tunings! With "The Glory of CGDGAD Guitar Tuning – From Music to Method" from the renowned publisher Mel Bay Publica...

The Hip Guitar Lines book is a window and a gateway into learning and applying advanced jazz vocabulary on the guitar. It is intended to be a resource that a jazz guitarist of any level can use to tak...

This book focuses on the intersection of melody and harmony. While valuable for all instrumental and choral composers and arrangers, it specifically explores ways to move melodic voices independently...

As a guitarist, have you ever dreamed of playing contrapuntal bass lines and melodies. Or maybe you would like to sound more like a pianist, able to perform fluently with independent right and left ha...

Desde los comienzos de la guitarra flamenca en España en el siglo XIX, la relación entre la guitarra flamenca y la clásica siempre ha existido; esta serie de métodos de 3 libros -iniciada por Juan Ser...

Blind Lemon Jefferson was a trail blazer, both as a singer and guitarist, but also as a commercial phenomenon, for he was the first blues musician to establish the tremendous appeal that blues, as pla...

Es satisfactorio tocar una pieza musical que suena muy bien con una sola guitarra. Beethoven dijo: La guitarra es una orquesta en miniatura en sí misma.Beyond Chord Melody se concentra en los concepto...

This electric blues guitar approach to playing roots music dives deep into gear, right and left-hand technique, and advanced soloing and rhythm accompaniment concepts, including "partial" chords that...

This book contains note-for-note transcriptions of six original solo flamenco guitar pieces or toques from the author's 2021 CD, Alma de Niño (Soul of a Child). These deep and introspective solos repr...

Award-winning guitarist and folk-blues songwriter Jon Shain shares his personal approach to fingerstyle guitar. Using detailed exercises and his own songs as examples, Shain offers an intimate look at...

Discover the rich sonic versatility of the tenor guitar in the popular GDAE tuning! The comprehensive method book "Tenor Guitar Method in GDAE" from the renowned Mel Bay Publications opens up exciting...