Mel Bay Publications Sheet Music

This second volume of The Classical Guitarist's Gig Book contains 63 intermediate to advanced solo arrangements of pieces in various styles. From "The Water Is Wide" and Christmas and patriotic favori...

Most instrumentalists would agree with the author's introductory statement, that the six Bach cello suites are "…one of the greatest collections of solo instrumental music ever written."Many amateur c...

In the author's words, this collection of 10 modern classical guitar pieces was composed to emulate the "elusive, graceful, fragile, subtle, elegant, stealthy qualities" of cats. Inspired by a rich ta...

O'Carolan for Classical Guitar is the fourth and final volume of Guido Böger's classical guitar arrangements of the 214 compositions of the itinerant blind Irish harper, Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738)...

One might think that it would be impossible to arrange the music of Georges Bizet's opera, Carmen, for solo classic guitar, but Néstor Ausqui has done it! While the guitar is an intimate and sweet-sou...

In this book, guitarist and music historian David Grimes presents 20 'small sonatas' or sonatinas, complete with detailed performance notes and bio sketches of each of the contributing composers: Leon...

Belgian guitarist and composer Gilbert Isbin presents 50 original, short, contemplative pieces in this book and online recording. Designed for sight reading and performance by classical and fingerstyl...

We are pleased to present this collection of masterful concert arrangements that have been a major part of the Castellani Andriaccio Duo's touring and recording repertoire for decades. These arrangeme...

This collection of 30 classical guitar transcriptions of works by Christoph Graupner highlights this forgotten master’s unique contributions to Baroque music. Originally composed for cembalo (harpsich...

Written in standard notation and tablature, nearly all the pieces in The Music of Debussy for Solo Guitar were transcribed from piano scores. The book's repertoire represents different periods in the...

Rob MacKillop presents 20 classic lute transcriptions; the "greatest hits" of the Renaissance and Baroque lute repertoire arranged for pick acoustic, electric, or classical guitar. MacKillop has for m...

The manuscript now known as The London Sketchbook was written by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart at the age of eight during his family’s sojourn to Great Britain in 1764-1765. Whether as complete pieces or prel...

We are pleased to present our arrangement of the iconic and legendary, Fandango, by Padre Antonio Soler, the genius monk of the Baroque era. This work was a mainstay of our touring repertoire for year...

Famed Argentine classical guitar virtuoso, Néstor Ausqui presents this collection of nineteen heretofore unpublished guitar solos. Promising to be a performing guitarist’s dream, the compilation spans...

The Baroque Period in music history is generally conceded to have begun circa the year 1600. Music by composers of this era contributed to the development of clearly defined types of music, such as th...

Learning The Classic Guitar is a new direction in Guitar instruction. Many ideas in this book breaks new ground. Part Two should go along with part one and it presents the elements of music and proced...

Learning The Classic Guitar - Part Three teaches the student to form clear and accurate concepts of music expression. It also teaches the guitarist how to perform in public with accuracy and confidenc...

This edition contains 10 of J. S. Bach's finest compositions scored in notation and tablature. Works include: Two Part Invention in C Major: Gavotte, from the 3rd Lute Suite: Prelude in D Minor: Boure...

Classical guitar soloist james Kalal has compiled 12 breath-taking guitar solos based of renowned Spanish melodies and themes. Solos include works by Milan, Mudarra, Sor, Tarrega, Calleja and James Ka...

The guitar studies of Fernando Sor (1778-1839) have long been valued highly among the indispensable elements of a guitarist's training. A number of prominent virtuosi attribute a large portion of thei...

With this easy to understand yet comprehensive method you will learn to play classic Guitar in all of the basic keys. In addition you will play a very wide assortment of solos ranging from the Renaiss...

This book consists of music written for the guitar. When modern guitarists play music from the Renaissance, they usually play transcriptions from the vihuela or lute repertoire. As a consequence, many...