Intermediate Sheet Music from Mel Bay Publications

This method book by renowned jazz artist Mimi Fox utilizes a unique approach to helping guitarists develop strong solos. Scales, arpeggios, patterns, and syncopated rhythms are introduced in a logical...

New arrangements of ten classic hymns presented in a progressive and percussive style that will challenge and inspire the pianist, soloist and drummer. The piano, melody, and drums are charted so when...

New compositions for solo classic guitar by acclaimed guitarist and composer, David Pritchard. All solos are in standard notation. 'In addition to all the music I've written over the past twenty years...

This book is an attempt to capture the highlights of twenty-eight years of composing. Each of these 32 compositions is an expression, and as such - an exposure, of a genuine part of myself which I pre...

These selected works by Giovanni Antonio Terzi, expertly arranged by 2011 GFA Winner Vladimir Gorbach, represent a last flowering of the lute fantasia in a motet-imitative style. They stand at a halfw...

The Encyclopedia of Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Solos is a collection of compositions for steel guitar from styles including Hawaiian, Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Country, Latin and even Chinese music. Fernan...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Rosetta Stone is a large stone tablet (ca. 196 BCE) discovered in Egypt in 1799. It is important because it allowed researchers to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing for the first tim...

A great supplement to any note-reading guitar method. Helps students methodically learn the fretboard from the second position upward. The book contains fun-to-play studies and songs in upper fretboar...

As staff guitarist on the Mike Douglas Show for nearly 20 years and close to 30 years as Chairperson of the Guitar Department at the Philadelphia University of Arts, Bob adds to your sound palette as...

Lonnie Johnson blended blues and jazz styles, performing with blues shouters like Bessie Smith and Texas Alexander on one hand, and Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington on the other. Now learn essential...

A collection of 16 hot, intermediate-level flatpicking guitar solos from five of the leading exponents of this technique. David Bromberg is known as the leader of one of the most successful acoustic b...

Collaborating with mandolinist, guitarist, and musicologist Franco Di Biase, a native of Archi in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy, world-renowned mandolinist Carlo Aonzo presents a new chapter of...