Intermediate Sheet Music from Mel Bay Publications

I have always loved the book of Psalms. The range of human emotions conveyed in that book is so real. Joy, sorrow, fear, hope, worry, confidence, anxiety, assurance and much more spring out of those w...

Twenty-one guitar solos on beautiful hymns and some new Christian gems. All arrangements are in notation and tablature and give the pick-style player a wealth of wonderful, inspiring music to play in...

The twenty Classic Guitar etudes in this book are melodic and 'guitaristic'. I composed them in Guitar-friendly keys. They were written to be fun to play and also to provide short pieces ideal for rec...

Experience the magic of Spanish Guitar music with new compositions from author Kacha Metreveli. The material is written for two Guitars and encompasses styles such as Malaguena, Festiva, Habanera, Cap...

Learn To Burn: Electric Bass is intended for the Bass player who wants to stretch his or her limits and begin playing outside his or her comfort zone. Starting with just the right hand, the material c...

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...

Play Like a Legend: Doc Watson features transcriptions of his great guitar flatpicking recordings from the early 1960s until the 1990s. In addition, detailed explanations of special techniques such as...

Chet's actual recorded solos are: I'll Say She Does; Me and Merle; Yanky Doodle Dixie; Mr. Bojangles; Walk-Don't Run; Wheels; The Odd Folks of Okracoke; Yellow Bird; Windy & Warm; Just As I Am; John H...

One of the world's top players addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string banjo style known as clawhammer or frailing. Chapter themes include fundamentals: advanced and experimental techniq...

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...

In this comprehensive book jazz guitarist Michael Anthony addresses the need to build flexibility and technical proficiency in a way consistent with the melodic motifs of contemporary music. Though th...

Presents the Contradanzas Habaneras of Manuel Saumell (1817-1870), who has been called a 'Pioneer of the Cuban danza. ' Originally written for the piano, this collection of contradanzas is a good exam...

In this exceptional book, 'Improvising Without Scales', Carl Verheyen will teach you his philosophy and techniques for improvisation. Rather than hashing out scales, Verheyen teaches you how to play l...

A comprehensive exploration of revolutionary Chapman Stick and it's accompanying tap techniques. A primer on theory will explain all the musical logistics enabling the student to fully gasp the concep...

Lionel Loueke: Original Compositions contains 21 original compositions and 5 solo transcriptions which give the reader insight into the compositional language of guitarist-vocalist Lionel Loueke. Lion...

The Songwriter Toolbox is a comprehensive self-teaching course that guides the writer from the initial burst of inspiration to the tools of songwriting. Topics covered include lyrical techniques, song...

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...

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...

It is satisfying to play a piece of music that sounds great on just one guitar. Beethoven said, The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.Beyond Chord Melody concentrates on the advanced concepts...

Written as a sequel to the 'Complete Book of Harmony, Theory, & Voicing', this comprehensive source book of harmonic styles and colors offers a wide variety of chord types and progressions, and provid...

The 'Exploring' series of books within the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series walks you through each of the most common played positions on the ten hole diatonic harmonica. This volume for 2nd positi...

Learn jazz Guitar from one of the masters! Barry Galbraith was one of the best jazz guitarists of the 1950's. He was also a talented music reader who would write out his own arrangements of standards...

All the exercises in Killer Technique - Classical Guitar are either based on or inspired by challenging passages and patterns that appear in compositions. Technical elements and passages have been str...