Mel Bay Publications

The Luthier Wall Chart is perfect for any workshop, classroom, enthusiasts home or studio. This fantastic chat created by Tom Bills elaborates clearly on how to create you own guitar, or simply improv...

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...

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...

Mastering the Lap Steel Guitar will take you from beginner basics such as tuning, right hand blocking, and holding the bar, to advanced techniques including bar slants, harmonics, string pulls and mor...

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...

Designed to introduce the young intermediate-level pianist to playing the blues, Jazzin' the Blues presents fifteen original blues compositions in various keys, styles and grooves together with downlo...

This book provides the pianist with an amazing assortment of easy, essential exercises. Players of all experience levels can utilize this method: beginners will learn to play music through creative ex...

This book represents nothing less than the magnum opus of a jazz-rock master of synthesizer technique. Creative Synthesizer Technique is a unique addition to the Mel Bay keyboard bookshelf, both for i...

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...

Come chitarristi, avete mai sognato di suonare linee di basso e melodie contrappuntistiche. O forse vorreste assomigliare di più a un pianista, in grado di suonare in modo fluido con la mano destra e...