ISBN 9781619117679.

Is the beginning stage of learning the guitar proving to be a frustrating experience? Do you lack songs which you can play from start to finish? Do the ones that you can play all the way through not sound much like their original versions? I have been teaching these pieces to my beginner students for quite some time now, and the success rate has been remarkable. Most methods start by having the student slowly move back and forth between basic chords using only down strokes, playing chords one note at a time to make sure all the notes ring clear. This book offers something much differentaplaying music! The pieces are designed to target trouble areas often experienced by beginners of the instrument: arching the fingers enough in order to let all the notes of a chord ring clearly. Rather than just droning on through a series of chords, musical patterns are created so that as you learn proper technique youare also playing something musical. The results have been better than expected. Focusing on figures that demand proper technique and some of the most common strumming patterns found in popular music, many of my students are able to execute beginner and intermediate level songs within a few weeks of picking up the instrument rather than a few months. Additionally, the dreaded F chord, or root 6 major barre chord, often rings clearly with all 6 notes being heard upon the first attempt. This book will help you achieve your guitar related goals quickly, more efficiently, and most importantly, more enjoyably. Includes access to online video.

ISBN 9781513459219. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This book in the Guitar Picking Tunes series presents 29 favorite hymns arranged for guitar solo. The material spans the centuries, but reflects a deep faith, including lyrically-beautiful hymns such as Just as I Am, to the powerful Crown Him with Many Crowns. These solos work well as preludes, offertories, communion hymns and even recessionals, or simply for enjoyment. All solos are written in standard notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781610659192. Part of Mel Bay\'s innovative Qwikguide series, this handy-sized book features selections such as: Blackberry Blossom; St. Anne\'s Reel; Whisky Before Breakfast; Morrison\'s Jig; Billy in the Low Ground, Crazy Creek, Cold Frosty Morning, Harvest Moon, Sweet Lillie, East Tennessee Blues and more. Written in standard notation and tablature.

ISBN 9781619115712. 8.5 X 11 inches. Jimmy Bruno is known throughout the world for his flawless picking technique. This book and online video breaks down Bruno's ideas through exercises and etudes that will take any guitarist's picking technique to a new level. Break old picking habits and learn a more efficient way to utilize your right-hand technique. The 45-minute online video presents Jimmy teaching and demonstrating the material in the book. Presented in standard notation and tab. Includes access to online video.

ISBN 9781619119284.

Mentored by three legendary guitarists, Michael OaDorn is the living repository of not only the Merle Travis thumbstyle technique, but also the fingerstyle legacies of Chet Atkins and French guitarist, Marcel Dadi. This book contains a discussion of the differences between fingerstyle and thumbstyle technique, plus the most advanced exercises and tunes of any of the authoras three books for Mel Bay Publications a a must-have for any serious fingerstyle guitarist!The book begins with a series of progressive picking patterns with practice points that guide the player through intermediate and advanced licks and techniques. The harmony of each exercise was intentionally left unresolved so that it can be repeated to perfection. Soon, you will be playing OaDornas challenging Travis/Atkins/Dadi-inspired licks and compositions using the left-hand hammer-on, pull-off, and thumb-over techniques, and the right-hand thumb rake and palm mute.While the purpose of this book is to help you establish study habits that enhance your performance abilities, the exercises can also be used as intros, outros or springboards to kickstart your own compositions. At the end, as a payoff for completing the bookas lessons, the author presents three original compositions for player and audience enjoyment.Learn the evolutionary, often unconventional fingerstyle techniques of Travis, Atkins, Dadi, and OaDorn withKiller Technique(r): Fingerstyle Guitar! Includes access to an outstanding online audio recording of the bookas 47 exercises and solos.

ISBN 9781610652711. Mel Bay's latest series, Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. Included in this wonderful fingerstyle journal are a myriad of tunes in many styles: Easy, Blues, Gospel, Classic, Fiddle Tunes, Thumbpicking, Patriotic, Ballads, Early Jazz, Latin, Celtic, DADGAD, Ragtime and Contemporary. Perfect for the student to professional musician, this wonderful book contains tunes which can be revisited daily. All music in notation and tablature. Hard cover, covered spiral binding and premium stock paper make this a volume so beautifully printed and bound and containing so much valuable information that you will treasure it for years to come! - Ultimate guide of fingerstyle tunes perfect foreveryday use- Easy, blues, gospel, classic, fiddle, thumbpicking,patriotic, ballads, early jazz, Latin, Celtic, Ragtime,DADGAD and contemporary styles all featured- Excellent for the student to professional musician- In notation and tablature-Companion recording.

ISBN 9781610651509. In this addition to Mel Bay's popular 'Getting Into' series, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist Joe Carr presents an overview of the exciting flatpicking style in tablature and in music notation. Beginning with basic chords and strum patterns, this book/audio combination covers Carter style, fiddle tunes crosspicking, floating, improvisation and much more! Special sections address pick direction, pentatonic scales, dropped D tuning and how to read standard music on the guitar. Included are the 'Top Ten' flatpicking favorites and a section on Irish ornamentation. Includes access to online audio.