Guitar Music Books

Bluegrass Guitar Jam Tunes

Rick Williams - This is perfect for the beginner who's ready to move up a notch. This compilation of some of the most common picking tunes is written in tab and standard notation, accompanied by 2 audio CDs with over 2 hours of practice music. Each of the 25 tunes is recorded three times; once slow with rhythm and melody, once slow with only rhythm and once faster with a full band, just like a real jam session. Tunes include: Lost Indian, Old Joe Clark, Temperance Reel, St. Anne's Reel, Billy in the Lowground, Cattle in the Cane, Whiskey Before Breakfast and more. Sample Page: Temperance Reel Sample Track 1: Temperance Reel w/ Guitar Fast Tempo Sample Track 2: Temperance Reel w/ Guitar Slow Tempo Sample Track 3: Temperance Reel w/o Guitar Slow Tempo These are 64kbps MP3 files

RW001

Bluegrass Guitar Jam Tunes

$35.95

Flat-pick Country Guitar

Happy Traum - The emphasis is on flat-picking as accompaniment, but it also includes plenty of runs, breaks, and solos for both acoustic and electric guitar. For the beginning and intermediate level player.

MS01398

Flat-pick Country Guitar

$14.95

The Guitar Picker's Fakebook

David Brody - The ultimate sourcebook for the traditional guitar player. Contains over 250 jigs, reels, rags, hornpipes, and breakdowns. Softcover, 191pages.

MS02726

Guitar Picker's Fakebook

$19.95

Complete Country Guitar Book

Fred Sokolow - A master teaching method and reference book on country and bluegrass guitar. Carter style, back-up, bluegrass back-up, Doc Watson style lead, Travis picking, fingerpicking, and more. 96pages, w/CD.

MB93935

Complete Country Guitar

$19.95

Complete Chet Atkins Guitar Method

Chet Atkins - Now complete in one master, spiral-bound text, Mel Bay presents Chet Atkins' complete method dealing with his legendary country guitar style. Includes some of Chet's solo transcriptions. New updated edition now includes a CD.

MB93232CD

The Complete Chet Atkins Guitar Method w/ CD

$24.95

Guitar Scales in Tablature

William Bay - A collection of helpful and frequently used guitar scale forms. Each major and minor scale is presented in numerous forms and positions progressing up the fingerboard. All scales shown in diagram and tablature.

MB94760

Guitar Scales in Tablature

$9.95

The Dobro Book

Stacey Phillips - A complete, in-depth guide to the dobro geared toward players of every level. It covers all the basic right-hand and left-hand techniques, including harmonics, slant bar, playing chords, tunings, history etc. Book includes companion CD.

SP001

The Dobro Book w/ CD

$19.95

Country Dobro Guitar Styles

Ron Eidson and Tom Swatzell - The authors present the basics of dobro playing in the authentic style with a minimum of technical details and difficulty. This book is intended for beginning and intermediate students.

MB93350

Country Dobro Guitar Styles

$9.95

You Can Teach Yourself Guitar

Mel Bay - An excellent method designed for any student who wants to learn the basics of playing the guitar. Strum patterns and fingerstyle along with more than 50 songs in lead sheet format. 112 pages, paperbound.

MB94301

You Can Teach Yourself Guitar

$9.95

Playing the Guitar

Fred M. Noad - Now in its third edition, this book will show you how to buy and care for a guitar, how to build chords, how to achieve special effects, how to read guitar music, how to master many styles of playing, and more.

FN001

Playing the Guitar

$16.95

The New Guitar Songbook

Fred M. Noad - This new edition of the best-selling songbook features the brilliant arrangements of one of America's favorite guitar teachers. Contains 66 songs covering five centuries of music. 160 pages, softcover.

FN002

The New Guitar Songbook

$16.95

Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords

Mel Bay - The most comprehensive text ever presented on guitar chords. Chords are presented chromatically and broken down into melody, inside, rhythm, etc. A must for guitarists. 144 pages.

MB93283

Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords

$6.95

Mel Bay's Guitar Chords

Mel Bay - 12 basic guitar chord types are shown in three ways: photograph, notation, and chord diagram. In addition, a special bonus section is contained showing in photo and diagram the essential movable rhythm guitar chords.

MBC001

Mel Bay's Guitar Chords

$4.95

Fun With the Guitar

Mel Bay - An excellent beginner's book that teaches simple chord strumming on the guitar. Written in standard notation with chord symbols and lyrics, this method quickly teaches how to strum along with a sung melody. 40 pages.

MB93262

Fun With the Guitar

$4.95