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William Fox
'William Fox reminds us that, behind the poetry, poets are human and are built from place. For years, Fox has crafted his voice to arrive at this magnificent debut: biding…
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William Bay
This is a collection of 86 guitar solos in notation only from William Bay's books, Solo Guitar in Worship, Communion, Psalms, Timeless Gospel Melodies and Spirituals. The solos work well…
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A collection of 15 guitar solos on well-known gospel melodies. Many of the solos are medleys and each solo is presented in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio…
This book presents warm-up and flexibility studies plus twenty- two melodic, lyrical etudes centered in the mid to low trumpet range designed to bring flexibility, strength and accuracy back to…
William Alan Bay
A comprehensive collection of 146 guitar solos in notation and tablature. The solos include beautiful airs and ballads from America and the British Isles, Celtic favorites and early music pieces…
This is a collection of 22 of old-time gospel favorites arranged for solo flatpicking guitar. All arrangements are in notation and tablature and work well when played with another guitarist…
This book is a collection of seventeen guitar solos in notation and tablature. The solos are appropriate for worship or concert settings. Included are six arrangements on historic melodies and…
William a Bay
This is a collection of 155 solos for trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. Ninety-one were recorded on various trumpets, 37 were recorded on cornet and 27 on flugelhorn. One hundred and…
This book contains all 60 of William Bay’s guitar solos found in his three Christmas solo collections: Guitar Picking Tunes-Beautiful Carols of Christmas, Guitar Picking Tunes-Christmas in the British Isles…
A comprehensive collection of 172 guitar solos for the flatpick or plectrum guitarist. All solos are in notation only and are recorded by the author. The solos range from beautiful…
This is a collection of five books containing sacred guitar solos drawn from different musical periods and genres of church music. There are 129 solos in this comprehensive collection. All…
This comprehensive book contains the solos found in five William Bay guitar solo collections. The solos range from colorful foot tapping reels, breakdowns, hornpipes, jigs, fiddle tunes and sea chanteys…
Written as an in-depth supplement to the Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Series Grade 2, this text contains solos, picking studies, technique building, chord studies, and speed studies.
An ideal instructional text for any banjoist wanting to accompany singing. Each song contains a different strum pattern.
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A follow-up book to the popular Fun with the Clarinet. Contains 56 big-note, easy solos on folk songs, sea chanties, sacred songs, ragtime, and dance tunes. Fun music for the…
A follow-up book to the popular Fun With the Saxophone text. Contains 56 big-note, easy solo setting of folk songs, sea chanties, sacred songs, ragtime and dance tunes. Fun music…
A follow-up to the popular Fun with the Trombone. Contains 56 big note, easy solos. Includes folk songs, sea chanties, sacred, ragtime and dance tunes arranged for the beginning student…
Contains 56 big-note, easy solos for beginning B-Flat trumpet. Includes folk songs, sea chanties, sacred songs, ragtime and dance tunes. Fun music for the beginner.
A deluxe, comprehensive collection of popular hymns harmonized for guitar accompaniment to singing. Accompaniment is in notation and tablature. Contains over 100 hymns, including a Mighty Fortress; Jesus Shall Reign…
A quick-reference guide to bluegrass G-tuning banjo chords, plus a fingerboard diagram showing the location of the notes on the banjo fingerboard.
Ideal for teaching electric bass to children and teenagers, as well as an excellent foundational text for bassists with no previous music experience. Covers note reading, rhythms, picking, solo playing…
A collection of rousing rock/blues solos and popular accompaniment riffs and phrases. Written in notation and tablature.
This is a collection of 100 all time favorite hymns arranged for flute solo. Each solo has a written suggested chordal accompaniment so that a guitar or any chordal instrument…
This is a collection of 25 guitar solos for use in Christian worship. Twenty-two are original solos and three are arrangements on sacred melodies from the 1500's and earlier. Most…
The trumpet is a brilliant instrument which shines brightly when playing proclamatory pieces. However, the trumpet also has a wonderfully lyrical side. The sound of an unaccompanied trumpet causes people…
A handy yet complete guide to 7-string jazz guitar chords. Shows rhythm chords with root, 3rd and 5th in the bass along with great sounding chord extensions ideal for rhythm…
A collection of 24 guitar solos written in notation and tablature for use during Eucharistic worship services. Includes access to the online audio recording of all the solos recorded by…
Ideal for teaching electric bass to children and teenagers, as well as an excellent foundational text for bassists with no previous music experience. Cover tuning, hand positions, note reading, rhythms…
A concise, easy-to-understand bass method in notation and tablature. This text will acquaint the bass player with basic chord progressions, chord notes, walking bass patterns, and a contemporary solo in…
A comprehensive but very usable and easy-to-understand chord reference text. The most useful and best-sounding forms of each chord are shown in each key. In addition, handy side tabs help…
Designed for the left-handed guitar player, this book presents the most commonly-used chords in both DADGAD and Dropped-D Tuning. All chords are shown as diagrams and photos. A handy reference…
This is the flagship book in Mel Bay’s new Achieving Guitar Artistry series. Herein you will find an extensive collection of linear pieces with interesting melodic content. Frequent performance of…
This is a collection of 25 lyrical North American melodies scored for guitar solo. Some of the solos have historical themes and some are from the turbulent Civil War era…
This chart shows essential chords and secondary minor chord relationships from all 12 root tunes for the soprano ukulele in G-C-E-A tuning. The chords shown for each root note are…
Contains studies, chord melody solos, chord studies, quartal harmony etudes, triad studies and duets in the keys of C, Am, G, Em, F, Dm, D, Bm, Bb and Gm. Presents…
Contains studies, chord melody solos, chord studies, quartal harmony etudes, triad studies, and duets in the keys of B, G#m, Db, Bbm, Gb, and Ebm. Presents a comprehensive listing of…
This is an easy-to-understand yet very comprehensive method. You will learn to play classic guitar in all of the basic keys. In addition you will play a very wide assortment…
Mastering the Guitar is an innovative, exciting way to learn the guitar. Co- authored by William Bay and Mike Christiansen, this extremely comprehensivemethod applies the array of musical styles and…
Achieving Guitar Artistry - Concert Solos is a collection of 56 solos reflecting awide array of colors, textures and moods. These were originally written forplectrum or flatpick guitar but may…
This is a book for the ears and for the hands. Playing harmonized scales in triad form is extremely helpful for the progressing guitarist. First, the guitarist will become acquainted…
A comprehensive study text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, chord studies, and technical studies leading to improvisation. In addition, a theory workbook section teaches scales, modal concepts and…
This chart shows essential chords and secondary minor chord relationships in all 12 keys for the tenor banjo in C-G-D-A tuning. The chords shown for each root note are major…
This very easy to understand, step by step introduction to note reading and guitar solo performance presents basic notes in first position. It features a companion play-along CD and special…
This exhaustive yet compact (5 1/2x8) QWIKGUIDE chord reference shows chords from simple triads through myriad extensions of the dominant seventh chord, all in grid format only.
A step-by-step method teaching correct modern jazz interpretation and phrasing. Great for reading and for learning to ‘play in the pocket’. Companion CD allowsthe guitarist both to hear how the…
A technique building regimen built around jazz chords and scale shapes. The basic chord is shown, followed by the appropriate arpeggio and scale. In addition, an ‘ear stretching’ etude is…
