Mel Bay Publications, Inc. 60 Years Old and Still Making Music

by Stephen Rekas

While we didn't trumpet it loudly, Mel Bay Publications has reached its 60th-year mile marker, and then some. It's not as if the anniversary has gone unheralded. The company offered a special anniversary concert and celebration at the Winter 2007 NAMM gathering in Anaheim, California...more

Fingerstyle

Humours of Castle Comer

by Keith Hinchliffe

This collection of 23 striking and varied Celtic melodies arranged for solo guitar in altered tunings is presented in tablature and standard notation. The selection spans the Irish, Scots, Welsh and Manx traditions...more

Jazz

Visualization: Mapping the Fretboard with the Use of Three Major Scale Patterns

by Lynn Wiles

In last months article, "Mastering the Guitar Fingerboard Through Visualization", I introduced the process of visualizing the fingerboard, toward taking the appropriate steps of having the confidence and knowledge of locating and identifying every note on the neck....more

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Now is the time to start thinking about those Christmas tunes you always wanted to learn. Take a look at all of the great Christmas titles available on BaySidePress and save 20% for a limited time...

Dobro Christmas Songbook

review by Richard Turner

For beginning Dobro® players what could be more fun than Mel Bay's Dobro® Christmas Songbook? A collection of 27 Christmas songs... more

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