Flatpicking

Picking Up The Pace

by Murphy Henry & Casey Henry

You enjoyed our first Slow Jam DVD so much, we're back with another! Picking Up the Pace features Murphy and Casey along with David McLaughlin on mandolin and Malia Furtado on fiddle, playing an assortment...more

Concert Plectrum Guitar

Sleeping child

by William Bay

"Sleeping Child" is a lullaby which can be played by the plectrum, fingerstyle or classic guitarist. I envisioned walking into a room with a child sleeping, hearing a music box continuing to play a soft theme. I tried to capture that feeling with the melody of this piece...more

Rock / Blues

Sequences

by Joshua Craig Podolsky

Rock guitarist extraordinaire Joshua Craig Podolsky presents a lesson on Sequences. He shows how to use them in a solo as a valuable tool and for various chords. Make sure you keep an eye out for Josh's upcoming book from Mel Bay...more

Classical / Flamenco

Falsetas de mi Padre

by Juan Serrano

The legendary flamenco guitarist and best-selling Mel Bay Publications author, Juan Serrano, is well-known for his sound recordings, transcriptions of his music, and technical methods for flamenco guitar. Now the music...more

Teaching Guitar

Teaching Barre Chord Success

by Daniel Roest

Barre chords are difficult for most beginners and can stay that way for many. Here are fourteen ideas to help your students make barre chords....more

Jazz

Chords Galore

by Jack Petersen

Having developed two of the most prolific and respected guitar programs in the world (Berklee School of Music in the 1960s and University of North Texas in the 1980s), Jack Petersen is arguably...more

Fingerstyle

Memphis Blues Guitar

by John Miller

Memphis has long been a landing place for musicians from the surrounding rural areas in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, and in the 1920s and 1930s, it was a wide open town with plenty of opportunities for musicians...more

Mastering the Guitar

Bill's Workout: Mastering the Guitar 1B
Key Of D minor: Part 4

by William Bay & Mike Christiansen

Key Of D minor: Part 4...more