Mel Bay Mastering the Guitar 1A - Bay/Christiansen - Guitar - Book/Media Online

A Comprehensive Method for Today's Guitarist!

Authors: William Bay, Mike Christiansen
Format: Book with Audio and Video Online
Instrumentation: Guitar
Level: Beginning

Mastering the Guitar is an innovative, exciting new way to learn the guitar. Co-authored by William Bay and Michael Christiansen, this extremely comprehensive method applies the internationally acclaimed Mel Bay teaching concept to the vast array of musical styles and techniques found in today's music. Written in notation and tablature, it covers guitar solo and accompaniment styles ranging from Celtic to Classic to Cajun; from Flamenco to fiddle tunes to rock; from Baroque to blues to bluegrass; and from Latin to jazz to Reggae. A special feature of this method is that it teaches both flatpicking and fingerstyle solo and accompaniment techniques.

The two books in level 1 present essential foundational studies for contemporary guitar performance. Book 1A covers the keys of C, Am, G, and Em in great depth, presenting over 155 solos and duets and more than 140 scale and picking studies, chord etudes, and accompaniment pieces. Book 1B covers the keys of D, A, E, F, Dm and Bf. In addition, Book 1B has over 130 solos and duets and over 40 comprehensive scale and picking studies. Numerous chord progression studies and chord accompaniment pieces and etudes are also included.

A Technique Studies book is available which will bring an added level of flatpicking and fingerpicking excellence to each key presented in Book 1A and Book 1B. The advanced levels of this method introduce a creative and unique approach to learning and mastering the higher positions on the guitar fingerboard. We feel that Mastering the Guitar is the most comprehensive approach to guitar technique, repertoire, and performance to be found anywhere. Includes access to online audio and video.

Contents:

• A Minor Blues
• A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
• Acres Of Bluegrass
• Allegro - M. Giuliani
• Andante - Carcassi
• Anitra's Dance Theme - Edvard Grieg
• Anna's Axe
• Arcadian Melody
• Arkansas Traveler
• Arpeggio Picking
• Ashley's Song
• Baby Don't Love Me
• Bahia Tranquilo
• Ballad
• Barcelona
• Bass Line Lead/Bluegrass Style
• Bending The Blues
• Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
• Blow Away The Morning Dew
• Blow, Ye Winds
• Blue Elegy
• Blue Rain
• Blue Ridge
• Bottleneck Joe
• Bransle Double - Michael Praetorius
• Brighter Side
• Buena Vista
• Bury Me Beneath The Willow
• Caleb's Gorge
• Call The Ewes
• Cara's Farewell
• Casa De Grout (Habanera)
• Celtic Dawn
• Chanson
• Chimes
• Classic Boogie
• Classic Rock Boogie #1
• Cripple Creek
• Cruisin' Sunset
• Cruising Down The Super Highway
• Cumberland Ridge
• Danny Boy
• Don't Step On Alligators
• Double Stops
• Down In Yon Forest
• Down Shift
• Drivin' Pick
• Early American Hymn
• Early Christmas Morn
• Echoes
• Eleven Mile Canyon
• English Maiden
• Estudio - Dionisio Aguado
• Far From Home
• First Gear
• Flatt Shuffle
• Flyin' South
• Four-String Blues
• French Carol
• Gavotte - M. Praetorius
• Gilotte
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Good Mornin' Blues
• Greensleeves
• Half Past Midnight
• Hammer-On Blues
• Hard Drive
• Hard Luck Street
• Heavy Weight
• Hiking Up The Mountain
• Hills Of Eire
• House Of The Rising Sun
• House Of The Rising Sun
• How Pleasant It Is To Dwell In Harmony
• Hungarian Dance #4
• I Don't Know Why
• In The Pines
• Interlude
• Irish Mist
• Jamaican Shoreline
• Jazz Breakdown
• Jimmy's Shuffle
• Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
• Kentucky Rise
• Lonesome Blues
• Lord Randal
• Man Of Constant Sorrow
• Marianne
• Memories Past
• Menuet - Johann Quantz
• Mexican Lament
• Midnight Drive
• Midnight Special Blues
• Midnight Walk
• Minor Song
• Minuet - Johann Sebastian Bach
• Minuet - Henry Purcell
• Misty Morn
• Molly Malone
• Moon Drops
• Morning Song
• Morrison's Jig
• Na Pali Coast
• Nepal Sunrise
• Not Forgetting Her
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• O Mio Babbino Caro - Giacomo Puccini
• Octave Chorale
• Oh, Sinner Man
• On The Banks Of That Lonely River
• Parson's Farewell - John Playford
• Past Midnight
• Picardy
• Red Rocking Chair
• Renaissance Dance
• Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
• Rondeau - J. Mouret
• Room 124
• Running The Strings
• Sakura
• Salt Creek
• Same As You
• Sao Paolo
• Shabat Shalom
• Shady Grove
• Shaker Dance
• Silent Night - Franz Gruber
• Slane
• Smithfield Boogie
• Soldier's Joy
• Soliloquy
• Song Of Joy - Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Sourwood Mountain
• Spanish Dance
• Spanish Groove
• Spanish Knights
• Spanish Nights
• Spanish Romance
• St. James Infirmary
• Star Of The County Down
• Sugar In The Gourd
• Swallowtail Jig
• Swamp Buggy
• Sweet Sunny South
• Tambourin - Jean-Philippe Rameau
• Tango Guitarra
• That Distant Shore
• The Ash Grove
• The Clergy's Lamentation - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Clock - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Cuckoo - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Flowers Of Sweet Erin The Green - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Marsh Of Rhuddlan - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Sally Gardens - Turlough O'Carolan
• The South Wind - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Teetotaller's Reel - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Tie - Turlough O'Carolan
• The Water Is Wide - Turlough O'Carolan
• Three Fishermen - Turlough O'Carolan
• Three Past Midnight - Turlough O'Carolan
• Three Ravens - Turlough O'Carolan
• Toll Free - Turlough O'Carolan
• Trev And Tom - Turlough O'Carolan
• Triplet Blues - Turlough O'Carolan
• Two-Part Estudio - Turlough O'Carolan
• Two-String Solo - Turlough O'Carolan
• Walking Guitar - Turlough O'Carolan
• Washed In That Beautiful Pool - Turlough O'Carolan
• Will The Circle Be Unbroken? - Turlough O'Carolan
• Xiomara - Turlough O'Carolan
• You're The Cure - Turlough O'Carolan