Co-authored by William Bay and Michael Christiansen , Mastering The Guitar is an innovative, exciting new way to learn the Guitar. 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. Mastering The Guitar 1A comes with audio examples and videos to download online.
A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Acres Of Bluegrass
Allegro [Giuliani, M.]
Andante [Carcassi]
Anitra's Dance Theme [Grieg, Edvard]
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 [Praetorius, Michael]
Brighter Side
Buena Vista
Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Caleb's Gorge
Call The Ewes
Cara's Farewell
Casa De Grout (Habenera)
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 [Aguado, Dionisio]
Far From Home
First Gear
Flatt Shuffle
Flyin' South
Four-String Blues
French Carol
Gavotte [Praetorius, Michael]
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
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 [Quantz, Johann]
Mexican Lament
Midnight Drive
Midnight Special Blues
Midnight Walk
Minor Song
Minuet (2) [Purcell, Henry]
Minuet [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
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 [Puccini, Giacomo]
Octave Chorale
Oh, Sinner Man
On The Banks Of That Lonely River
Parson's Farewell [Playford, John]
Past Midnight
Picardy
Red Rocking Chair
Renaissance Dance
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Rondeau [Mouret, J.]
Room 124
Running The Strings
Sakura
Salt Creek
Same As You
Sao Paolo
Shabat Shalom
Shady Grove
Shaker Dance
Silent Night [Gruber, Franz.]
Slane
Smithfield Boogie
Soldier's Joy
Soliloquy
Song Of Joy [Beethoven, Ludwig van]
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 [Rameau, Jean-Philippe]
Tango Guitarra
That Distant Shore
The Ash Grove
The Clergy's Lamentation [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Clock [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Cuckoo [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Flowers Of Sweet Erin The Green [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Marsh Of Rhuddlan [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Sally Gardens [O'carolan, Turlough]
The South Wind [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Teetotaller's Reel [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Tie [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Water Is Wide [O'carolan, Turlough]
Three Fishermen [O'carolan, Turlough]
Three Past Midnight [O'carolan, Turlough]
Three Ravens [O'carolan, Turlough]
Toll Free [O'carolan, Turlough]
Trev And Tom [O'carolan, Turlough]
Triplet Blues [O'carolan, Turlough]
Two-Part Estudio [O'carolan, Turlough]
Two-String Solo [O'carolan, Turlough]
Walking Guitar [O'carolan, Turlough]
Washed In That Beautiful Pool [O'carolan, Turlough]
Will The Circle Be Unbroken? [O'carolan, Turlough]
Xiomara [O'carolan, Turlough]
You're The Cure [O'carolan, Turlough]
Acres Of Bluegrass
Allegro [Giuliani, M.]
Andante [Carcassi]
Anitra's Dance Theme [Grieg, Edvard]
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 [Praetorius, Michael]
Brighter Side
Buena Vista
Bury Me Beneath The Willow
Caleb's Gorge
Call The Ewes
Cara's Farewell
Casa De Grout (Habenera)
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 [Aguado, Dionisio]
Far From Home
First Gear
Flatt Shuffle
Flyin' South
Four-String Blues
French Carol
Gavotte [Praetorius, Michael]
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
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 [Quantz, Johann]
Mexican Lament
Midnight Drive
Midnight Special Blues
Midnight Walk
Minor Song
Minuet (2) [Purcell, Henry]
Minuet [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
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 [Puccini, Giacomo]
Octave Chorale
Oh, Sinner Man
On The Banks Of That Lonely River
Parson's Farewell [Playford, John]
Past Midnight
Picardy
Red Rocking Chair
Renaissance Dance
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Rondeau [Mouret, J.]
Room 124
Running The Strings
Sakura
Salt Creek
Same As You
Sao Paolo
Shabat Shalom
Shady Grove
Shaker Dance
Silent Night [Gruber, Franz.]
Slane
Smithfield Boogie
Soldier's Joy
Soliloquy
Song Of Joy [Beethoven, Ludwig van]
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 [Rameau, Jean-Philippe]
Tango Guitarra
That Distant Shore
The Ash Grove
The Clergy's Lamentation [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Clock [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Cuckoo [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Flowers Of Sweet Erin The Green [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Marsh Of Rhuddlan [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Sally Gardens [O'carolan, Turlough]
The South Wind [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Teetotaller's Reel [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Tie [O'carolan, Turlough]
The Water Is Wide [O'carolan, Turlough]
Three Fishermen [O'carolan, Turlough]
Three Past Midnight [O'carolan, Turlough]
Three Ravens [O'carolan, Turlough]
Toll Free [O'carolan, Turlough]
Trev And Tom [O'carolan, Turlough]
Triplet Blues [O'carolan, Turlough]
Two-Part Estudio [O'carolan, Turlough]
Two-String Solo [O'carolan, Turlough]
Walking Guitar [O'carolan, Turlough]
Washed In That Beautiful Pool [O'carolan, Turlough]
Will The Circle Be Unbroken? [O'carolan, Turlough]
Xiomara [O'carolan, Turlough]
You're The Cure [O'carolan, Turlough]
| Arrangement | Guitar |
| Genres | Tuition |
| Format | Instrumental Tutor |
| Level | 1 |
| NumberOfPages | 144 |
| Media | Downloads, Sheet Music |
| Series | Mastering The Guitar |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Bay, William (Author) Christiansen, Mike (Author) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9780786693504 |