You Can Teach Yourself Fingerpicking Guitar MB96498 $10.95

Eclectic guitarist and veteran Mel Bay author Tommy Flint provides a comprehensive introduction to fingerstyle guitar technique. Intended for the serious student learning the guitar without the advantage of having a teacher- clear photographs, diagrams, and standard and tab notation will guide you every step of the way. Original fingerstyle tunes and arrangements of folk standards abound in this book, driving home concepts of music theory, technique, syncopation, walking bass, barre chords, slurs, moveable chords, use of the capo, the Nashville number system, and much more.

Master Anthology of Fingerstyle Guitar Solos Vol. 1 MB98370BCD $39.95

A generous collection of challenging pieces by these talented artists: Jonathan Adams, Muriel Anderson, Seth Austen, D.R. Auten, Douglas Back, Duck Baker, Steve Baughman, William Bay, Pierre Bensusan, Larry Bolles, Ben Bolt, Bill Brennan, Thom Bresh, Rolly Brown, Robin Bullock, Jonathan Burchfield, Michael Chapdelaine, Mike Christiansen, William Coulter, Marcel Dadi, Peppino D'Agostino, Craig Dobbins, Pat Donohue, Doyle Dykes, Steven Eckels, Tim Farrell, Peter Finger, Tommy Flint, Rick Foster, Stefan Grossman, Ole Halen, Todd Hallawell, Roger Hudson, Jack Jezzro, Buster B. Jones, Laurence Juber, Phil Keaggy, Pat Kirtley, Jean-Felix Lalanne, Jay Leach, Paul Lolax, Woody Mann, Dennis McCorkle, El McMeen, Dale Miller, Franco Morone, Stevan Pasero, Ken Perlman, Al Petteway, Bill Piburn, Chris Proctor, Harvey Reid, John Renbourn, Don Ross, Vincent Sadovksy, Dylan Schorer, John Sherman, Martin Simpson, Johnny Smith, Fred Sokolow, Tim Sparks, John Standefer, David Surette, Guy Van Duser, Al Viola, Paul Yandell, Andrew York, and John Zaradin. The selections include both new pieces and some of the best previously published pieces from the latter half of the 20th century. Written in standard notation with tablature for most pieces.

The Chet Atkins Collection MB99552 $19.95

Seasoned guitarist, transcriptionist, and composer Craig Dobbins presents note for note standard notation and tab transcriptions of nine Chet Atkins fingerstyle arrangements including: Back to Old Smoky Mountains; The Bells of St. Mary's; Freight Train; I'll Fly Away; Jingle Bells; Road to Gundaghi/Waltzing Matilda; Waltz No. 10 in B minor (Chopin); and Whispering. Includes a generous essay on Chet's life and music by Jim Ohlschmidt.

Caledon Wood - Acoustic Guitar MB96930 $9.95

Al Petteway is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist and composer known for masterful compositions that blend Celtic elements, open tunings, and world percussion. These transcriptions are from the highly acclaimed Maggie's Music recording of the same title. Includes notation and tablature for each song, plus Al's notes on the origin of each tune. All but one of the tunes is in a non-standard tuning.

Music of the Grateful Dead Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar MB99408BCD $24.95

Using nine classic Grateful Dead tunes, Fred Sokolow show you how to play fingerpicking backup while singing; how to play an instrument solo’ and how to begin and end a tune. Along the way, you’ll learn a lot about backup patterns, soloing ideas and chord position.