Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition, Part 1 (Book + Online Audio/Video)
The Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented, the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The method contains hundreds of solos, duets, picking studies, chord etudes, position studies, scale and technique etudes, lessons in theory and harmony and much more! Every key and every position on the guitar fingerboard is thoroughly taught. Music is presented by many of the great master composers such as Bach, Chopin, T ...more
Product Number:
30504M
Format:
Book + Online Audio/Video
Skill Level:
Beginning
Pages:
368
Binding:
Spiral
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-8823-8
ISBN13:
978-07866-8823-4
Series:
Modern Guitar Method
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
10/8/2015
The Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented, the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The method contains hundreds of solos, duets, picking studies, chord etudes, position studies, scale and technique etudes, lessons in theory and harmony and much more! Every key and every position on the guitar fingerboard is thoroughly taught. Music is presented by many of the great master composers such as Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Grieg and also renown guitar composers such as Sor, Tarrega and Carcassi. The styles of music presented in this exhaustive course range from Early Music to Jazz to Bluegrass and Country to Rock. This method will equip any guitarist to perform the demands of modern music with ease and will transition the guitar student from beginner to virtuoso. Part 1 comprises volumes 1 through 4 of the Expanded Modern Guitar Method and comes with extensive online audio for each volume and video for volume 1. Part 2 comprises volumes 5 through 7 of the Expanded Modern Guitar Method and includes access to extensive online audio.
Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition, Part 1

How to Hold the Guitar & Pick

Tuning the Guitar

The Rudiments of Music

Notes & Types of Notes

Rests & The Time Signature

Notes on the E String

First String

Whole Notes

Half Notes

Quarter Notes

Playing the Notes

Working the Fingers

1st String Etude

Etude No. 2

The Mixmaster

Notes on the First String

Notes on the B String

Second String

Whole Notes

Half Notes

Quarter Notes

March

Steps

Study #1

Study #2

Inch Worm

Frolic

E-B

Indian Drum

Three-Four Time & Dotted Half Notes

 Song

 Study

Waltz

The Merry Men

Notes on the G String

Third String

A Study on the 3rd String

Sparkling Stella

Prelude

Descending

Ascending

Sunset

Aura Lee

Pick-Up Notes

When the Saints Go Marchin' In

Two Note Pick-up

One Note Pick-up

The Tie

Psalm 100

Red River Valley

Notes on the D String

Fourth String

Whole Notes

Half Notes

Quarter Notes

4 String Note Review

Native Flute

Bear Dance

Prairie Song

Native Drum

Cockles and Mussels

Hymn

German Waltz

The Eighth Note

Eighth Note Studies

Tudor Dance

Mohican Lament

Dance of the Royal Court

Village Waltz

Amazing Grace

Tenting Tonight

Melancholy

Ledger Lines

Notes on the A String

Fifth String

Whole Notes

Half Notes

Quarter Notes

Wilderness Trail

Westward Ho!

Chord Waltz

Elsie's Waltz

Buffalo Gals

Chester

Dotted Quarter Notes

Kum-Ba-Ya

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

Mountain Flower

Quest

Homeward Bound

Note Review

Daydreams

Ozark Stream

Waterfall

Mountain Trail

Notes on the E String

Sixth String

Whole Notes

Half Notes

Quarter Notes

Driving Bass

Low Gear

Running the Notes

Introducing the A Note

Minor Melody

Notes on the Guitar in the First Position

Hitting on All Six

Playing High A

Smoky Ridge

Voyage

A Word About Duets

Our First Duet

The Repeater

Two Guitars

Sunset

Chords

The Chord Waltz

The Builder

Small Chord Etude

Chord Songs

Chord March

Autumn

Chord Along

Echoes

Building the F Chord

Two Notes

Three Notes

Four Notes

Four-String Chord Study

Chimes

Chord Studies

Bottom Floor

Chord Walk

May Song

Running in the Chord

My Country Tis of Thee

Green Grow the Lilacs

Chord Bouquet

Follow the Leader

Tallis Canon

Bass Solos with Chord Accompaniment

Gliding Along

Hymn

Country Waltz

Western Song

Oh Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Red River Valley

Sawdust Trail

The Key of C, The C Scale

Scale Studies

Shenandoah

Shenandoah - Advanced Version

Blue Bells of Scotland

Blue Bells of Scotland - Advanced Version

Chords in the Key of C Major

Accompaniment Styles

Alternate Basses

In Three-Four Time

Chord Studies in C

A Daily Scale Study

Running Around

Home, Home, Can I Forget Thee

Long, Long Ago

Steps

Chromatics

Sharps

1st String

1st String Sharps & Naturals

2nd String

3rd String

4th String

5th String

6th String

Walking Guitar

Flats

1st String

2nd String

3rd String

4th String

5th String

6th String

Benny's Flat

Tempo

Playtime

The Key of A Minor

The A Minor Scale

Natural (Pure)

Harmonic

Melodic

Chords in the Key of A Minor

Accompaniment Styles in A Minor

Chord Studies in the Key of Am

A Daily Scale Study in A Minor

Picking Studies in A Minor

Sailing

Minor Song

Journey

Wayfarin' Stranger

Another Daily Scale Study in A Minor

A Visit to the Relatives

First and Second Endings

Shady Glen

Careless Love

Picking Solos

Foggy Mountain Run

The Shire

Bluegrass Sunrise

Cradle Song

Blue Ridge Trail

Words Indicating Variations of Tempo

Billy's Duet

Lafayette Square

Song Without Words

Terry's Tune

The Key of G

The G Scale

A Daily Drill

Picking Studies in G

Chords in the Key of G

Accompaniment Styles in the Key of G

G Boogie

In the Evening by the Moonlight

Etude

Two-Four Time

The Old Mill

Two-Four Picking

A Scale Study

Opening Day

A Serenade

Austrian Hymn

Home on the Range

The Little Prince

Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

The Key of E Minor

Two E Minor Scales

Picking Studies

Chords in the Key of E Minor

Accompaniment Styles in the Key of E Minor

Orchestration Styles

Chord Studies

Morning Song

Cindy

Night Song

East River

Goblins

A Chord Review

Lament

Maytime

Tone

Rondo

Sor's Waltz

Bluegrass Waltz

Running Thirds in G

A Little Bit of Hanon

Southern Fried

 

 

Tuning

 

The Notes on the First String

Scale of C Major

A Rhythm Review

 

Alternate Picking

Key of C Review - Etude 

Key of C Picking Studies 1 thru 9 

Leap Frog

Bull Durham

Frolic

Frog Junction

Catawissa Blues

 

Key of A Minor Review

Picking Studies 1 thru 12

Prelude in C/Am 

C/Am Etude

Old Pail

Kuranda

Senorita

Noctume

Valse

Russian Dance

 

Key of G Review

Picking Studies 1 thru 8

Trekking

Lavender Waltz

The Gauchos

Poinsettia

 

How to Count Triplets

Tarantella

A Tripple Play

Triple Duet

Barcelona

Far from Home

The Teetotaller's Reel

 

E Minor Review

Picking Studies 1 thru 4

Excursion

Jazz Etude

Forest Trail

Brighton Waltz

Razorback

The Hope

Wade in the Water

Coldwater Creek

 

The Key of F

A Daily Study

March Majestic

Key of F Picking Studies 1 thru 13

Chords in the Key of F

Melody in F

Musical Terms

I Love Thee

Fargo

Silverheel's Shuffle

Intervals

A Daily Study in F

The Carousel

The Recital

Triplet Etude

Happy Farmer

Bubba's Bounce

Soulard

 

The Key of D Minor

D Minor Scales

Etude in Dm

Key of D Picking Studies 1 thru 11

Chords in the Key of D Minor

Balkan Moon

Finger Gymnastics

Duet in Dm

Andante

March Slav

Invention in Dm

Bucharest

The Notes on the Second String

An Exercise in Thirds

Song in Dm

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Valse in Dm

The Rights of Man

 

The Major Chord

3rds in the Key of F

Juanita

Delores

Romance

Trail Ridge

Manitou

Mesa Verde

Where You There?

Now the Day is Over

Sonatina

 

The Key of D Major

The D Major Scale

Chords in the Key of D Major

Key of D Picking Studies 1 thru 14

Rondo 

Kirkwood Klucker

Hometown Waltz

The D Scale in Two Octaves

Exercise

Cielito Lindo

2nd Position, Etude #1

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

Turkey in the Straw

Soldier's Joy

Cascades

D Boogie

Etude

Freefall

Thirds in the Key of D

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

Caprice

 

Sixteenth Notes

A Speed Study in D

Brunswick Stew

The Clock

Drowsy Maggie

Bennett's Reel

Minuet in D

 

The Key of B Minor

The B Minor Scales

Etude in Bm

Aura Lee

Key of B Minor Picking Studies 1 thru 4

Voyage

Quiet Thoughts

The Chords in the Key of B Minor

Waltz in Bm

Duet in Bm

Fifth Avenue Swing

Midnight Flight

 

The Technical Names of the Chords

Six-Eight Time

The Irish Washerwomen

6/8 Picking Studies 1 thru 11

Dublin Dance

Swallowtail Jig

Territory Ahead

Minuet

 

Three-Eight Time

A Spanish Dance

Prelude

Etude

The Plectrum Waltz

Skipping Along

Coronado

 

Dotted Eighth Note

Country Gardens

Logan's Bluff

Blessed Quietness

Harvest Moon Strathespy

Alastair's Lament

Brighton Beach

Days of 'Lang Syng

 

 

The Key of A

A Scale  Open Position

A Arpeggio  Open Position

Daily Drill

A Scale Studies

A Study #1  Open Position

Taranto

A Scale Study #5

The Chords in the Key of A

Accompaniment Styles

Maria

Alla Breve Time

Red Haired Boy

Bill Cheathum

Steep Levee

Mere Point

Emerald Shores

Romance

 

A in Second Position

A Scale  2nd Position

A Arpeggio  2nd Position

The Speedway  2nd Position

A Scale Study #1-2  2nd Position

A Study #3  2nd Position

Festival Waltz  2nd Position

Spanish Dance  2nd Position

Crazy Creek

The Notes on the Third String

Venetian Nights

Country Life

The Notes on the Fourth String

Prelude

Souvenirs

The Happy Guitarist

The Key of F Sharp Minor (Relative to A Major)

Two F Sharp Minor Scale

Accompaniment Styles

Major to Relative Minor Etude

F# Minor (Harmonic)

Melodic

A Major

 

Key of F Sharp Minor

F Sharp Minor Scale / Harmonic Mode  2nd Position

F Sharp Minor Arpeggio  2nd Position

F#m Study #1-4  2nd Position

Lark in the Morning

 

Key of F Sharp Minor Review

Ode for Guitar  2nd Position

Harmonized Scales - The C Scale

Hymn

Chord Solo

Walking Chords

Polish Dance (Kuiawak)

 

C Scale  2nd Position

C Scale  2nd Position

C Arpeggio  2nd Position

C Study #1-3  2nd Position

Poem  2nd Position

Spring Break  2nd Position

Shuckin'  2nd Position

C Boogie  2nd Position

The Slide

The A Minor Scale (Harmonic Mode)

Lonely Journey

Quiet Moments

Dance

Chimes

Am Picking Study

 

Key of A Minor  2nd Position

A Minor Scale / Harmonic Mode  2nd Position

A Minor Arpeggio  2nd Position

A Minor Study #1-3  2nd Position

Sierra Dawn

Noche

Black Stallion  2nd Position

Salisbury Waltz  2nd Position

 

The Triads Built on the G Scale

Song

Anthem

G Picking Study

Ballad

Silver Threads among the Gold

The Slur

 

Key of G

G Scale  2nd Position

G Arpeggio  2nd Position

G Study #1-3  2nd Position

Billy in the Low Ground  2nd Position

Thunder in the Valley  2nd Position

Molly O'Hare  2nd Position

The Downfall of Paris

 

The E Minor Scale

Melancholy Mood

The Tremolo

Slur Song

Slide Song

Gondola

Neopolitan

Triads

The D Scale Harmonized Alma Mater

Memories

Walking Triads

Abide with Me

The Snap

The Snapper

Slur Jig

Train to Tulsa

 

The B Minor Scale

Chanson Triste

The Glissando

Glissando Study

Autumn

Soliliquy

 

Key of B Minor Review

B Minor Scale / Harmonic Mode  2nd Position

B Minor Arpeggio  2nd Position

Bm Scale Study #1-3

Luckie Bawdins' Reel

Postlude

Etude in Bm

Signs Pertaining to Expression and Phrasing

The F Scale Harmonized

Lilac

Air by Mozart

 

Key of D Minor  2nd Position

D Minor Scale / Harmonic Mode  2nd Position

D Minor Arpeggio  2nd Position

Study #1-3

The D Minor Scale

Minuet in D minor

Largo

Lucy's Waltz

Crystal Sea

F Picking Study

The Key of B Flat

Etude

Triplet Etude in B Flat Major

A Daily Scale Study in B Flat

Study #1-2

Skylark

Gasconade Waltz

Odyssey

The Quarter-Note Triplet

Harmonized Scale

Accompaniment Etudes

Russian Easter

Song

Waltz from the Poet and Peasant Overture

Holiday

The Key of G Minor (Relative to B Flat Major)

The G Minor Scales

Accompaniment Styles

The Mixed Minor Scales

The Gypsy Minor Scale

The Tonic Minor Scale

Key of G Minor

G Minor Scale / Harmonic Mode  Open Position

G Minor Arpeggio  Open Position

G Minor Study #1  Open Position

Gm Picking Study

Gm Study

Equation

Bucharest

Broken Bottle

Slippery Slope

Sultana

Harmonized Scale

Coventry Carol

Early Christmas Morn

The Types of Intervals

An Adventure in B Flat

The Key of E Flat

Third-Position Etude No. 1

The Types of Intervals

Third-Position Etude No. 2

Hi Pointe

Shady Oak

Galleria

Westfield

The Arkansas Traveler (Third Position)

Beautiful Dreamer

Esquire

The Minor Intervals

The Key of C Minor

Etude in C Minor (Third Position) C Minor Etude in the Third Position Cm Study #2-3 Vyaltsevo Tocatta Summer Nights Dialogue Prelude in Cm Sarabande Syncopation Etude

The Key of A Flat

A Daily Scale Study in A Flat (Third Position)

Ab Study #2-4

Ab Scale in Open Position

Wyoming Trail/Ab in Open Position

Sudden Voyage/Ab in 3rd Position

Ab Scale Study #5

Ab Review Etude

The Chords in the Key of A Flat

Triplet Etude in A Flat (Third Position)

Elsie's Walk

The Cavalcade (Third Position)

The Key of F Minor (Relative to Ab Major)

The F Minor Scales

The Chords in the Key of F Minor

Fm Study #1-3

Descent

Fm Prelude

Hawthorne

Dundee's Dilemma

Sedona

Opus 1

 

 

1 Etude in E Major

2 E Scale Studies Ex. 1

3 E Scale Studies Ex. 2

4 E Scale Studies Ex. 3

5 E Scale Studies Ex. 4

6 E Scale Studies Ex. 5

7 E Scale Studies Ex. 6

8 Prairie Sunset

9 Epigram

10 Picking Studies Ex. 1

11 Picking Studies Ex. 2

12 Picking Studies-C Picking

13 Picking Studies-G Picking

14 Picking Studies-D Picking

15 Picking Studies-A Picking

16 Picking Studies-E Picking

17 Fourth-Position Etude #1

18 Etude #2

19 Starburst

20 Eclipse

21 I Gave My Love a Cherry

22 Cheyenne Wells-4th Pos.

23 Study #3-4th Pos.

24 Waltz

25 Italian Air (Multi-Pos. Study)

26 A Triplet Etude

27 A Study #2-4th Pos.

28 Fourth-Position Etude

29 A Study #3-4th Pos.

30 Stuck in the Kitchen-4th Pos.

31 Exhilaration-4th Pos.

32 Rose O Sharon-4th Pos.

33 Morning Dance-4th Pos.

34 A Scale Study #4-4th Pos.

35 Key of A Review

36 Cs Minor Studies-4th Pos. Ex. 1

37 Cs Minor Studies-4th Pos. Ex. 2

38 Cs Minor Studies-4th Pos. Ex. 3

39 Cs Minor Studies-4th Pos. Ex. 4

40 Cs Minor Studies-4th Pos. Ex. 5

41 Bering Sea-4th Pos.

42 Portrait-4th Pos.

43 Nocturne-4th Pos.

44 Images-4th Pos.

45 Refl ection-4th Pos.

46 Sarabande (Duet in Cs Minor)

47 Ivy Leaf Reel

48 Little House Round the Corner

49 Minueto

50 Lyric Moment-4th Pos.

51 Daydreams-4th Pos.

52 Star of Bethlehem-4th Pos.

53 Schooner-4th Pos.

54 St. Clair’s Hornpipe-4th Pos.

55 Fifth-Position Etude #1

56 Fifth-Position Etude #2

57 The Court Jester (Fifth Position)

58 Woodlands-5th Pos.

59 Narcissus-5th Pos.

60 Sonatina in F Major-5th Pos.

61 The Commentator

62 Fifth-Position Etude #3

63 Stallion at Daybreak-5th Pos.

64 Riley McGurk-5th Pos.

65 Levelland by Night-5th Pos.

66 Jonquil-5th Pos.

67 Sundance-5th Pos.

68 Clare Waltz-5th Pos.

69 High Five-5th Pos.

70 Traverse Bay-5th Pos.

71 Shadows

72 Ballad-5th Pos.

73 River Glen-5th Pos.

74 Sailors Hornpipe-5th Pos.

75 Meramec Echoes-5th Pos.

76 Buena Vista-5th Pos.

77 Suffolk-5th Pos.

78 Shamrock-5th Pos.

79 Ruby-5th Pos.

Audio 2

1 Key of Am-5th Pos. Ex. 1

2 Key of Am-5th Pos. Ex. 2

3 Key of Am-5th Pos. Ex. 3

4 Leipzig - 5th Pos.

5 J.S.-5th Pos.

6 Dance-5th Pos.

7 Silouette-5th Pos.

8 Starling-5th Pos.

9 Mirage-5th Pos.

10 Bf Scale Etude

11 Bf Studies-5th Pos.

12 Song-5th Pos.

13 Exploration-5th Pos.

14 Etude-5th Pos.

15 Minuetto

16 Triplet Etude in the Fifth Pos. #1

17 Triplet Etude in the Fifth Pos. #2

18 DeSoto-5th Pos.

19 Dora’s Waltz-5th Pos.

20 Erin’s Waltz-5th Pos.

21 Cross Country-5th Pos.

22 Snapshop-5th Pos.

23 Poem

24 Seventh-Position Etude

25 Waterfall-7th Pos.

26 Joplin-7th Pos.

27 Kreutzer’s Etude-7th Pos.

28 Seventh-Pos. Etude in G

29 Sor’s Song-7th Pos.

30 Breathe on me, Breath of God

31 Lucky Seven-7th Pos.

32 Rondo

33 Scale Study-7th Pos.

34 Gardenia-7th Pos.

35 Gypsy Rondo-7th Pos.

36 Portrait-7th Pos.

37 Discovery-7th Pos.

38 Dawn-7th Pos.

39 Passage-7th Pos.

40 Misty Night-7th Pos.

41 Sierra-7th Pos.

42 Vista-7th Pos.

43 Workout-7th Pos.

44 Glasgow-7th Pos.

45 Sunset-7th Pos.

46 Autumn-7th Pos.

47 Nightfall-7th Pos.

48 Cruising-7th Pos.

49 Muse-7th Pos.

50 Snowfall-7th Pos.

51 Panorama-7th Pos.

52 Natasha-7th Pos.

53 Farewell-7th Pos.

54 Ninth-Position Etude #1

55 Ninth-Position Etude #2

56 The Ninth Inning-9th Pos.

57 Maze-9th Pos.

58 Susan Lynn - Multiple Pos.

59 The Golden Wedding

(La Cinquantaine)

60 Carcassi’s Etude (A Major)

61 Norwegian Dance

62 Excursion (A Position Review)

 
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