Most Popular Books by William Bay

Twenty five fun-to-play, great-sounding piano solos for beginning pianists of various ages. Covers a range of musical styles.

A comprehensive 96-page, large print perfect-bound book of chords using a capo. Chords include major, minor, 7th, diminished, major 7, 6th, augmented and more. Chords are shown in all keys and in various capo positions.

Favorite Student Clarinet Classics contains 27 famous classical melodies gathered from the baroque, classic, romantic and impressionistic periods. the music is by many renowned composers such as Bach, Handel, Purcell, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Tschaikovsky, Grieg, Wagner, Dvorak and Debussy. Historical notes about the musical periods and composers is an added feature. Easy to play and ideal for the clarinet student wanting interesting and fun pieces to play.

This is a very popular guitar method. Its success lies in the fact that it is extremely easy to understand and very flexible. It moves at a slow, steady pace and enables you to play chord accompaniments in 7 primary guitar keys! In addition, you will learn to strum blues chords and you will also begin to play fingerstyle backgrounds. A play-along CD is available to supplement this book, and the course is also taught on a DVD.

A step-by-step comprehensive approach designed to help the student progress and excel technically! This method was written to enable the trumpet student to develop into a complete and well-round musician capable of successfully meeting the challenges of contemporary and traditional trumpet performance. Includes scale, articulation, range, and rhythmic studies, as well as original solos and duets.

A concise, incredibly useful scale regimen that enhances left and right hand technique, helps master the fingerboard and paves the way for improvisation. Also a helpful aid to sight reading.

The trumpet is a brilliant instrument which shines brightly when playing proclamatory pieces. However, the trumpet also has a wonderfully lyrical side. The sound of an unaccompanied trumpet causes people to take note. It is a sound that announces something to come, or as the case may be, a poignant memory of what has gone before. I wrote the enclosed 41 arrangements and compositions to capture the beauty of solo, unaccompanied trumpet. Two of the selections are written for two trumpets. Some are well known hymns and some are lesser known lyrical pieces from early American hymnody. There are ancient chants and an original communion setting called The Lord''s Supper

Easy to intermediate solos scored for B-flat trumpet solo with keyboard accompaniment. Includes fifteen favorite carols: Ding, Dong, Merrily on High; I Saw Three Ships; O Come, All ye Faithful and many more. The keyboardaccompaniment is contained in the book and also as a separate PDF download online

"Achieving Guitar Artistry - Concert Solos" is a collection of 56 solos reflecting a wide array of colors, textures and moods. These were originally written for plectrum or flatpick guitar but may be played by the classical or fingerstyle guitarist. The solos range in difficulty from intermediate to advanced and will work wonderfully in recital or concert settings. Many of the solos encourage creativity with tone, expression and phrasing. Others are up-tempo and utilize Latin, jazz, bluegrass and Celtic rhythms. An ample amount of fingering and string markings are presented on each solo. This is the third book in the Mel Bay "Achieving Guitar Artistry" series. It follows "Linear Guitar Etudes" and "Triads". The goal of this series is to present material able to develop the serious guitar student into a very accomplished player.

TTrumpet and Guitar is a collection of twelve original compositions with solos featuring either a B♭ trumpet, flugelhorn or both. Includes access to online audio. The online audio was recorded with trumpet, flugelhorn, two guitars and electric bass. Book includes: • Score for trumpet/flugelhorn with guitar accompaniment. • Optional two guitar accompaniment as recorded. • Section for the trumpet/flugelhorn solo parts. • Complete score as recorded. • Separate electric bass part.

This is a collection of 25 lyrical North American melodies scored for guitar solo. Some of the solos have historical themes and some are from the turbulent Civil War era. Any collection of American ballads would be incomplete without some settings on the beautiful melodies penned by Stephen Foster. A number of those are included herein as guitar solos. All solos are presented in standard notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Mel Bay''s latest series, Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. This superb volume on technique covers warm-ups, picking studies, string skipping, tremolo, triplets, cross-picking, intervals, linear studies, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and pick control. All exercises have tunes matched to their particular study and are perfect for the student to professional musician''s everyday use. A must-have for any guitarist''s library! Hard cover, covered spiral binding and premium stock paper make this a volume so beautifully printed and bound and containing so much valuable information that you will treasure it for years to come!•Ultimate guide on technique and perfect reference manual for everyday use•Covers warm-ups, picking studies, string skipping, tremolo, triplets, cross-picking, intervals, linear studies, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and pick control•All exercises have solos matched to their particular study•Ideal for the student to professional musician•Beautiful hard cover with covered spiral binding and premium paper

A great beginner''s book for learning diatonic harmonica performance. Contains 42 songs, all easy and fun to play. Diatonic, Blues, and Chromatic harmonica stylings are all contained in this book. Also includes a section teaching the rudiments of music. The book teaches tone variance, bend, vibrato, and tremolo techniques. Audio and video download available online

Twenty-seven classical pieces with historical notes selected from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Impressionistic periods. Excellent for the beginning flute student. Composers and titles include: ''Allegro'' (On Fuoco-Theme) from New World Symphony by Dvorak; ''Arietta'' by Mozart and more.

A comprehensive collection of 155 hymns with descants. Hymns with more than 4 verses have two descants, and these arrangements sound wonderful with one, two, or three trumpets.

This book presents warm-up and flexibility studies plus forty-six melodic, lyrical etudes centered in the mid to low trumpet range, designed to bring flexibility, strength, and accuracy back to the trumpet player’s “chops”. The etudes can be of value to any trumpet player, regardless of ability level.

A comprehensive 96-page, large print/big note perfect-bound collection of over 90 favorite fiddle tunes. Includes American fiddle tunes, Celtic reels, gospel favorites, jazz tunes and more. Guitar chords are included.

The twenty classic guitar etudes in this book are melodic and guitaristic. I composed them in guitar friendly keys. They were written to be fun to play and also to provide short pieces ideal for recitals or concert preludes and encores.The pieces should be played with freedom and expression. They are intermediate in difficulty and will present a diverse array of moods and textures for the guitarist

A lively collection of songs for strumming, plus easy G-tuning solos for fingerpicking 5-string banjo. the solos are in tablature with both melody and solo parts and feature three-finger picking technique in the popular bluegrass style. Slide, hammer, and pull-off techniques are taught. A basic chart of banjo chords is also included.