The MBGU Fingerstyle Curriculum series is designed to provide intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists with a wide variety of attractive solo repertoire pieces. The material contained in these volumes is ideal for performance at professional engagements- whether concerts, cocktail parties or club dates. These solos can also be used for educational purposes and enjoyed by students and teachers alike. The Best Contemporary edition provides a collection of original pieces by some of today's leading fingerstyle guitarists as well as attractive arrangements of popular standards like "My Melancholy Baby" and "Nola". Both standard classic guitar notation and tablature are provided throughout for the convenience of those who are more comfortable reading in one style or the other. The accompanying CD includes 22 of the 24 pieces from the book.

 Everything That Rises Must Converge        
 Feet On The Ground      
 Flood Plain        
 Fond Farewells        
 Grace Street        
 Just Another Late NIght Blues        
 Laguna Girls        
 Midnight Ride        
 My Melancholy Baby        
 Nashville Family        
 Nola     
 Peak's Puzzle        
 Peg O' My Heart        
 Phooka        
 Postcard From Limbo        
 Rites Of Passage        
 Shining Shadows        
 Solitude        
 Song For John        
 The Missouri Waltz        
 The Return Of The Flute        
 Two Cats With New Shoes        
 Willie Mae      
 Wolf's Head