"This approach really works. It holds my student's interest." These are typical comments on the effectiveness of William Bay's Guitar Class Method. As no other instrument lends itself to so many moods and styles of music (blues, folk, rock, country, classical, flamenco, jazz, etc.), playing the guitar as a popular mode of expression and the instrument itself have become an integral part of American life. The Guitar Class Method was written with the hope it would expand the range of people of all ages who would be exposed to the guitar through a meaningful, authoritative method that is easy to follow.

Volume 1 of this method for individual or group study offers an overview of the various styles of guitars and playing techniques with advice on purchasing and caring for the instrument, selecting guitar strings, and playing positions. Includes special sections devoted specifically to chord strumming, blues structure and style, fingerstyle technique, note reading, and music theory. The individual sections can be used simultaneously in any order to take the class in any direction it wants. Written in standard notation and tablature with chords presented in both diagram and photo format. Lyrics are included for many songs and a few melodies are presented as duet arrangements. Includes access to online audio.

12th Street And Delmar      
A Daily Drill      
A Serenade      
A Visit To The Relatives      
A-Roving      
Amazing Grace      
Amazing Grace      
America      
Au Clair De La Lune      
Auld Lang Syne      
Aura Lee      
Aura Lee      
Austrian Hymn       Franz Haydn
Battle Hymn Of The Republic      
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair      
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair      
Blessed Be The Name      
Blues Shuffle Boogie      
Blues Shuffle Rhythm      
Buffalo Gals      
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie      
Camptown Races      
Careless Love      
Careless Love      
Careless Love      
Cindy      
City Slicker      
Country Pickin'      
Coventry Carol      
Down And Out      
Down By The Riverside      
Down In The Valley      
Down In The Valley      
Etude      
Faith Of Our Fathers      
Green Grow The Lilacs      
Hail Hail The Gang's All Here      
Haydn's Theme      
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands      
Home On The Range      
Home, Home, Can I Forget Thee      
How Can I Leave Thee      
In The Evening By The Moonlight      
Jacob's Ladder      
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring       J. S. Bach
Just A Closer Walk With Thee      
Kum Ba Yah      
Kum Ba Yah      
Lament      
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence      
Long, Long Ago      
Long, Long Ago      
Long, Long Ago      
Look Down      
Make A Joyful Noise       William Bay
Mamma Told Me      
Mary Ann      
Minorology      
Motown Shuffle      
Night Song      
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen      
Now The Day Is Over      
Oh! Susanna      
Old Folks At Home      
Pensive Mood      
Playtime       Pleyel
Psalm 100      
Pushin And A Pullin'      
Red River Valley      
Searching      
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon      
Shenandoah      
Shenandoah      
Skip To My Lou      
Slidin' Into E      
Song Of Peace      
Sweet By And By       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
The Blue Bells Of Scotland       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
The Builder       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
The Old Mill       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
The Wayfarin' Stranger       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
Wandering       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
Wayfarin' Stranger       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
What Child Is This?       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
When Johnny Comes Marching Home       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B
When The Saint's Go Marchin' In       Music Attr. Joseph P. Webster, Words: Sanford F. B