Mel Bay's own method for the classic guitar, featuring a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of music and reading guitar notation, plus graded studies and pieces. This book presents classic guitar technique in a manner that anyone can easily follow. Musical and technical concepts are introduced gradually as needed throughout the text and driven home with ample musical illustrations. Information is provided on: basic right and left-hand techniques, reading standard notation, harmonics, and playing in various keys and positions. In addition to the many classical etudes included here by Aguado, Bach, Carcassi, Carulli, Diabelli, Giuliani, Sor, and others, Mel Bay has made a significant contribution to the student guitar repertoire by transcribing works by Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart, Pleyel, Rubenstein, and others in the classical style. The pieces and exercises are arranged to progress systematically through various keys and playing positions. Written entirely in standard notation only. Includes access to online audio.

A Night In Madrid      
A Serenade       Mel Bay
A Song By Aguado      
A Study By Aguado      
A Visit To The Relatives      
A Waltz By Sor      
Adantino      
Adventure       Ferdinando Carullli
Alpine Echoes       Mel Bay
Andante       I.K. Mertz
Andante       Mozart
Andante       Anton Diabelli
Andante       Ferdinando Carulli
Andante       Ferdinando Carulli
Andante In D Major       J. Kuffner
Around The Samovar      
Austrian Hymn       Franz Haydn, Arr: Mel Bay
Balkan Nights       Mel Bay
Balkan Skies       Mauro Giuliani
Bass Solo With Chord Accompaniment       Mel Bay
Blessed Assurance       Fanny Crosby Arr: Bill Bay
Bohemian Waltz       Mel Bay
Bourree (In B Minor)       Johann Krieger
Caballero       Pleyel Arr: Mel Bay
Caprice       Matteo Carcassi
Carcassi's Waltz      
Chopin's Prelude       Arr: Mel Bay
Classic Dance       Mel Bay
Conchita       Dionisio Aguado
Cradle Song       Johann Brahms Arr: Mel Bay
Dawn       Mazas-Bay
Don Quixote       Dionisio Aguado
El Rey      
Etude       Matteo Carcassi
Flower Song       Lange Arr: Mel Bay
Follow The Leader       Mel Bay
Frolic       Fernando Sor
Gavotte       J. S. Bach Arr: Mel Bay
Granada Memories       Mel Bay, Based On An Etude By Aguado
How Can I Leave Thee      
In The Evening By The Moonlight       Bland Arr: Mel Bay
Italian Air       Matteo Carcassi
Lazy Evening       Mel Bay
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence       Arr: William Bay
Little Minuet       Adaptation Of A Melody By Carcassi
Love Song      
March Majestic       Arr: Mel Bay
March Slav       Peter Tchaikovsky
Maria       Arr: Mel Bay
Matamoras      
Melody In F       Rubenstein-Bay
Minuet       De Visee
Minuet From Don Juan       Mozart
Minuetto       Gebaur, Opus 10 Arr: Mel Bay
Moderato       Mauro Giuliani
Nocturne       Dionisio Aguado
Petite Waltz      
Playtime       Pleyel Arr: Mel Bay
Prelude In A Major       Sor
Prelude, Opus 28 No 20       Fredric Chopin Arr: Mel Bay
Rain Drops      
Recreation       Mauro Giuliani
Rondo       Matteo Carcassi
Rondo In E Major      
Rosario      
Senora      
Senorita      
Serenade       R. De Visee
Silver Threads Among The Gold      
Small Chord Etude       Mel Bay
Soliloquy      
Sor's Etude In D Major      
Sor's Waltz      
Spanish Waltz      
Sparkling Stella      
Step Lively      
Taranto       Matteo Carcassi
The Blue Tail Fly       Arr: Mel Bay
The Builder       Mel Bay
The Chord Waltz       Mel Bay
The Commentator       Matteo Carcassi And Mel Bay
The Court Jester       Matteo Carcassi
The Foggy, Foggy Dew       Arr: Mel Bay
The Gauchos       Matteo Carcassi And Mel Bay
The Happy Farmer      
The Happy Guitarist      
The Lido       Mauro Giuliani
The Little Elf       Carulli
The Little Prince       Mazas Arr: Mel Bay
The Merry Men      
The Music Box      
The Poet And The Peasant       Von Suppe Arr: Mel Bay
The Speedway      
Theme From The "Minute Waltz"       Frederic Chopin Arr: Mel Bay
To A Wild Rose       Edward Macdowell Arr: Mel Bay
Venetian Nights       Matteo Carcassi Arr: Mel Bay
Waltz       Mel Bay
Waltz       Ferdinando Carulli
Waltz      
Waltz In A Flat       Johannes Brahms Opus 39 No 2 Arr: Mel Bay
Waltz In E       Ferdinando Carulli
Waltz In E Minor      
Witchcraft       Mel Bay
Wondrous Love       Arr: William Bay