Composer

William Bay

Composer, guitarist, trumpet player and music educator

3,069 works and musical collections

Biography

William Bay combines work as a guitarist and trumpet player with composing, teaching and music publishing. His performing and writing experience spans jazz, rock, classical and sacred music. He earned his bachelor's degree at Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree at the University of Missouri.

Bay's work with Mel Bay Publications connects his performing experience with instructional publishing. The Guitar Foundation of America credits him with more than 200 books and documents his work across jazz, rock, classical and sacred repertoire.

Written from Guitar Foundation of America: Biography — Bill Bay.

Life and musical career

Roles: Composer; instrumentalist; instructional author; music publisher
Instruments played: Guitar; trumpet
Education: Washington University in St. Louis; University of Missouri
Styles documented by source: Jazz; rock; classical; sacred
Publishing affiliation: Mel Bay Publications

Sources: Guitar Foundation of America: Biography — Bill Bay.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Guitar, Flute, Harmonica, violin, Trumpet
Genres represented: Jazz, Rock, Blues, Country, Folk
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue page 3 of 64

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Walkin' In A	See work details	See edition details Blues · Rock	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bill Baily Won't You Please Come Home	See work details	Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bless The Lord, O My Soul	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rise Up, Shepherd And Follow!	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
04) Thumbpicking Chord Studies/Key of C	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
11) Chords in the Key of E	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
16) Thumbpicking Chord Studies/Key of E Minor	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bistro	See work details	See edition details Jazz	View sheet music Work & edition details
Savoy	See work details	See edition details Jazz	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bumpin'	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Molambe	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates (Truro)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Blest Be The Tie That Binds (Dennis)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Come, Ye Thankful People Come (St. George's Windso	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Lord's My Shepherd (Crimond)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Praise To The Lord, The Almighty (Lobe Den Herren)	See work details	Guitar Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Abide With Me (Eventide)	See work details	Guitar Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Church's One Foundation (Aurelia)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
At The Cross (Hudson)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
O My Soul, Bless God The Father (Stuttgart)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
As With Gladness Men Of Old/For The Beauty Of The Earth (Dix)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul (Aberystwyth)	See work details	Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know	See work details	Guitar Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Gethsemane, Destiny!	See work details	Guitar Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
Go Tell It On the Mountain	See work details	Guitar violin Choir 4 more instruments Clarinet Trumpet Saxophone Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen	See work details	Piano Guitar Recorder	View sheet music Work & edition details
Once There Were Three Fishermen	See work details	Piano Recorder Harmonica	View sheet music Work & edition details
Beginning Progressions	See work details	Flute Saxophone Jazz	View sheet music Work & edition details
Blues Scale	See work details	Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
Diminished 7th Chord	See work details	Flute Saxophone Jazz	View sheet music Work & edition details
Haul Away Joe	See work details	Guitar Flute violin 7 more instruments Clarinet Trombone Trumpet Recorder Saxophone Harmonica Tin Whistle	View sheet music Work & edition details
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes	See work details	Guitar Cello Flute 8 more instruments violin Double Bass Trombone Trumpet Recorder Ukulele Tin Whistle Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms	See work details	Guitar Flute Mandolin 2 more instruments Harmonica Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
Minor 7b5 Chord	See work details	Saxophone Jazz	View sheet music Work & edition details
Jazz Scales	See work details	Saxophone Jazz	View sheet music Work & edition details
Come Thou Fount (Nettleton)	See work details	Recorder Harmonica	View sheet music Work & edition details
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen	See work details	Guitar Recorder	View sheet music Work & edition details
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded/Were You There	See work details	Trumpet	View sheet music Work & edition details
I've Been Working On The Railroad	See work details	Flute violin Clarinet 4 more instruments Trombone Trumpet Saxophone Viola	View sheet music Work & edition details
Praise Him In The Morning	See work details	Guitar Choir Harmonica	View sheet music Work & edition details
D Chord	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
chord diagrams	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Every Time I Feel The Spirit	See work details	Guitar Ukulele	View sheet music Work & edition details
On Jordan's Stormy Banks	See work details	Guitar Recorder	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scale Contents	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Scales	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details
Washed In That Beautiful Pool	See work details	Guitar	View sheet music Work & edition details