Mel Bay Publications

Classic and flamenco guitarists alike will benefit from these etudes as they bridge the gap between traditional mechanical studies and engaging practice and concert material. Although relatively short...

Designed as a comprehensive multimedia teaching set, this book with online audio/video present 42 solos, progressively graded in 6 levels from absolute beginners to more advanced, to suit players of a...

Blind Blake was the greatest ragtime blues guitarist to record during the 1920s. His intricate fingerpicking sounded more like a ragtime piano than an actual guitar. It captured the pulsating rhythms...

This collection of pieces gleaned from the unaccompanied works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) will broaden the horizons of the amateur, student and professional musicians alike. It is intended t...

For solo violin, this book is a collection of straightforward wedding arrangements without piano. Inside you will find the most commonly requested music for wedding ceremonies, from traditional favour...

We believe this to be the most complete and thorough book of its kind in print! The Scale Section contains major and minor scales in numerous forms and positions. The Arpeggio Section contains a multi...

Dieses Buch präsentiert 37 Stücke der Renaissance-Gitarrenmusik, die für Fingerstyle-Ukulele solo transkribiert wurden, zusammen mit den Aufnahmen des Autors von jeder Transkription. Darüber hinaus bi...

John Dowland (1563 - 1626), ein Zeitgenosse von William Shakespeare und Königin Elisabeth I., galt als einer der größten Musiker seiner Zeit, der Lieder, Ensemblemusik und Soli für die Laute schrieb....

Blind Lemon Jefferson was a trail blazer, both as a singer and guitarist, but also as a commercial phenomenon, for he was the first blues musician to establish the tremendous appeal that blues, as pla...

This collection contains 20 pieces and exercises for the fingerstyle Ukulele, aimed at those who have strummed chords on the Ukulele and now wish to learn fingerstyle technique. In 20 Easy Fingerstyle...

This is the ideal beginner's book, presenting the basics of the 5-string banjo in a way that is both fun and easy. Janet Davis takes you on an extensive tour of this instrument's fundamental technique...

This collection of 20 fingerstyle studies for the ukulele is written for uke players looking to expand their prowess on the instrument. The studies cover a vast array of styles and genres as wide-rang...

The music of Ireland has inspired us for centuries. The DAD tuning is a favorite of mountain dulcimer players, and this book with accompanying audio combines beautiful Irish songs and tunes arranged f...

The follow-up to Intro to Polyrhythms, a method for learning advanced rhythm, polyrhythm, and metric/harmonic superimposition, looks at rhythm through a magnifying glass and enables the student to see...

Entdecken Sie das fundamentale Geheimnis technischer Brillanz und klanglicher Meisterschaft auf dem Violoncello! Mit „The Cellist's Guide to Scales and Arpeggios“ von Mel Bay Publications erhalten Cel...

The goal of this book is to bridge the gap between classical/traditional Accordion solos and professional jazz-styled solos. The accompanying recording follows the music as written but with added rhyt...

The Voggenreiter Saxophone Wall Chart offers loads of useful information in a compact space. Here the saxophonist will find essential tips in clear large print including exercises for developing inton...

This collection contains 100 favorite gospel songs and hymns for flute and guitar. Inside you will find rousing camp meeting songs, sentimental expressions of a deep-rooted faith, and gospel oriented...

This fingerstyle guitar book includes many wonderful gospel songs adapted for DADGAD tuning a style not typically used in gospel. The material includes standards, as well as songs less familiar to fin...

An extremely well-written, thorough study into contemporary and traditional tin whistle music and performance. Included are chapters on fundamentals, ornamentation and more. Includes access to online...

The East Coast, from Florida up to Virginia, gave birth to a vibrant fingerstyle blues tradition, documented on recordings from the mid-1920s up into the 1970s and 1980s. In East Coast Fingerstyle Blu...

Destined to become a classic, this book is the natural result of not only years of playing jazz guitar but also of the author's long associations with many innovative jazz guitarists. This comprehensi...

The most complete guide to jazz/blues soloing ever written! This comprehensive book details the sounds, elements, and approaches that make the blues such an integral part of the jazz vocabulary. Movin...

This new book is perfect for beginners, players with a little experience and guitarists who want a good grounding in the flatpicking style. Using popular American Fiddle tunes, Joe introduces the impo...

Johann Sebastian Bach is recognized as one of the world's supremely great musicians. Known primarily as an organist and then only later recognized as a composer, Bach transformed the conventional stru...