Mel Bay Publications

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...

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...

From the author of Mel Bay's best selling Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele and Favorite Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele, we are proud to present Fingerstyle Duets for Ukulele. This book and c...

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 book contains 30 ukulele duets, especially arranged for an absolute beginner and a slightly more advanced player. It features melodies from various musical genres, including American folk and gos...

This collection of 20 fingerstyle studies for the ukelele 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...

This book and accompanying audio offer a unique look into playing the music of Bach on the ukulele. Included are twenty duets for two ukuleles or ukulele and guitar. The first part in the duet can be...

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...

David DiGiuseppe's Learn Blues Accordion is a unique method that features 34 blues compositions for the Accordion as well as numerous exercises that have been carefully designed to help you master the...

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...

Enormous demands are placed on the control and manual dexterity of the contemporary drum set player, particularly in the Jazz idiom. Today's drummer is expected to have developed limb coordination to...

The Cellist's Guide to Scales and Arpeggios A Comprehensive, Systematic, Sequential Approach

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...

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...

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...

Open G guitar tuning [DGDGBD] is a most evocative and versatile tuning. It has been a staple in blues and Hawaiian slack-key music, and it's a revelation when you learn that the classic rock tune you'...

Renowned harpist, arranger and instructor, Kim Robertson has created this diverse collection of 25 engaging American melodies for solo folk harp. The selections include traditional Appalachian, patrio...

This book presents a collection of classic wedding standards for solo keyboard accordion. The songs are presented in easy-to-read arrangements in popular keys. Each piece includes fingering suggestion...

The accurate interpretation of swing rhythm is the most important element in jazz music. This collection of 7 jazz etudes and 11 exercises for solo guitar gives the student practice in playing this rh...

When improvising, what your mind hears is more often than not determined by what your body can reproduce on your instrument. Much of your conception as an improviser is determined by your technique. I...

Charlie Parker was arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians to have ever lived. This text presents numerous jazz lines in Parker 's style, grouped by their application in a given harmonic c...

This tribute contains twenty-two of Chet's greatest solos and duets along with interviews with his daughter, Merle Atkins Russell and close friends such as Jerry Reed, Vince Gill, Eddy Arnold, Don Mcl...

Music critics and performers alike have hailed Joe Pass as one of the finest jazz musicians to have ever lived. This book effectively combines five previously published books by Joe Pass in a single c...