Mel Bay Publications

This book is written from a composer's point of view and is intended to be a reference book for the analysis of arranging techniques. Its aim is to help composers and arrangers improve their compositi...

This book gives you easy access to playing harmonica. This book uses the 12 or 16-hole chromatic harmonica in the key of C, as well as the 10-hole diatonic in the key of C, in standard tuning and blue...

One of the most stressful situations that a music student (or any performer) encounters during their studies is the day, the hour or the moment of the performance. Whether it is a first lesson, entran...

This book is for the intermediate and advanced level players. It displays all chords in six tunings for the different sizes of the ukulele. Of course, there are other books which show how to build cho...

50 Tunes Volume 1 for Banjo is one book in a 5-book series. The 50 Tunes series is a collection of Bluegrass, Old Time and Celtic tunes for ensembles, families and individuals. This book contains the...

Players of all kinds of instruments including flute, fiddle, mandolin, recorder, whistle, guitar, harp and more can use this collection of music which is popular at modern renaissance festivals. The m...

North Carolina is rightly known as producing some of the finest banjo players in southern traditional music. Within this DVD, Bob Carlin, one of the state's most accomplished pickers, teaches some of...

Evo Bluestein is a well-known teacher and performer on many folk instruments and has recorded a number of albums with the Bluestein Family and as a solo artist. Evo teaches you basic frailing (clawham...

Tuning, basic melody, techniques including: picking, triplets, slides, moving triplets, long notes, different rhythms and repertoire.

Percy Danforth started playing the bones in 1908 when he was eight years old. This is the definitive work on playing the bones! Learn all Percy's secrets, alignment, tone, sublety, and how to hold the...

Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo is the third in a 4-part series of fun books that teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others,...

This low-cost (but snazzy) book is packed with songs and lore of the railroads! Includes the melody and lyrics to 28 classic sing-alongs plus: Railroad Superstitions and Tall Tales of Train Wrecks, Ro...

Here are 30 easy-to-play Christmas favorites arranged for tin whistle (also known as pennywhistle) and Irish ute. Chords are included for guitar, keyboard, or other accompaniment instrument. Also incl...

A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies. This chart is ideal for beginning flute students learning fingering and scales. The chart contain...

A handy text filled with notes on embouchure, hand position, and breath support, daily warm-ups, major and minor scales and arpeggios, lower octave etudes, contemporary etudes, and a trill and note fi...

Jazz-Etüden und -Improvisationen mit Akzenten, Effekten, Staccato, Legato, Smear, Flip, Shake, Doit, Gliss, Lifts, Spills, Plop, Bebop-Phrasen, Latin-Rock, Blues, Articulation, Akkorden, Progressions,...

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish Flute, Tin Whistle, or Boehm-system Flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes...

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book and downloadable online audio will introduce the...

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book, CD, and DVD will introduce the beginner progres...

The Mighty Accordion is a truly unique and much-needed guide to playing the bass side of the accordion. A comprehensive collection of progressive exercises guide the student in learning and mastering...

Minor Blues Harmonica includes introductory material for new players on holding the harmonica, achieving a single note, and common techniques that sound great on the instrument. Not-so-new players wil...