Mel Bay Publications

First Lessons Bass is intended to introduce beginning students to the fundamental concepts of playing the electric bass. The material covered in this book is approximately the material covered in the...

Mel Bay's new fingering and scale chart for bassoon is an indispensable reference guide for bassoonists as well as educators. The fingering diagrams are clear and easily understandable, with clear pho...

A step-by-step, self-instruction method. Includes care of the Autoharp, playing positions, chord changes, back-up strums, arpeggio strums, melody picking, rhythm picking, and much more. Each song teac...

Kim Robertson is one of America's premier Celtic Harp soloists. Her technique and range of expression are extraordinary as illustrated in this book containing the selections from her highly acclaimed...

Mel Bay's new fingering and scale chart for clarinet is an indispensable reference guide for clarinetists as well as educators. The fingering diagrams are clear and easily understandable, with clear p...

Private Lessons for Clarinet ist eine Klarinetten-Methode für die Mittelstufe, die spezifische Anweisungen zum Üben von Tonleitern, korrekter Atmung und chromatischen Tonleiterübungen enthält. Außerde...

Mel Bay's Modern Piano Method is designed to introduce the student to the world of piano playing from a contemporary perspective. The book will teach basic music theory concepts as well as general pia...

Included are hundreds of photos depicting all the chords today's pianist/keyboardist will ever need to know; each shown in the left hand, except where two hands are necessary. Also supplied are a usef...

Included are photos depicting the most common chords today's pianist/keyboardist will ever need to know to play country music; each shown in the left hand, except where two hands are necessary. A hand...

Developed by Robin Jarman to enable anyone to accompany songs on the Piano without music, change key when a song is pitched too low or too high, and provide accompaniment when only the melody and chor...

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in Piano instruction. No other Piano method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills, but also...

Following the best-selling Jazz Piano Chords, this informative volume provides a scale reference and practice tool for any pianist wanting to learn to play jazz. Starting with diatonic, pentatonic, sy...

This beginner Piano course introduces children or adult students to basic music notation and helps them build a solid foundation of Piano skills. Theory and instruction appears alongside music example...

Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school violists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard - a breakthrough approach for string players...

This book presents the most widely played fiddle tunes in easy-to-read arrangements for viola. The viola edition features the same tunes in the same keys as the author's original The Fiddlin' Workshop...

Part of the American Fiddle Method, this book has been devised by expert fiddlers Brian Wicklund and April Verch to teach fiddlers the Canadian style. The American Fiddle Method - Canadian Fiddle Styl...

Jazz Fiddle Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning to intermediate middle and high school violinists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard--a break-through approach for string player...

The Violin Wall Chart presents innovative finger-pattern drawings for all twelve major scales in first position and movable patterns for higher positions. It also includes note finder chart and list o...

Learn the three basic styles of western swing fiddling. The melody section includes classic techniques to help you achieve an authentic sound. Harmony Fiddling covers the basics of two- and three-part...

Beginning level. Book 3 in the Beginner Violin Theory for Children series is an engaging resource that allows students to develop a deeper understanding of important theory concepts. Key signatures, e...

A quick study in the most popular fiddle styles played today, this 96 page text covers basic fiddling techniques and tunes in Old Time, Bluegrass, Contest, Western Swing, Cajun and Irish/Celtic music....

This handy, case-sized book is packed full of useful information and tips for traditional fiddle players of any experience level. Clear musical examples, diagrams, photos and cartoons are included cov...

Learn to improvise in the Gypsy Jazz style. Suitable even for violinists who have never improvised before, this method covers specific key aspects of the Gypsy jazz Violin style, as made famous by Fre...

This easy Gypsy-style introduction takes you on a musical journey along the Romany Trail, assimilating the musical idioms of Eastern Europe and the Mideast. Here are the core nuggets of the flashy and...

Dirt Simple Fiddle will teach you the basics of the instrument to get you playing tunes in no time! This book covers technique, reading, fiddle bowings and ornaments. Included are simple tunes such as...