Mel Bay Publications

Designed as a follow-up to Volume 1, Volume 2 addresses such important skills as: 1) expanding a basic repertoire of common intermediate-level tunes, 2) learning to use low first position, 3) mastery...

Do you want to sound more like the French maestro Stephan Grappelli ? Here is the answer. Tim Kliphuis has selected around 250 classic Grappelli licks for you to learn. Using Simple chord theory and t...

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle is a book and online audio that introduces the absolute beginner to the great traditional Fiddle music of Ireland, going right from the basics of how to hold and make the fi...

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...

This book and accompanying audio is a detailed guide to learning how to play the upright Bass. Designed for beginners, no prior musical knowledge is necessary. Included are lessons on technique fundam...

At last, here is a method book for the upright string bass or 'dog house bass' as it is affectionately known in bluegrass circles. Although bluegrass bass has a style of its own, the knowledge gained...

Full of essential tips and exercises to improve a drummer's most important techniques, The Drumset SMART (Style-Mechanics-Applications-Routines-Tips) book is a text with easy to understand terminology...

This book is designed for the drummer who has had some experience playing other styles of music but has a desire to learn some techniques and styles of jazz. It is assumed the reader has a knowledge o...

Are you a kid? Do you want to rock out on the Drums? Dawn Richardson has written the book for you! Kid's Rock Drum Method is full of exercises and beats for the next rock star Drummer. The book is gea...

This book was created to help drummers improve their abilities to play great drum fills. The material presented was originally developed over the course of several years, as a result of the needs and...

The Complete Blues/Rock Drummer is an advanced instruction book specializing in blues and blues/rock beats. This book includes fills and instrumentals, both with and without drums for play-along. Abou...

Bill 'Stuhlly' Brennenstuhl's new book 'The Gears for Grooving on Drumset' encompasses all the tools a beginner-advanced drummer would need to really groove on the drums. The book ties together the ru...

Snare Force One and accompanying video are a comprehensive guide to playing the snare drum. The material teaches you how to read music notation, play and practice in time, and how to accelerate your p...

Haben Sie schon einmal eine Schlagzeughook gehört, bei der Sie einfach aufhören und tanzen wollten? Jetzt kannst du lernen, Beats zu spielen wie deine Lieblingsschlagzeuger. Dieses Buch und die beglei...

First Lessons Snare Drum is a proven approach for beginners featuring easily-understood lessons. Designed for independent study, private teaching or classroom use, this book provides all the informati...

Die in diesem Buch beschriebenen Beats sind die gleichen, die auch von professionellen Schlagzeugern verwendet werden. Die Chancen stehen gut, dass der Schlagzeuger Ihrer Lieblingsgruppe einige dieser...

You Can Teach Yourself Drums aims to make drumming accessible for the complete beginner. This easy to follow book teaches basic Drum set percussion concepts progressively, so that if you stick with it...

The Complete Funk Drumming Book is one of the most complete presentations of today's popular funk drumming style available. This book takes you from the very roots of rock and rhythm`n'blues drumming...