Mel Bay Publications

Die Mandola ist eine Quinte tiefer gestimmt als die Mandoline - CGDA low-to-high - und übernimmt die Rolle der Bratsche in einem Mandolinenorchester oder einem anderen Ensemble. Aufgrund der einzigart...

A very comprehensive collection of chord forms in every key for tenor banjo. The most thorough tenor banjo chord book available.

Gleaned from years of teaching, performance, and listening experience, Bass players at all levels will benefit from studying the numerous exercises, grooves, and musical examples offered in this book....

This affordable 'Qwikguide' contains 43 traditional fiddle solos in standard notation with chord symbols. Songs include: Arkansas Traveler, Back Up and Push, The Blarney Pilgrim, Beaumont Rag, Bill Ch...

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...

Diese Sammlung traditioneller Hymnen ist für Solovioline, Duos oder Gruppen gedacht. Die Arrangements sind nicht schwierig, aber musikalisch gut gemacht. Die Stücke sind ideal für Offertorien und für...

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 method by Tim Kliphuis is the first book to teach Gypsy Jazz Violin in the style of S tephane Grappelli. Have you ever listened to Stephane Grappellis ' solos thinking 'I wish I could do that, bu...

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...

Das erste Buch zum Thema wie Congas und Bongos im Jazz zu spielen sind. Ein grundlegendes Werkzeug für Leiter und Schlagzeuger von Jazzensembles.

Band III von Playing Outside the Lines ist der dritte Band einer umfassenden vierteiligen irischen Flötenbuchserie, die in abgestuften Büchern, Kapiteln und Übungen Unterricht für Anfänger bis Fortges...

This book helps guitarists who are currently stuck playing simple melodies develop fiddle-tune-like solos to bluegrass songs and tunes. Thirteen songs are presented in both a simple 'Carter-style' mel...

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...

Mel Bay Publications, Inc. is proud to present this new series of lessons as part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series. This book offers a comprehensive collection of fingerpicking guitar...

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'...

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...

Jazz-Akkorde für Fortgeschrittene, mit verschiedensten Intervall-Strukturen, Voicings und praktischer Anwendung, 47 S.

This collection celebrates the pioneers of jazz music with 17 pieces composed between the turn of the last century and the end of the 1930s. There are classical ragtime numbers, jazz band tunes, strid...

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...

Übungen zu verschiedenen Skalen, Licks und Phrasen über Chords, Akkordverbindungen, Blues, Rhythm Changes, uvm.

Volume 2 of this landmark publication includes 65 original compositions in standard notation plus a unique audio download available online featuring Barrios himself playing 21 original works including...

An exact contemporary of Bach and Handel, Domenico Scarlatti was already a celebrated composer in Italy by the time he moved to Portugal. Later he traveled to Spain, where he worked as a harpsichord i...

Eine umfassende Auswahl barocker Meisterwerke von Bach, Couperin, Händel, Pachelbel, Purcell, Rameau, Scarlatti und Telemann für Gitarre in Standardnotation mit Fingersätzen für die linke Hand. Die Be...