Mel Bay Publications

Beautiful Airs & Ballads of the British Isles for Cello is a collection of 30 traditional Irish, Scottish, and English melodies that are particularly suited to the cello.  Traditional airs, love songs...

Today the cello is usually considered a classical instrument, but from the late 17th to early 19th centuries it was used in folk ensembles to provide low, driving rhythms for dance tunes and to render...

Mel Bay Publications, Inc. is proud to present this intriguing collection of fourteen tangos by French composers arranged for solo violin with piano accompaniment. The tango is a ballroom dance of Lat...

Brazil offers a great and luxurious musical variety, not only for its large extension of land, but also for the multiple cultural interchange established along centuries among the several peoples whic...

This fun and easy bluegrass Fiddle book and companion audio takes you from the very beginning. Starting with an introduction to the instrument, the book teaches you basic Fiddle technique such as hold...

A collection of 16 Fiddle duets ranging in difficulty from moderate to challenging for the experienced fiddler. The music has been arranged with melody and harmony for old time favorites and a few new...

Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to be discovered in this selection of great tradi...

This big note, large print book offers 43 traditional fiddle solos in standard notation with chord symbols. Selections include: Arkansas Traveler; Back Up and Push; The Blarney Pilgrim; Beaumont Rag;...

This unique collection celebrates the contemporary fiddle music of northeast Ireland, much of it for the first time in print. Not surprisingly, given its location and long history of traditional music...

Beautiful Airs & Ballads of the British Isles' is a collection of 29 traditional Irish, Scottish and English melodies that are particularly suited to being played on the fiddle. Traditional fiddle air...

Early Music Gems contains 49 tunes dating from 1300-1791, including Medieval, Renaissance, and ancient melodies as well as a 'best of' John Playford's The Dancing Master. These delightful melodies are...

This meticulously researched anthology presents detailed biographies and transcriptions, including bowing, ornamentation, and accentuation of 39 fiddle tunes as played by 25 Newfoundland fiddlers from...

En passant par le fjord: Fiddle Music from the Saguenay River to Lake St. John ist eine Sammlung von 28 traditionellen Fiddle-Melodien und -Techniken aus Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. Die Musiket...

Abend für Abend hob Charles "Pa" Ingalls seine Geige und erfüllte die Hütte mit Musik, während die Familie sich zum Zuhören, Singen und Tanzen versammelte. Musik war der Herzschlag ihres Zuhauses, der...

A critically acclaimed book covering old-time, bluegrass, Irish, blues, Scandinavian, Cajun, Texas, swing and jazz, and twin fiddling styles. This book also covers bowing, chords, chord progressions,...

Mel Bay's Complete Fiddling Book is a compilation of arrangements of traditional tunes by several outstanding practitioners of the art of Fiddle playing: Craig Duncan, Bill Guest, Dave Reiner, Frank Z...

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...

Philip John Berthoud's Irish Fiddle Playing has been carefully designed to make the personal aspects of traditional Irish fiddle playing, improvisation and interpretation, accessible to novice players...

Lively Violin Tunes is a collection of 57 spirited violin solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These violin solos are ideal for performance or just...

Hymns Made Easy for Viola is a collection of favorite traditional hymns with guitar accompaniment, suitable for church, teaching or recreational settings. The material includes viola parts and bowing...

Hymns Made Easy for Cello is a collection of favorite traditional hymns with guitar accompaniment, suitable for church, teaching or recreational settings. The material includes cello parts and bowing...

100 Gospel Songs and Hymns for Cello and Guitar is a comprehensive collection of all-time favorite gospel hymns arranged for cello solo with suggested written chordal accompaniment. Fingerstyle guitar...

Hymns of Early America for Flute präsentiert ein Patchwork-Porträt der traditionellen sakralen Musik der frühen Republik. Dreizehn Melodien repräsentieren verschiedene Völker und musikalische Traditio...

Another artistically beautiful and popular solo collection for Flute. Selections include Ave Maria by J. S. Bach/Gounod, Sonata in F by B. Marcello, Chorale from Cantata No. 140 (Wachet Auf) by J. S....

100 Hymns for Flute and Guitar is a collection of all-time favorite hymns arranged for flute solo with suggested written chordal accompaniment. Fingerstyle guitar and strum styles are indicated on eac...