Mel Bay Publications

For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a uniqu...

Jack Wilkins presents this collection of Jazz etudes with accompanying audio providing students a fun and effective way to learn to play Jazz style Blues lines. The online audio tracks provide a profe...

Blues Violin For The Young Beginners introduces children to bluesy Violin techniques in a ground-breaking way that is both structured and fun. They will quickly learn to slide the fingers using exerci...

25 Blues Fiddling Classics arranged by Craig Duncan for solo Fiddle. Songs are grouped into 12 bar blues, 16 bar blues, early blues songs, minor blues, and more. Designed to acquaint the Fiddler with...

Als ehemalige erste Geigerin des bahnbrechenden Turtle Island String Quartet hat Tracy Silverman mit Modal Jazz Etudes for Violin and Viola einen neuen Weg zu meisterhafter Improvisation geschaffen: D...

This collection of 41 timeless melodies is tastefully arranged for soprano and tenor recorders with suggested breath marks and accompaniment chords. Selections include a variety of influences which pr...

Von ausgelassenen Tanzmelodien und Märschen bis hin zu Walzern und melancholischen Balladen ist jedes Genre der traditionellen schottischen Musik in dieser Sammlung von 41 Melodien vertreten, die in d...

Die Sammlung von Volksliedern aus Amerika, Europa und Australien dürfte Blockflötenspielern der Mittelstufe viele Stunden angenehmen Musizierens bescheren. Einige Melodien können leicht vom Blatt gele...

58 fine recorder solo arrangements on international folk songs, classics and music from opera and light opera. An excellent addition to the musical library of any recorder student.

This book was conceived to provide the player with tunes well within the comfort range of the recorder and written in manageable keys. The beautiful melodies and spirited dance tunes in this book was...

Irish favorites with piano accompaniment and sug- gested guitar chords. Titles include: A Visit to Ireland; Ballahaboy Fair; Bridget McBride; Captain O'Neill; Comely Jane Downing; Crossing the Stream;...

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...

Based on 50 years of teaching and performing on the accordion, Mr. Zucco has provided us with a complete and thorough accordion method for children. In this single volume, three levels of clear, easy-...

A comprehensive method written especially for serious students learning the accordion without access to formal music lessons. Seasoned music educator and performer Neil Griffin guides the student thro...

This book has been designed to develop the professional or recreational accordionist further toward advanced musicianship. Why do we practice scales? The great jazz accordionist, Art Van Damme, when a...

Getting Into Accordion is designed for the person who is returning to the Accordion after a few idle years and needs a 'crash' review. Included with the book to facilitate the review process is access...

Beautifully and colorfully displayed here, on durable coated paper in 35 X 24 format, is a handy chart for the recorder. Shows two octaves of baroque fingerings beginning at middle-C, utilizing a hand...

The Complete Children's Recorder Method is the perfect book for young students. The imaginative online audio turns even the simplest one-note exercise into a fun experience, with lyrics accompanying e...

Mel Bay's Children's Recorder Method is a new recorder method which stands on its own. There is an imaginative accompaniment CD which makes even the simplest one-note exercise into an attractive exper...

Presents the most commonly used scales and modes with fretboard diagrams for four-string bass. A beautiful photo of a four-string electric bass is labeled with string numbers, open string names, and t...

The influence of Rock & Roll music can be found in about every style of contemporary music. This book focuses on many classic R & R style grooves. The grooves vary in difficulty from beginner to inter...

The Art of Solo Bass is a jumping off point, a place to glimpse the possibilities of the electric bass. This book examines the use of chords and chord/melody in performance, arranging, composing and t...