Mel Bay Publications

Jazz-Etüden und -Improvisationen mit Akzenten, Effekten, Staccato, Legato, Smear, Flip, Shake, Doit, Gliss, Lifts, Spills, Plop, Bebop-Phrasen, Latin-Rock, Blues, Articulation, Akkorden, Progressions,...

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish Flute, Tin Whistle, or Boehm-system Flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes...

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book and downloadable online audio will introduce the...

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book, CD, and DVD will introduce the beginner progres...

A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart for any saxophone which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies. Contains staff notation and fingering diagrams for the entire range of the saxo...

Licks, Phrasen und Patterns für Melodie, Harmonik, Rhythmus, Septakkorde, Blues, Tonleitern, Tension

Maintaining Chops is a method for all trumpet players interested in keeping their lips and playing ability (chops) strong and ready for any performance. It is designed to keep muscles honed and trumpe...

A simple, user-friendly method, ideal for beginner trumpet students of any age. Emphasis is placed on sound fundamentals, proper embouchure and other basic techniques, using familiar tunes to teach no...

A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies.

Studien für Phrasierung und Rhythmik, mit Skalen, Akkorden und Übungen, für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene

Designed for beginning buglers and those who already play the trumpet or another brass instrument, this book addresses four major skills necessary to master the bugle: tone development, tongue techniq...

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...

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...

An innovative and easy-to-understand basic text for the beginning percussionist. Ideal for snare-drum students of any age. This method was written to incorporate the latest ideas in teaching percussio...