Mel Bay Publications

These Mandolin duet arrangements of the music of J. S. Bach are drawn from several sources. Most are arrangements of Keyboard pieces from The Anna Magdalena Notebook, English and French Suites, Two-Pa...

Eighteenth century France was the center of mandolin composition in Europe, especially of mandolin music for amateurs. Jean-Baptiste Miroglio's Suites des Amusemens des Dames are typical of mandolin d...

As one of the most productive composers in history, Georg Philipp Telemann endeavored to supply a steady stream of new music for both professional and amateur musicians. The 64 compositions in this co...

Improve your bass guitar technique and musicality by studying the music of the masters. Classical Favorites for Electric Bass is a collection of solos and duets featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven,...

Learn to play great classical music tunes on the mandolin! All the most famous composers are here, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and others. The tunes form a 'greatest hits  package...

The octave mandolin is valued for its rich tone and wide range of potential use in a variety of musical settings. This book contains 27 easy to intermediate pieces from the Baroque era that have been...

Wedding Music for Mandolin includes 23 of the most popular and best-loved wedding hits for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. - Traditional wedding songs- Easy classical pieces- Two 'Ave Maria' m...

Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Lute Tablature Edition can be viewed as either a supplement to the popular Introduction to the Lute: for Lute and Guitar Players or as a standalone edition of 16th-century...

Five-string banjo enthusiasts who play in the stroke, clawhammer or guitar styles will enjoy these 50 melodic, tab-only arrangements. The collection is unique in that it includes reels, polkas, jigs,...

Dieses Buch präsentiert eine Reihe von zwölf Walzern des Kontrabassvirtuosen Domenico Dragonetti aus dem 19. Jahrhundert in modernen Arrangements für E-Bassgitarre. Diese umwerfenden Stücke gehörten z...

Der spanische Gitarrenvirtuose und Komponist Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909) galt als einer der bedeutendsten Interpreten und einflussreichsten Gitarrenlehrer seiner Zeit. Seine Originalstücke und Tra...

Eleven solos transcribed for mandolin in notation and tablature. Includes works by Corelli, Handel, Telemann, Bach and others.

This book by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for mandolin and classical guitar, expanding the repertoire for the intimate combination of...

This book explores Celtic styles for the Mandolin. It is a great addition for musicians looking to begin learning Celtic music or expand their repertoire. Traditional Irish and Scottish music as well...

O'Carolan's best-loved harp tunes are notated in a contemporary style that makes them accessible to all instrumentalists. This ideal collection with accompanying audio lays bare 20 classic Irish compo...

The ukulele has had a place in American acoustic music for decades; recently, however, interest in the instrument has surged. Historically overlooked by traditional bluegrass groups, the ukulele - an...

Favorite Old-Time American Songs For Ukulele features over 100 traditional American Folk songs, arranged for the Ukulele, with chord diagrams and melody lines in tablature and standard notation. This...

Turlough O'Carolan, blind during his lifetime, was a renowned Irish harpist who is still regarded as an extremely significant Irish composer. Author Hans Landau has gathered 25 of O'Carolan's most wel...

With over 70 fiddle tunes arranged for Appalachian dulcimer, this book includes both common session tunes that everyone should know and a handful of obscure gems. The tunes include a representative co...

Lively Mandolin Tunes is a collection of 38 lively, up-tempo tunes arranged by Tommy Norris for mandolin. The collection includes fiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, bluegrass and old-...

26 historic and well-loved American melodies arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. These beautiful airs and ballads in many different major and minor keys have been taught and performed...

Claudio Parravicini is a master of Scruggs, melodic and single-string styles. In this book, he not only provides a theoretical and hands-on approach to improvisation, but also brings his skills to bea...

With the same arranging expertise shown in his other Mel Bay solo ukulele collections, Ondrej Sarek presents these 25 lyrical North American melodies. The selections are derived from popular themes by...

In this collection of 23 melodies from the British Isles, award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Ondrej Sarek treats the soprano ukulele as the lyrical solo instrument it can truly be. Along...