Mel Bay Publications

It gives us great pleasure to present the venerable tradition of playing the darbuka drum using a method that makes it easy to hear and simple to learn. The rhythms which will introduce you to this en...

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the Bongo Drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning and hand strokes. There are also many exercises...

A meticulous collection of recordings, square and contra dances, fiddle contests, jam sessions and individual fiddlers. This magnificent book is meant to provide a snapshot of what American fiddlers w...

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...

You asked for it and you got it! More tunes to play at festivals and jams or just sittin' at home with a friend or two. 62 more tunes with both basic and advanced standard notation lines with suggeste...

Known as 'The Bible of Irish Music,  Mel Bay's facsimile edition contains the original 1903 collection of 1, 850 melodies consisting of airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes, long songs, and marches for fiddl...

A collection of 120 melodies meticulously transcribed from recordings by the masters of the klezmer style, including Dave Tarras, Naftule Brandwine, Abe Schwartz and many more. Written in standard not...

130 Hymns & Sacred Melodies for Tin Whistle ist eine einzigartige Musiksammlung, die speziell für die D-Tin-Whistle zusammengestellt wurde. Sie bietet eine vielfältige Auswahl von 130 westeuropäischen...

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...

You need only minimal playing skills and three chords; G, C and D7 to accompany the beautiful songs of faith in this innovative book. If you are a beginning or 'casual' player on a chording instrument...

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

A collection of Southern Gospel and Camp Meeting all time favorites scored in notation and tab for fingerstyle guitar. A companion CD is included. On the CD each piece is played twice, once as a guita...

This is a collection of 155 solos for trumpet, cornet, or flugelhorn.  Ninety-one were recorded on various trumpets, 37 were recorded on cornet and 27 on flugelhorn.  One hundred and fourteen are orig...

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

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...

English & Irish Hymn Tunes for Flute ist eine neue Zusammenstellung traditioneller und sakraler Melodien aus dem Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit, die als Hymnen wiedergeboren wurden. Die meisten Melodien...

An extremely well-written, thorough study into contemporary and traditional tin whistle music and performance. Included are chapters on fundamentals, ornamentation and more. Includes access to online...

Grey Larsen, in the 150 Gems collection, has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (Mel Bay Publications, 2003) and The Essen...

Lively Tin Whistle Tunes is a collection of 55 spirited tin whistle solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These tin whistle solos are ideal for perf...

Reggae Grooves For Electric Bass has been specially created to provide guidance for the bassist as well as the percussionist and rhythm guitarist on creating individual reggae grooves. The numerous ch...

It was rumored that Johnson sold his soul to the devil and this is what gave him the power to play the blues so well! Here, Woody Mann has carefully prepared this book with online audio to describe an...

This book and online audio has been carefully prepared for guitarists who are starting to learn blues fingerpicking-and yes, the book can actually be used by an ambitious total beginner. The arrangeme...

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...

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit, enormous musical intelligence, technical brilliance, an encyclopedic memory, driving passion...

Blind Blake was the greatest ragtime blues guitarist to record during the 1920s. His guitar playing was unique. It captured the pulsating rhythms of the blues, ragtime, and jazz music of the period. R...