Mel Bay Publications

From the author of Mel Bay's best-selling book, Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele, we are proud to present, Favorite Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele. This book and accompanying audio offer a v...

Italian Folk Music for Mandolin is an enjoyable collection of pieces from various parts of northern, central and southern Italy. This anthology includes complete texts and translations of the songs wi...

Crystal Harmonics for Guitar provides the guitarist with practical advice on playing harmonics and how to perform them with a crystal-clear tone. The material also covers various notation systems used...

All the exercises in Killer Technique - Classical Guitar are either based on or inspired by challenging passages and patterns that appear in compositions. Technical elements and passages have been str...

A collection of songs, jigs, hornpipes, airs, polkas, and arches from the Celtic lands of Scotland, Ireland, and England. The songs are arranged for mountain dulcimer primarily in 1-5-8 (Mixolydian) t...

The didgeridoo is an ancient instrument of the Aborigines of Australia, but the discovery of its rhythmic and harmonic richness has only been in the West for a few years. This work gives all the essen...

Famous Solos And Duets For The Ukulele contains a selection of pieces taken from the earliest known methods and collections published for the Ukulele between 1909 and 1920. This is Ukulele music as yo...

An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland, arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio...

Brazilian Choro: A Method for Mandolin focuses on teaching 'bandolim' technique for playing Choro. The combination of method book and online audio offers a great opportunity to add performance practic...

20 favorite Scottish and Irish tunes, brilliantly arranged for fingerstyle ukulele by Rob MacKillop. Titles include such well-known session tunes as Drowsy Maggie, The Kesh Jig, The Connaught Man's Ra...

This book features twenty superb arrangements of traditional Old Time American tunes by ukulele maestro Rob MacKillop. Included are classics such as Wildwood Flower, Man Of Constant Sorrow, Whiskey Be...

Featuring over 1, 000 chord diagrams and 37 full-sized fingerboard charts, Mark Kailana Nelson 's Mastering Chord Inversions For Ukulele is one of the most comprehensive and useful Ukulele chord books...

This book contains over 1, 000 unique rhythm patterns for developing slap bass technique, inspired and derived from drum rudiments shared by professionals and educators around the world. The exercises...

Beginning with the key of C and using scales, intervals, modes, grounds, and chord progressions, The Improvising Lute Player is the first book ever to help you learn to improvise on the lute. The book...

In this book, multi-instrumentalist and music historian Rob MacKillop explores an unexpected aspect of the 5-string banjo repertoire with slower, expressive, and even sentimental qualities. Drawing up...

Collaborating with mandolinist, guitarist, and musicologist Franco Di Biase, a native of Archi in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy, world-renowned mandolinist Carlo Aonzo presents a new chapter of...

A catalog of baritone uke chords in photo/diagram form grouped by type. Major, minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, and ninth chords are all shown in all keys in fretboard photos and diagrams. Major...

A collection of blues, ragtime, and crossover tunes for the 4-course mountain dulcimer equipped with a 6+ fret. These arrangements vary in difficulty, but all possess the universal appeal of the uniqu...

This book presents transcriptions of David Grisman's solos and accompaniment patterns from the CD Shady Grove. The Shady Grove recording contains some wonderful performances of old-time American music...

John McGann's Guide To Octave Mandolin And Bouzouki contains twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American, in a variety of tunings, melody and accompaniment, presented in standard notation and tablat...

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...

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...