Mel Bay Publications

Das erste Buch zum Thema wie Congas und Bongos im Jazz zu spielen sind. Ein grundlegendes Werkzeug für Leiter und Schlagzeuger von Jazzensembles.

Volume II is aimed at two distinct categories of readers: 1) Intermediate players who are ready for a wider range of rhythms to study and use in live playing situations: and 2) Experienced congueros w...

Volume III is the first educational product to tackle the complex subject of Timba, the new musical genre which has been played in Cuba since 1989. Timba represents a quantum leap for all the instrume...

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...

Rudimental Grand Tour is a compendium of drumming cultures and traditions from twenty-two distinct regions throughout Europe and the Americas, designed to expand rudimental knowledge and develop inter...

The Steve Gadd drumming transcriptions book honors the talents of one of the greatest drummers in the entire world: the amazing Steve Gadd. The book includes thirty stylistically varying transcription...

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...

For Guitarists, the technical learning curve for improvisation is fairly steep. For this reason, it is important to find multiple uses for the musical structures that you learn to execute. This approa...

This book offers a comprehensive study of the Gypsy jazz or Manouche Guitar style as perceived by French guitarists Derek Sebastian and Romane, two of the finest modern day practitioners of the Django...

Countless musicians have been inspired upon hearing Charlie Christian for the first time. In this exciting book, the author has compiled 39 precise solo transcriptions (in notation only), as well as a...

Mel Bay presents the much-anticipated second book in the highly acclaimed series that showcases personal insights into the life and music of 'Mr. Guitar. ' Chet Atkins was a man of many layers: produc...

This collection celebrates the pioneers of jazz music with 17 pieces composed between the turn of the last century and the end of the 1930s. There are classical ragtime numbers, jazz band tunes, strid...

Following the best-selling books, Jazz Piano Chords, Jazz Piano Scales and Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner, featured here are 12 pieces written in the styles of famous jazz pianists of the past. Fro...

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...

Abend für Abend hob Charles "Pa" Ingalls seine Geige und erfüllte die Hütte mit Musik, während die Familie sich zum Zuhören, Singen und Tanzen versammelte. Musik war der Herzschlag ihres Zuhauses, der...

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...

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...