Mel Bay Publications

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...

Der aus Wales stammende Julian Rees bietet diese einzigartige Sammlung von 31 walisischen Melodien, die für Anfänger und fortgeschrittene Mandolinisten arrangiert wurden. Diese Vertonungen stammen aus...

Dieses Buch eröffnet dem Clawhammer-Banjospieler eine völlig neue Welt. In Mel Bay's Pawhammer Banjo wird der Banjospieler durch den Einsatz einer von Steve Kahn entwickelten technischen Erweiterung n...

All of the arrangements in this book were especially prepared for the beginning bluegrass banjo student. Written in G tuning, melody and accompaniment tabs are shown for 51 banjo favorites! Lyrics are...

An important anthology of Irish and Celtic solos for the 5-string banjo featuring a comprehensive, scholarly treatise on the history, techniques, and etiquette of playing the banjo in the Celtic tradi...

This book contains 138 well-known Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes, set dances, O'Carolan tunes, folksongs, ballads, airs and waltzes. These wonderful Irish melodies are written in harmonica tablature and...