Mel Bay Publications

This beginning method book presents an overview of today's contemporary drum rhythms and styles. Rather than focusing on one musical genre, Drumset 101 is a compilation of fundamental coordination exe...

Studio musician and percussion editor Jim Payne presents this outstanding video on the basics of rock & blues drumming, assigning 'singing drum sounds' or solfege syllables to the five basic component...

Basic drum set coordination can be learned very quickly using vocal sounds instead of written notes. Drums from Day One is an adaptation of the proven 'solfege' technique to thedrumset. 'Solfege, ' (...

Rhythmic Aerobics Volume II is an advanced instruction book which specializes in four areas of drumming; shuffle, swing, six-eight and odd time signatures. It contains challenging material and is arra...

With this series of DVDs, anyone can learn to play hand drums without learning to read music. First, you simply watch the rhythm being played with the Players Eye View Camera, (no transposing left han...

With this series of DVDs, anyone can learn to play hand drums without learning to read music. First, you simply watch the rhythm being played with the Players Eye View Camera, (no transposing left han...

With this series of DVDs, anyone can learn to play hand drums without learning to read music. First, you simply watch the rhythm being played with the Players Eye View Camera, (no transposing left han...

The complete do it yourself guide to: Re-heading your rope tuned Drum; Tune up and fine tuning your Drum; Care and maintenance. Paulo Mattioli guides you through the entire process. Jump right to the...

This DVD video, designed to accompany the book of the same title, is full of useful information for the working bass player. In the author's words, 'The electric bass is in a very exciting development...

This DVD is jam packed with talent. Presents 18 performances plus artist lessons and close-up interviews. Artists include: Muriel Anderson, Pat Bergeson, Suzy Bogguss, Thom Bresh, Alison Brown, Vassar...

This DVD and chart will give any pick-style guitarist a great workout. Corey Christiansen presents a number of exercises and workouts for the right and left-hand. These exercises will build strength,...

This handy video takes the guitar student through all the basic guitar chords starting with the easy to play forms and moving into the standard and more difficult fingerings. Every chord is shown in a...

Italian flatpicking wizard Beppe Gambetta introduces an international all-star roster of performers recorded live at the Teatro della Corte in Genova, Italy. Along the way, Gambetta takes his viewers...

Filmed at the New York jazz club Smoke, Rodney Jones enlightens us with his flavorful originals like 'Groove Bone' and 'One Turnip Green, ' while he indulges us with the classics such as 'Stella by St...

This DVD is compiled from all of the DVDs originally included in the previously published 'In the Pocket' series of jazz guitar chart/DVD sets. These lessons focus on many aspects of rhythm guitar pla...

For banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar. Taught by Murphy Henry with Red Henry. For many people, learning to hear chord changes is one of the hardest parts of learning to play bluegrass. No matter wha...

It's easy to learn guitar the Murphy Method way! We guide you one step at a time, using familiar songs and basic chords. We show you the basic Bluegrass strum and teach 16 well-known songs. We also sh...

(Formerly titled Basic Bluegrass Runs on Guitar Volume 1) Tired of just strumming the guitar? Wish you could add a little variety to your ryhthm playing? These runs will do it! Each run is explained n...

Flatpicking Lead Guitar: Finally! A flatpicking video that begins at the beginning! Strong, basic arrangements of great guitar tunes get you started. All songs are broken into phrases and each note an...

Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar: Volume 2 (formerly titled Basic Bluegrass Runs on Guitar Vol. 2). Tired of playing out of G and C position all the time? Ready to try some different keys? This video introduce...

This Mel Bay DVD, featuring 2003 GFA winner Jeremy Jouve, was recorded live in September 2009 at Eybens, a small town not far from the capital of the French Alps, Grenoble, where Jeremy was born. Ove...

John Stowell is known internationally as a musician with a unique approach to Guitar supported by a sophisticated harmonic concept. John has been performing solo Guitar concerts for over thirty years...

A must-read for Guitar aficionados, this beautifully written book offers a rare glimpse into the mind and craft of master luthier Tom Bills, considered by many to be one of the most talented luthiers...