Mel Bay Publications

These chord-melody solos have been arranged for solo ukulele playing. Tunes include Aloha Oe, When the Saints Go Marching In, Bill Bailey, The Sheik of Araby, By the Light of the Silvery Moonlight, an...

Steve Kaufman, Three Time National Flatpicking Champion, does it again. This installment of a four part series brings us Steve's favorite Celtic Jigs and Waltzes transcribed for the mandolin (and fidd...

This Mandolin edition includes the same 16 tunes found in Steve Kaufman's out-of-print Twin Pickin' flatpicking Guitar book, soon to be available as Blazing Solos for Flatpicking Guitar for One Player...

This book is an essential compilation of songs, solos, and techniques that every mandolin player should know. The book is aimed at beginning and intermediate mandolinists, and contains 40 mandolin sol...

Arpeggio study encompasses essential elements of harmony and technique and is crucial for building a strong musical foundation on any instrument. This Mandolin chart includes major, minor, dominant 7t...

Marilynn Mair is a world-renowned mandolinist with over a thousand concerts, two dozen CDs and two previous Mel Bay books to her credit: Brazilian Choro and Complete Mandolinist. In The 100-Techniques...

Theory and Improvisation for the Modern Mandolinist is a two book series that teaches improvisation in many musical styles along with theory concepts and how they apply to the mandolin. Each book prov...

The German Baroque period featured three virtuosi 'Biber, Westhoff and Johann Jakob Walther. Walther (1650-1717) performed as a violinist in the orchestra of Cosimo III from 1670 to 1674 (Medici dynas...

Many great Scottish traditional tunes such as Flowers Of The Forest can be traced back to the 17th century 'a period when writing down tunes in manuscript collections for the lute was of high interest...

Franz Wohlfahrt (1833 - 1884), a violin teacher in Leipzig Germany, wrote several series of etudes including 60 Studies for Violin, Opus 45 from which this book of mandolin studies was derived. Origin...

In this sequel to The Complete Mandolinist, world-renowned mandolinist Marilynn Mair expands on her previous method books, presenting over 100 compositions that span 5 centuries, works she has thought...

Marilynn Mair has enjoyed a long career as a world-renowned mandolinist, esteemed for over a thousand concert performances, more than two dozen recordings and 4 previous Mel Bay books, including the f...

In this book, Ray Valla shares the insights of a veteran bluegrass mandolinist. This is the ideal book for the intermediate to advanced player. It is filled with practical hints to improve your genera...

A fun-to-play collection of 62 favorite fiddle and Irish tunes arranged in notation and tablature for mandolin solo. Ideal music for intermediate level technical study in sight reading. The audio is i...

This book contains exciting, moving and grooving original and innovative bass lines from Detroit-born Peter Washburne. His innovative approach makes use of the bass as an instrument capable of creatin...

The primary goal of this book is to help improve your chord spelling and fingerboard knowledge. Mastering chord tones will help you build more interesting bass lines. In addition, greater harmonic awa...

Written by Mandolin master Dix Bruce, Getting Into Bluegrass Mandolin is specifically designed to quickly and simply show you how to play bluegrass Mandolin. This comprehensive book teaches everything...

This beginning Mandolin method book is based on the solid system created by Brian Wicklund for the best-selling books, The American Fiddle Method. Master teachers and performers of the Mandolin, Brian...

Joining a jam session can be intimidating. Presented here is everything a beginning or intermediate Mandolin player needs to know to participate in a jam session. There are sections that describe how...

Unlock the secrets of moving chord rhythm for bluegrass, blues and swing. Using eleven tunes in six keys including old-time fiddle tunes, bluegrass instrumentals and swing progressions, Joe Carr shows...

When I began practicing the mandolin more seriously, I did not feel satisfied by playing single note melodies. I arranged a lot of pieces which I knew from my guitar playing over decades, just for my...

The Complete Mandolinist is the most comprehensive American mandolin method to be published in nearly a century. Written by Marilynn Mair, internationally acclaimed mandolinist, recording artist and t...

This is a beginning mandolin method. The contents of this book present the fundamentals of playing mandolin in a sequence making the material logical and easy to learn. The primary difference between...