Mel Bay Publications

When a student begins lessons the parents are also entering a new world of learning and support that they've often never experienced. 'Help! My Kid is Taking Music Lessons' guides the parent in suppor...

To those who have never attended a Benedetto Players concert you are about to experience a magical and musical evening with Jimmy Bruno, Jack Wilkins, Adrian Ingram, Andy Mackenzie, Gerry Beaudoin, Fr...

The Autoharp Owner's Manual covers autoharp maintenance, conversions, tuning and string schedules (both diatonic and chromatic), building your own instrument, playing techniques, evaluating instrument...

One of the most stressful situations that a music student (or any performer) encounters during their studies is the day, the hour or the moment of the performance. Whether it is a first lesson, entran...

This book is for the intermediate and advanced level players. It displays all chords in six tunings for the different sizes of the ukulele. Of course, there are other books which show how to build cho...

50 Tunes Volume 1 for Banjo is one book in a 5-book series. The 50 Tunes series is a collection of Bluegrass, Old Time and Celtic tunes for ensembles, families and individuals. This book contains the...

Originating from the 17th century, the Mandolin has a fascinating and varied history. This versatile instrument was a favourite of Mozart's and has been used extensively in classical and traditional m...

Players of all kinds of instruments including flute, fiddle, mandolin, recorder, whistle, guitar, harp and more can use this collection of music which is popular at modern renaissance festivals. The m...

North Carolina is rightly known as producing some of the finest banjo players in southern traditional music. Within this DVD, Bob Carlin, one of the state's most accomplished pickers, teaches some of...

Evo Bluestein is a well-known teacher and performer on many folk instruments and has recorded a number of albums with the Bluestein Family and as a solo artist. Evo teaches you basic frailing (clawham...

Tuning, basic melody, techniques including: picking, triplets, slides, moving triplets, long notes, different rhythms and repertoire.

Percy Danforth started playing the bones in 1908 when he was eight years old. This is the definitive work on playing the bones! Learn all Percy's secrets, alignment, tone, sublety, and how to hold the...

Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo is the third in a 4-part series of fun books that teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others,...

This low-cost (but snazzy) book is packed with songs and lore of the railroads! Includes the melody and lyrics to 28 classic sing-alongs plus: Railroad Superstitions and Tall Tales of Train Wrecks, Ro...

Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school violists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard - a breakthrough approach for string players...

Jazz Cello Wizard Junior is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school cellists in the tradition of the parent method, Jazz Fiddle Wizard - a break-through approach for String play...

The Mighty Accordion is a truly unique and much-needed guide to playing the bass side of the accordion. A comprehensive collection of progressive exercises guide the student in learning and mastering...

Minor Blues Harmonica includes introductory material for new players on holding the harmonica, achieving a single note, and common techniques that sound great on the instrument. Not-so-new players wil...

David DiGiuseppe's Learn Blues Accordion is a unique method that features 34 blues compositions for the Accordion as well as numerous exercises that have been carefully designed to help you master the...

Based on 50 years of teaching and performing on the accordion, Mr. Zucco has provided us with a complete and thorough accordion method for children. In this single volume, three levels of clear, easy-...

A comprehensive method written especially for serious students learning the accordion without access to formal music lessons. Seasoned music educator and performer Neil Griffin guides the student thro...

This book has been designed to develop the professional or recreational accordionist further toward advanced musicianship. Why do we practice scales? The great jazz accordionist, Art Van Damme, when a...

Beautifully and colorfully displayed here, on durable coated paper in 35 X 24 format, is a handy chart for the recorder. Shows two octaves of baroque fingerings beginning at middle-C, utilizing a hand...

The Complete Children's Recorder Method is the perfect book for young students. The imaginative online audio turns even the simplest one-note exercise into a fun experience, with lyrics accompanying e...