Mel Bay Publications

Brazil offers a great and luxurious musical variety, not only for its large extension of land, but also for the multiple cultural interchange established along centuries among the several peoples whic...

This fun and easy bluegrass Fiddle book and companion audio takes you from the very beginning. Starting with an introduction to the instrument, the book teaches you basic Fiddle technique such as hold...

A collection of 16 Fiddle duets ranging in difficulty from moderate to challenging for the experienced fiddler. The music has been arranged with melody and harmony for old time favorites and a few new...

Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to be discovered in this selection of great tradi...

This big note, large print book offers 43 traditional fiddle solos in standard notation with chord symbols. Selections include: Arkansas Traveler; Back Up and Push; The Blarney Pilgrim; Beaumont Rag;...

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...

This unique collection celebrates the contemporary fiddle music of northeast Ireland, much of it for the first time in print. Not surprisingly, given its location and long history of traditional music...

Beautiful Airs & Ballads of the British Isles' is a collection of 29 traditional Irish, Scottish and English melodies that are particularly suited to being played on the fiddle. Traditional fiddle air...

Early Music Gems contains 49 tunes dating from 1300-1791, including Medieval, Renaissance, and ancient melodies as well as a 'best of' John Playford's The Dancing Master. These delightful melodies are...

This meticulously researched anthology presents detailed biographies and transcriptions, including bowing, ornamentation, and accentuation of 39 fiddle tunes as played by 25 Newfoundland fiddlers from...

En passant par le fjord : Fiddle Music from the Saguenay River to Lake St. John est un recueil de 28 airs et techniques de violon traditionnels du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, au Québec. Écrit par l'ethno...

Nuit après nuit, Charles "Pa" Ingalls a soulevé son violon et a rempli leur cabane de musique alors que la famille se réunissait pour écouter, chanter et danser. La musique était le battement de cœur...

A critically acclaimed book covering old-time, bluegrass, Irish, blues, Scandinavian, Cajun, Texas, swing and jazz, and twin fiddling styles. This book also covers bowing, chords, chord progressions,...

Mel Bay's Complete Fiddling Book is a compilation of arrangements of traditional tunes by several outstanding practitioners of the art of Fiddle playing: Craig Duncan, Bill Guest, Dave Reiner, Frank Z...

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...

This affordable 'Qwikguide' contains 43 traditional fiddle solos in standard notation with chord symbols. Songs include: Arkansas Traveler, Back Up and Push, The Blarney Pilgrim, Beaumont Rag, Bill Ch...

Philip John Berthoud's Irish Fiddle Playing has been carefully designed to make the personal aspects of traditional Irish fiddle playing, improvisation and interpretation, accessible to novice players...

Lively Violin Tunes is a collection of 57 spirited violin solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These violin solos are ideal for performance or just...

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 Made Easy for Viola is a collection of favorite traditional hymns with guitar accompaniment, suitable for church, teaching or recreational settings. The material includes viola parts and bowing...

Hymns Made Easy for Cello is a collection of favorite traditional hymns with guitar accompaniment, suitable for church, teaching or recreational settings. The material includes cello parts and bowing...

100 Gospel Songs and Hymns for Cello and Guitar is a comprehensive collection of all-time favorite gospel hymns arranged for cello solo with suggested written chordal accompaniment. Fingerstyle guitar...

Hymns of Early America for Flute présente un portrait en patchwork de la musique sacrée traditionnelle des débuts de la République. Treize mélodies représentent divers peuples et traditions musicales,...

Another artistically beautiful and popular solo collection for Flute. Selections include Ave Maria by J. S. Bach/Gounod, Sonata in F by B. Marcello, Chorale from Cantata No. 140 (Wachet Auf) by J. S....

100 Hymns for Flute and Guitar is a collection of all-time favorite hymns arranged for flute solo with suggested written chordal accompaniment. Fingerstyle guitar and strum styles are indicated on eac...