Mel Bay Publications

An in-depth look at the basics of acoustic blues guitar. Learn the blues progression, blues chords, strum patterns, how to accompany a blues song, moveable chords, barre chords, the blues scale, turna...

A collection of 15 note-for-note transcriptions from Fred McDowell's Good Morning Little School Girl and You Gotta Move compact discs. All pieces contain vocal line, lyrics and fingerpicking guitar so...

Learn to play 14 classic blues the best way--by doing! This book and CD provide your backup band as you explore Country and Urban, Acoustic and Electric, Delta, Texas, Chicago, Slide Guitar, Alternate...

Learn to play 14 classic blues the best way--by doing! This book and online audio recording provide your backup band as you explore Country and Urban, Acoustic and Electric, Delta, Texas, Chicago, Sli...

This user-friendly book, with access to online audio, shows how to transform standard three-chord blues changes into harmonically sophisticated jazz-blues progressions. The book covers chord substitut...

In this book, six of Rev. Davis' Holy Blues are presented-- gospel songs with a taste of the blues. The online audio recordings teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the orig...

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and ind...

This book and online audio has been carefully prepared for guitarists who are starting to learn blues fingerpicking-and yes, the book can actually be used by an ambitious total beginner. The arrangeme...

Jazz Blues Styles presents Guitar solos in the styles of Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins, and other jazz blues greats.   Within the context of the blues, this book teaches: styles o...

The blues present an opportunity to be deeply expressive. Every note can be colored with pitch bends, slides, vibrato, and all manner of attacks. The style makes it easy to own the music, to close you...

This is a collection of 48 original jazz tunes in different styles, with fun melodies ideal for jamming. The pieces are in a variety of keys and are presented in standard notation and tablature. Inclu...

Progressive Cello Solos, Beginning Level va au-delà de l'approche traditionnelle de l'enseignement du violoncelle en intégrant de manière transparente un contenu éducatif à une collection unique de vi...

This progressive scale system coordinates basic concepts from elementary to advanced scales in preparation for the Scale System by Carl Flesch. In some aspects it goes beyond the scope of the Flesch s...

Easy Classics for Cello fait partie de la série Easy Classics, écrite pour fournir aux étudiants de niveau débutant à intermédiaire une introduction agréable à certaines des plus grandes mélodies clas...

Warm-ups for the Violist is an adaptation of Warm-ups for the Violinist. It is targeted to help build, strengthen and develop the muscles and techniques needed for viola playing. It is especially suit...

Practicing scales is essential to building and maintaining strength, technique, tone, and agility on the viola, but it is easy to slip into the habit of playing scales automatically, without paying at...

Commençant par un examen rudimentaire de la première position, ce livre présente les troisième, deuxième, cinquième et quatrième positions dans un format facile, suivi d'études plus avancées. L'auteur...

This progressive scale system coordinates basic concepts from elementary to advanced scales in preparation for the Scale System by Carl Flesch. In some aspects it goes beyond the scope of the Flesch s...

Easy Classics for Viola fait partie de la série Easy Classics, écrite pour fournir aux étudiants de niveau débutant à intermédiaire une introduction agréable à certaines des plus grandes mélodies clas...

This book and accompanying audio provide instruction and playable examples for guitarists looking to get into the sounds rooted in classic country music, as well as more modern approaches to the genre...

This new book is perfect for beginners, players with a little experience and guitarists who want a good grounding in the flatpicking style. Using popular American Fiddle tunes, Joe introduces the impo...

Johnny Cash left us a wonderful country songbook, and in this one-hour and twenty minute lesson Fred shows you how to play and sing eight of Cash's most popular gems. You'll learn to back yourself up...

Killer Technique: Bass Guitar is a technique and daily study book inspired by Corey Christiansen's Gig Savers: Killer Technique book for guitar (MLB20028). This book provides concepts and daily rout...

Classical and Contemporary Studies for Bass Guitar combines essential studies from 19th century composer Giovanni Bottesini: the 'Paganini of bass , with contemporary studies by Gilbert Isbin: one of...

This book, in notation and tablature, is designed to improve reading skills and present phrases appropriate to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, Reggae, disco, and new wave. Includes arpeggiated and 3-note ch...