Mel Bay Publications

Blind Blake was the greatest ragtime blues guitarist to record during the 1920s. His intricate fingerpicking sounded more like a ragtime piano than an actual guitar. It captured the pulsating rhythms...

This DVD teaches 20 great grooves that fit with all kinds of music. It starts with a detailed demonstration of basic technique and features clear, step-by-step instruction throughout. Each pattern is...

Let's face it: playing djembe as it's traditionally played can be really hard on your hands. This is the only DVD for beginning hand drummers - especially adult beginners - who want to experience the...

Let's face it: playing djembe as it's traditionally played can be really hard on your hands. The Gentle Djembe for Beginners series is the only set of DVDs for beginning hand drummers - especially adu...

A collection of duets which exemplifies a variety of distinctive styles. Includes notes on Baroque performance practice, including French `notes inegales'. Contains excerpts from `The Modern Flute Pro...

These easy duets are especially arranged for soprano recorder. Contained are works written by the greats: Beethoven, Handel, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Also carefully selected are a few beautiful folkson...

Fiddling Classics contains 14 arrangements of classic fiddle tunes from Texas, cowboy and Western Swing music traditions, written in an exciting twin/triple fiddle style. The series includes three boo...

Imagine a campfire! Envision sitting around the bright flames with your friends and family singing songs out in the great expanse. Imagine that those melodies you sing stir up joy, hope, and belief in...

Ten fun-to-play, unaccompanied duets scored in first position for beginning violinist. Some pieces contain accidentals, slurred notes, double stops, and staccato. Some suggested bowings are also inclu...

Why should violinists have all the fun? Stacy Phillips, America's foremost author of books for fiddlers, has turned his expertise to cello. Fiddle Tunes for Two Cellos contains 56 authentic renditions...

Just Between Frets is the latest collaboration of Tommy Emmanuel and Frank Vignola. Frank and Tommy turn many a well known tunes inside out with their virtuosity and unique chemistry as a duo, creatin...

This is a collection of 26 duets drawn from the ground-breaking Mastering the Guitar Method. These duets are fun to play, represent contemporary music genres and represent works by great classical com...

Il n'y a pas de meilleure façon de faire d'une pierre deux coups musicaux que de jouer en duo. J'espère que ces duos de guitare légers, de style pop, vous procureront un plaisir mutuel avec un ami, to...

Rhapsody Japan (for Guitar Duo) was composed in 2008, expressly for a tour and recording Shingo and Bill Kanengiser did together in Japan. Essentially a medley of popular folk-songs of Japan, the piec...

Acoustic Guitar Portraits is a collection of scores from my recording of the same name. The music reflects a rich variety of musical styles and is original. The rhythms are contemporary and the harmon...

Easy to intermediate guitar ensemble arrangements on America the Beautiful, The Star Spangled Banner, America, Battle Hymn of the Republic and Yankee Doodle. This book contains the score and 1st Guita...

Sûr d’intriguer et de ravir les accordéonistes du monde entier, ce recueil de Carole Gatwood met en avant dix-huit chansons folkloriques italiennes charmantes mais pour la plupart oubliées, astucieuse...

Wedding Music for Violin and Viola includes 14 favorites for weddings, recitals, parties and receptions. New adaptations of these arrangements allow each musician to share melodic, harmonic and accomp...

Wedding Music for String Quartet includes 14 favorites for weddings, recitals, parties and receptions. New adaptations of these arrangements allow each musician to share melodic, harmonic and accompan...

Turlough O'Carolan was born in County Meath, Ireland in 1670. He was trained as a youth to play the harp, and throughout his life composed a large number of songs. O'Carolan developed a personal style...

This collection by Bruce Bollerud welcomes you to the international world of Accordion music. The book contains samples of ethnic folk music from Europe and the Americas and forms the foundation of a...

World Melodies for the Accordion is a collection of best-loved songs from around the world. Eighty musical gems from thirty-six countries are arranged here for the accordion, with chords also given so...

A fun collection of old-time Scandinavian dance tunes arranged for the accordion. Great for dancing or listening and a perfect repertoire builder. The audio available for download contains all 28 tune...

A collection of 30 well-known Russian songs arranged for intermediate accordion by Russian-born accordionist Andreas Wins. Each piece provides the arranged melody and a variation with a really nice, n...

One of the truly great things about the accordion is its extreme versatility. Other instruments envy its ability to transform from an intimate solo performer to the mightiest of orchestras contained i...