Mel Bay Publications

Folk Harp for the Young Beginner is designed for beginning harpists with no prior musical experience. The book presents two new methods for reading notation built around recognizing common musical pat...

Designed to help shorten the trial-and-error period of learning a new instrument, this book presents a step-by-step guide to playing hymns and gospel tunes on the 10-hole diatonic harmonica. Written w...

One of Meg Peterson's finest books. This comprehensive text presents all of the strums and techniques needed to play back-up and melody on autoharp. Contains excellent teaching on various strum and fi...

A basic, easy-to-understand, step-by-step method about playing the harp. Extensively illustrated, this book is for musicians of all levels, requiring only an interest in learning to play the harp. The...

This book illustrates a variety of accompaniment patterns and arrangement techniques for the folk harpist. The procedure taught in this book will enable the intermediate to advanced harper to play any...

An updated, step-by-step method for playing the harp. This book can be used alone or with a teacher. The easy-to-follow method produces results for musicians of all levels, and even if you have no pri...

A wonderful collection of 28 Celtic harp solos based on music from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Selections include: Banish Misfortune; The Cliffs of Moher; Kitty's Wedding; Guilderoy; Nyth Y Gwcw; th...

Susan Raimond is a harper in the ancient tradition of masters whose playing touches the emotions of the listeners directly - the magical instrument of legend. Simple and deeply moving are the words th...

These innovative musical creations are not only fun and easy to play but will delight the harpist by using the full spectrum of the pedal harp's abilities. Arrangements contain fingering, standard har...

This unique book of 14 lever harp arrangements includes excerpts of some of the most famous French works by Debussy and Ravel, including Clair de lune, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, and Pavane. The b...

The harp is the quintessential wedding instrument. Its romantic image and sound make it ideal for the special day which represents a landmark in the life of the bride and groom and their families. The...

A master source of symphonic and operatic excerpts from the works of the great composers, selected from the repertoire most frequently used for recitals, placement exams and professional auditions. Th...

The purpose of this Clarinet songbook is to provide the beginning Clarinet player with a repertoire of 24 of the most familiar and beloved tunes ever written. There are several great folk songs of Ame...

First Lessons Clarinet introduces beginning students to the fundamentals of playing the clarinet, reading music, caring for and maintaining the instrument, and musical techniques like articulation and...

This set of 10 intermediate-level arrangements was derived from songs from the Colonial through Civil War periods. In these pieces, the hauntingly lyrical tone of the clarinet combined with piano acco...

Clarinet/Duets. A collection of easy classical melodies, composed by Beethoven, Mozart, Händel, Rathgeber, Rameau, Brahms, Lehar, Fauré, Tchaikovsky, and Puscoiu. There are also a few carefully-select...

Most duet books for clarinet consist of music from one historical period, or feature the music of one composer. This volume has works arranged for two clarinets, from each period starting with the Bar...

This collection of music arranged for B-flat clarinet and piano is divided into two sections. The first features eleven folk songs from around the world that can be played by intermediate-level perfor...

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

A collection of hip musical compositions by award-winning bassist Tyrone Brown. Compositions for Bass offers 10 pieces in various grooves including Swing, Latin and odd meters. The online audio record...

The Upright Bass Wall Chart presents innovative scale pattern drawings for all twelve major scales in first position and movable patterns for higher positions. It also includes a note finder chart and...

Although designed for newcomers to the upright bass and bluegrass music in general, this unique approach to creating basslines has something for everyone! The first half focuses on bass-playing essent...

A collection of 47 easy-to-play, big-note, level-one solos on folk favorites for young students of the upright bass. Designed to build technique, range, and endurance while maintaining student interes...

A concise, 30 minute video that's just right for the beginning or intermediate bass player. Missy has designed 7 lessons to get you started. Missy teaches at music camps all over the country, and has...