Mel Bay Publications

Anyone can learn to play the ukulele, and play it well. No previous knowledge of music is necessary. Strum and pick both harmonies and melodies. First Lessons Ukulele provides a simple approach for le...

This is the ideal beginner's book, presenting the basics of the 5-string banjo in a way that is both fun and easy. Janet Davis takes you on an extensive tour of this instrument's fundamental technique...

This beginner's method presents clear, concise instruction for learning to play the traditional three-stringed mountain dulcimer. Thirty-eight songs are taught with notation and fret numbers for each...

This comprehensive book contains 139 solos for the 5-string banjo. Arranged by Neil Griffin, Mark Barnett, Karl Kurth, Carl Jackson, and Bob Forrest, this book is the perfect resource to expand you re...

While traditional Richter-tuned, 10-hole diatonic harmonicas have a remarkable three-octave range, one can only play a complete major scale spanning one octave in a single key from holes 4 through 6....

This book and accompanying audio present a comprehensive array of ideas intended to add interest and decoration to basic melodies. Mastery of these embellishment techniques will also help in the devel...

With the thoroughness of a book by Mel Bay, this method presents Mandolin technique and note-reading in a progressive, step-by-step fashion. Given the diverse applications of this versatile instrument...

The finest tenor banjo method available, this text represents Mel Bay's own approach to fundamental musicianship for those desiring to play tenor banjo. This book is the standard by which others are j...

First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer is designed to instruct beginning players on the instrument. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns, holiday music and fiddle tunes written in stand...

A great supplement to any note-reading guitar method. Helps students methodically learn the fretboard from the second position upward. The book contains fun-to-play studies and songs in upper fretboar...

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo is an ideal book for beginners and banjo players interested in learning the clawhammer style. The book explains the basics of reading tablature, right hand technique, an...

A comprehensive chromatic harmonica method by noted writer and clinician Phil Duncan. Contains excellent harmonica arrangements of 60 tunes ranging in style from light classics to folk and country. In...

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Complete Warm-Up for Classical Guitar contains short and concise exercises for use in a warm-up before practice or performance, and for general technical advancement. The book is divided into four sec...

In this comprehensive book jazz guitarist Michael Anthony addresses the need to build flexibility and technical proficiency in a way consistent with the melodic motifs of contemporary music. Though th...

This book is for all levels and styles of guitarists. Finger Gymnastics is a term used for warm-ups, stretching, and any type of practice exercise that develops technique and stamina while preventing...

Presents the Contradanzas Habaneras of Manuel Saumell (1817-1870), who has been called a 'Pioneer of the Cuban danza. ' Originally written for the piano, this collection of contradanzas is a good exam...

A collection of studies and compositions written to provide a creative approach to a common problem. Most guitar students have not worked through a methodical approach to reading music notation, which...

Written by rock guitar virtuoso Stephen Delach, here is a straightforward approach to adding diminished and whole-tone colors to your improvisations. Geared toward the rock guitarist who has a firm un...

In this exceptional book, 'Improvising Without Scales', Carl Verheyen will teach you his philosophy and techniques for improvisation. Rather than hashing out scales, Verheyen teaches you how to play l...

A Dozen Italian Diversions is perfect both for honing technical skills and for solo guitar performance at the intermediate level. Dedicated to his parents who took him to Italy frequently as a child t...

A comprehensive exploration of revolutionary Chapman Stick and it's accompanying tap techniques. A primer on theory will explain all the musical logistics enabling the student to fully gasp the concep...

This method book by renowned jazz artist Mimi Fox utilizes a unique approach to helping guitarists develop strong solos. Scales, arpeggios, patterns, and syncopated rhythms are introduced in a logical...

New compositions for solo classic guitar by acclaimed guitarist and composer, David Pritchard. All solos are in standard notation. 'In addition to all the music I've written over the past twenty years...

This book is an attempt to capture the highlights of twenty-eight years of composing. Each of these 32 compositions is an expression, and as such - an exposure, of a genuine part of myself which I pre...