Music-Instruction & Study

Ragtime music and DADGAD tuning seem to be made for each other, or so you will believe after playing these wonderful arrangements by Rob MacKillop. With performance levels running from intermediate to advanced, there is plenty here to challenge and delight the player and...

Author: Stefan GrossmanISBN-10: 0786698462ISBN-13: 9780786698462Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 03/27/2018Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.80w x 0.30d

Learn Blues Accordion is a unique method book that includes 34 blues compositions and numerous exercises that will help you master the blues. The exercises increase in difficulty and introduce concepts and techniques thatspecifically target both hands. Explore blues scales, chord progressions and learn...

Traditionally the role of the guitar in Celtic music has been confined to accompaniment of lead instruments or a vocalist. In this book Steve Baughman suggests ways to break free of this mold, allowing the guitarist to internalize techniques that make the expression of...

Banjo Picking is the ultimate banjo method to develop tone, timing and rock solid rhythm for the picking hand, thorough in scope from the beginning level to the challenges of "extreme banjo." With lots of exercises, tunes, photos and helpful text, tools for learning...

Seasoned piano educator Gail Smith offers this beginning-level piano methodemploying gospel, Christmas, and sacred tunes. The book begins with anintroduction to elementary note reading on the piano, then progresses to exercises and arrangements. To illustrate various arranging concepts, some tunes are shown in two...

If you have a guitar and want to start playing immediately, this is your book. A best- seller for decades, Mel Bay's Fun with the Guitar will teach you 9 basic chords and will show you how to strum guitar rhythm to 23 songs...

This ukulele bass handbook offers a theoretical introduction to the development of the instrument and its maintenance, stringing and care. Discover the secret of the "UBass": how can such a small instrument make a sound that deep? Co- author Martin "Bassmati" Schroeder put the...

From the author of Mel Bay's best-selling book, Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele, we are proud to present, Favorite Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele. This book and accompanying audio offer a variety of fingerstyle solos for the ukulele. The music stretches across several...

Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many...

First Lessons Djembe provides a fun and easy way to learn to play the Djembe. It was conceived for the beginning Djembe player, yet contains information andreference material that is valuable for players at all levels. Playing the Djembe is a lifelong journey of...

This new book is designed for seniors who wish to learn to play the ukulele. Care has been taken to select repertoire familiar and appealing to a more matureaudience and attention has been given to the pacing of the material. Basic chords are given...

If you're getting into jazz or expanding your jazz chops, this comprehensive approach is for you. From comping and chord voicings to single-note soloing, you will learn, step by step, the tools necessary for playing jazz guitar. The book is easy to understand and...

Countless musicians have been inspired upon hearing Charlie Christian for the first time. In this exciting book, the author has compiled 39 precise solo transcriptions (in notation only), as well as a thorough analysis of each. There is also a complete "how to" section...

Alan Munde, one of the most respected contemporary banjo players, couples his deep understanding of the banjo with 17 of America's best loved gospelsongs. Ranging from the driving sound of bluegrass banjo to the rich chordal harmonies unique to his playing, these arrangements bring...

The "Exploring" series of books within the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series walks you through each of the most common played positions on the ten hole diatonic harmonica. This volume for 2nd position focuses on the basic principles of what makes 2nd Position work, scales...

Jazz Intros and Endings offers 60 intros and endings for songs in many keys and styles. Ron is a well known and admired guitar player having played with Ray Brown, Gene Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, among many others. These harmonically rich phrases offer many great...

The blanket term 'rock' is used to describe a musical genre that covers over sixdecades of musical diversity. The question for this book is, "What does rock mean to harmonica players?" This book is for harmonica players who have a basic grasp of the...

This text includes fifty-eight pieces of music as well as recorded audio of the entire book. Ben Bolt believes these pieces are the "best of the best" fordeveloping technique, musicianship, and exposing the guitarist to the ingenious musical world of Fernando Sor. Regardless of...

Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner is designed specifically for beginning piano students who are looking for fun and modern music material. It begins with chapters on how to find notes on the piano, hand positioning and an introductionto rhythm and musical notation. It...

Author: Cruz TomasISBN-10: 0786690240ISBN-13: 9780786690244Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2015Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.80w x 0.30d

Attention all harmonica enthusiasts! Join in the fun of playing at a bluegrass festival with a bluegrass band. This book brings to you the often performed tunes by every bluegrass and country player of all instruments. Select a few of these tunes and play...

The ancient Celtic repertoire offers the fingerstyle guitarist a tantalizingly wide range of moods and emotions from sad laments to lyrical ballads to vibrant dancerhythms. This collection presents a vast array of fingerpicking guitar solos settingson timeless airs, hornpipes, reels, planxties, set dances, jigs,...

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 substitution, twelve-bar blues, minor blues, eight-bar blues, and sixteen-bar blues. Chord frames are supplied for guitarists. Blank treble and bass...

Author: La Barbera JohnISBN-10: 078668996XISBN-13: 9780786689965Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2015Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.20d

Beginners of all ages will enjoy learning to play tin whistle with the step-by-step method found in this book. Familiar folk melodies abound in this comprehensive collection of easy-to-play literature. Carefully sequenced tunes and exercises teach the player to read music notation, and a...

Rather than the usual alphabetic or encyclopedic chord listing (C, Cm, C-, C+, etc.) this comprehensive chord reference book presents guitar chords as they are actually used in specific keys (C, Am, F, G7, Dm, E7). Chords are further classified in five basic zones...

With its wealth of information on how technique can be tastefully applied, Back-Up Banjo is the definitive book on the subject of banjo accompaniment. Since a banjo player in a band plays accompaniment at least 75% of the time, it is extremely important to...

This book offers challenging material for the intermediate to advanced drummer. Addressing a multitude of styles, Frank Briggs helps guide your playing to a higher plane while improving your technique and raising your awareness of cutting edge concepts such as metric modulation, displaced beats,...

This collection showcases a variety of bass patterns that can be applied to blues recordings and performances, even by the novice. Included among the 101 patterns are ten standard blues turn-arounds and ten standard blues endingsthat can be used in literally thousands of songs....

This collection includes many favorite Irish fiddle tunes. Some are easy to play, others more challenging. The bowing techniques, ornamentation and other aspects of playing style summarized in the introduction will be familiar to readers of Pete's earlier book, the Complete Irish Fiddle Player,...

A complete survey of traditional banjo styles complete with tunings, playing tips, and the author's deft drawings. Progresses from easy tunes for the beginner to more difficult pieces. The styles include up-picking or Pete Seeger's basic strum; two-finger picking; three-finger picking; and what had...

An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. A companion instructional online video is included showing key points toplaying the Oud.. Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of...

Author: Tim QuinnISBN-10: 0786688327ISBN-13: 9780786688326Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2015Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.40d

New classical guitar edition of the world leading Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method written by well-known concert guitarist and teacher Stanley Yates. The beginning classical guitarist will learn music reading, hand and sitting positions, practice techniques, arpeggio and scale technique, chordal and melodic playing,...

The Mel Bay Modern Guitar Method Complete Edition is known worldwide for the incredible array of music presented, the thoroughness of educational music content and ease of understanding. The method contains hundreds of solos, duets, picking studies, chord etudes, position studies, scale and techniqueetudes,...

In Volume I, Tomasito reveals the time tested conga method which he himselfstudied with "Changuito" and other master congueros at the ENA conservatory in Havana. Volume I starts at the absolute beginning and is designed for the personwho has never touched the congas, but...

This beginning piano course introduces children or adult students to basic music notation and helps them build asolid foundation of piano skills. Theory and instruction appears alongside music examples in an integrated approach to learning. The play-along downloadable will help the student todevelop a...

Includes access to online audio and video content.Author: Craig DuncanISBN-10: 0786687940ISBN-13: 9780786687947Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2015Pages: 104Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.60h x 8.50w x 0.50d

Johann Sebastian Bach is recognized as one of the world's supremely great musicians. Known primarily as an organist and then only later recognized as a composer, Bach transformed the conventional structures of preludes andfugues. J.S. Bach for Bass will open up a whole new...

All the tools the beginner, novice, and intermediate tin whistle player needs inorder to progress to a high level of competence in Irish music. Includes an"Orientation to Traditional Irish Music," which puts the music in context, with information on scales and modes, dance tune...

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, The Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson,...

Includes access code for online audio content.Author: John KingISBN-10: 0786687568ISBN-13: 9780786687565Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/27/2015Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.80w x 0.40d

This book with online audio contains a wealth of time-honored songs arranged forbeginning to intermediate guitarists. Many styles are covered including Americanstandards, country songs, blues, hymns and spirituals, calypso, train songs, European standards, children's songs, Christmas songs, Stephen Foster songs, patriotic songs, light classical,...

Finally, a great method which will show you how to play the acoustic jazz guitar in the style of players like Django Reinhardt, Oscar Alleman and Eddie Lang - theirstyle is characterized by a powerful rhythm guitar and a vital swinging single-note solo line....

This beginner's method for 12-string guitar by veteran guitarist Tommy Flint covers all of the basics for getting started. Topics include tuning and strings; reading chord diagrams, notation and tablature; blues; triplets; slurs; slides; melody playing on the 1st and 2nd strings; two and...

The book is designed to make the personal aspects of traditional Irish fiddle playing, improvisation and interpretation, accessible to novice players. Drawing on his experience writing out reels, jigs and other tunes for new players at a North London session and teaching fiddle, the...

Mel Bay's top drum set manuscript book with tear out pages. 64 pages, including a drum set notation page, with 12 staves per page.Author: Mel Bay PublicationsISBN-10: 0786683732ISBN-13: 9780786683734Publisher: Mel Bay PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2012Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 11.50h x 8.50w x 0.30d

The ukulele has had a place in American acoustic music for decades; recently, however, interest in the instrument has surged. Historically overlooked by traditional bluegrass groups, the ukulele - an indispensable component of many newgrass bands.Author: Ondrej SarekISBN-10: 0786682965ISBN-13: 9780786682966Publisher: Mel Bay PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Classics for Ukulele features 20 well-known classical pieces arranged for fingerpicking solo ukulele. Tunes include: Moonlight Sonata, Ave Maria, Ride of the Valkyries, Hungarian Dance No.4 and many more. Music in standard notation and tab.Author: Ondrej SarekISBN-10: 0786682310ISBN-13: 9780786682317Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished:...