Mel Bay Publications

This collection features songs that originated from the slave population of North America in the 19th Century. Beset by trouble, sickness and backb...

  Airs & Dances is a collection of Scottish strathspeys (rugged, lyrical dance tunes) for violin and other melodic instruments. Strathsp...

Easy solos in several styles for beginners... great tune selection! Includes Down Yonder; Goodbye Liza Jane; and many others. Each tune has a compl...

25 Blues Fiddling Classics arranged by Craig Duncan for solo Fiddle. Songs are grouped into 12 bar blues, 16 bar blues, early blues songs, minor bl...

Inspired by the Celtic circles of ancient Scotland, Bonnie paints a musical picture through time, joining the heavens and earth to the cycles of ev...

Mel Bay's Children's Recorder Method is a new recorder method which stands on its own. There is an imaginative accompaniment CD which makes even th...

Easy to play five-string banjo arrangements of twenty-four children's favorites by banjo master Ross Nickerson. Not only ...

A collection of 16 Fiddle duets ranging in difficulty from moderate to challenging for the experienced fiddler. The music has been arranged ...

Mary Ann Harbar (Willis) presents a collection of 92 delightful folk melodies from Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Moldavia, Transylvani...

This big note, large print book offers 43 traditional fiddle solos in standard notation with chord symbols. Selections include: Arkansas Traveler; ...

New arrangements of ten classic hymns presented in a progressive and percussive style that will challenge and inspire the pianist, soloist and drum...

Fiddle From Scratch is an excellent introduction to the fiddle and old-time music. The lessons are designed to help the reader develop a solid foun...

A comprehensive 96-page, large print perfect-bound chord dictionary for todays fiddle player. Contains basic major, minor and dominant 7th chord fo...

A handy text filled with notes on embouchure, hand position, and breath support, daily warm-ups, major and minor scales and arpeggios, lower octave...

Fun with the Piano is a collection of big-note, easy solos on folk favorites; and functions as an extremely successful early-intermediate supplemen...

A very popular beginner's text which presents a step-by-step method of soprano (descant) recorder instruction supported by carefully written studie...

This fun, easy-to-follow guide for beginning Banjo players presents tuning, basic chords and songs to sing and strum. Includes CD.  Written in stan...

Getting Into Fiddling   A quick study in the most popular fiddle styles played today, this 96 page text covers basic fiddling techniques and tunes ...

Inspired by Gypsy music, these classical gems will allow you to unleash your Violin's passion. Gypsy Violin Classics is a collection classical piec...

The exercises in this text can help develop your coordination, reading and ability to swing in odd time signatures. If practiced thoroughly, you wi...

This book is a method book with a collection of 14 songs by the masters of Louisiana Creole fiddle music, and an instructional DVD with supplementa...

This book shows how Mark adapted what he learned from Benny Thomasson to produce an original voice in fiddle tune variation, becoming the most cele...

An excellent beginner's book that teaches simple chord strumming. With photo guides thoughout, this book is easy to use and most of all fun! With p...

A fantastic book with some great Chord solos, as well as sections on parts of the Uke, how to hold and tune the uke, and how to read chord diagrams.