Mel Bay Publications

One of our most popular videos is now on DVD! Same great songs with a clearer picture and better sound. If you don't think you are a beginner, but don't know where to start, we suggest Jam Sessions St...

The perfect follow-up to Beginning Mandolin. Extensive lesson on chords and movable chord positions. Note-by-note explanation of 5 great tunes. Taught by Murphy Henry with guest teacher, Christopher H...

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 Brother...

Are you finding the key of G too limiting? What do you do if someone calls for a song in C, or D, or E, or F? Learn to play out of C position and expand your horizons on the banjo. No Tab. Featuring W...

Learn to use a capo on your Banjo. We explain what key you are playing in when you capo at different frets; what 1, 4, and 5 chords are and how to find them; how to vamp with the capo on and lots more...

Soldier's Joy And Other Banjo Favorites (formerly titled Playing in C, Volume 2). More great tunes played in C position (without using a capo). Includes the very popular fiddle tunes Soldier's Joy and...

Great Banjo Tunes (formerly titled Advanced Banjo) (Now on DVD). Six challenging new tunes are taught including Don Reno's Limehouse Blues and Dixie Breakdown. Basic melodic licks, new chord positions...

Rawhide & Other Blistering Banjo Favorites - Now on DVD. Been wanting'o tackle these hot jam tunes, but didn't know where to start? Murphy makes it easy. How? 1. By using easy-to-learn variations of b...

This collection of 20 fingerstyle studies for the ukulele is written for uke players looking to expand their prowess on the instrument. The studies cover a vast array of styles and genres as wide-rang...

The ukulele is an effective solo instrument carrying both the melody and chords when playing specially arranged music. This book includes 28 beautiful classic melodies arranged for solo ukulele. These...

National Hammered Dulcimer Champion, Mark Wade presents common jam tunes in a unique way that shows beginners how to play the essence of the tunes simply and the intermediate/advanced players the orna...

Many folk banjoists draw influence from greats such as Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, The Weavers, Peter, Paul and Mary, and many others. These folk musicians traveled the country singing the folk songs...

This book and accompanying audio offer a unique look into playing the music of Bach on the ukulele. Included are twenty duets for two ukuleles or ukulele and guitar. The first part in the duet can be...

Holiday Favourites For Solo Ukulele by Joe Carr will put the greatest Christmas carols, Thanksgiving tunes and Hanukkah harmonies right at your fingertips so that you'll be strumming and plucking thes...

This book features twenty superb arrangements of traditional Old Time American tunes by ukulele maestro Rob MacKillop. Included are classics such as Wildwood Flower, Man Of Constant Sorrow, Whiskey Be...

The Ukulele Bass Manual 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 instrum...

This book is designed for mandolinists seeking to develop their left and right-hand technique. The exercises included help reinforce fundamental actions of playing, and challenge the player to master...

Killer Technique: Ukulele is a technique and daily study book inspired by Corey Christiansen's Gig Savers: Killer Technique book for guitar (MLB20028). This book provides concepts and daily routines...

This book and companion audio present 38 classic children's songs arranged for solo ukulele. Included are nursery rhymes, lullabies and rounds. Because sing-alongs are an important part of children's...

Patterned after Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method, this book and accompanying audio use proven exercises, studies and musical examples to introduce basic picking and reading skills for the ukulele. The b...

This book and accompanying audio include 21 beautiful songs, old-time tunes and Christmas melodies arranged as duets for two ukuleles. The individual parts are single note melodies designed to allow p...

Fred Cockerham & Tommy Jarrell: Clawhammer Banjo Masters is a collection of 23 clawhammer banjo solos written in tablature. The pieces are transcribed as played by Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell by...

Modes on the Mandolin: Improve Your Improvisation is a collection of exercises for the mandolin student to work through to better understand the fretboard and expand their musicality. The collection...

A full-sized chord-writing book featuring 30 blank 4-string chord grids per page. Thirty-two tear out pages printed in black ink on regular-weight, white paper. Can be used for banjo, tenor banjo, uku...

This book and accompanying audio download include popular and lesser-known old-time tunes for the clawhammer banjo. This book is a followup to Dan Levenson's Old-Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Ban...