Mel Bay Publications

First Lessons Cajon has been specially designed to guide beginning players through all of the necessary steps to becoming a proficient Cajon player in a pop and rock context. Basic lessons in rhythm w...

First Lessons Conga is a perfect introduction to the conga drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning, and hand strokes. There are also many exercises, examples o...

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the conga drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning, and hand strokes. There are also many exercise...

This book and accompanying audio are a perfect introduction to the Bongo Drum. The book includes lessons on music notation, posture, positioning, tuning and hand strokes. There are also many exercises...

Bring captivating rhythms and vibrant grooves into the world of jazz! With "Conga and Bongo Drum in Jazz" from Mel Bay Publications, percussionists and jazz drummers discover a groundbreaking method t...

This informative book by Trevor Salloum is devoted to the all too often overlooked Latin instrument, the Bongo Drums. Prepare to embark on an educational musical journey - one which offers many valuab...

The Tabla, a hand drum which originated in India, has become very popular throughout the world. This method covers everything you need to know to learn to play the Tabla, including the history and par...

The primary emphasis of this method book is developing the three essential concepts for learning to play the flute which are: 1) Learning the names of the notes on the music staff, 2) Learning the val...

Here are 30 easy-to-play Christmas favorites arranged for tin whistle (also known as pennywhistle) and Irish ute. Chords are included for guitar, keyboard, or other accompaniment instrument. Also incl...

Volume III of Playing Outside the Lines is the third of a comprehensive four-part Irish flute method book series offering beginning to advanced Irish traditional flute instruction for Boehm and simple...

This comprehensive method for the beginner to advanced is especially designed for use in private lessons. It introduces each new concept with fingering exercises, scale exercises, and etudes. Advanced...

A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies. This chart is ideal for beginning flute students learning fingering and scales. The chart contain...

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

A comprehensive text teaching elements of jazz phrasing, articulation, vibrato, harmony, and technical studies leading to improvisation. For the flute student beginning the serious study of jazz and c...

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish Flute, Tin Whistle, or Boehm-system Flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes...

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book and downloadable online audio will introduce the...

Mel Bay's First Lessons Flute is an easy method for beginning players of all ages. From the first tones to a full two-octave chromatic scale, this book, CD, and DVD will introduce the beginner progres...

Brand new for the saxophone teacher! This volume includes a progressive sequence of materials for the saxophone player with no 'lesson boundaries. ' Students will determine their rates of advancement....

A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart for any saxophone which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies. Contains staff notation and fingering diagrams for the entire range of the saxo...

Looking to bring greater depth, structure, and emotional expression to your jazz saxophone improvisation? With “How To Create and Develop a Jazz Sax Solo” from the renowned publisher Mel Bay Publicati...

Presents the most commonly used scales and modes with fretboard diagrams for four-string bass. A beautiful photo of a four-string electric bass is labeled with string numbers, open string names, and t...

The influence of Rock & Roll music can be found in about every style of contemporary music. This book focuses on many classic R & R style grooves. The grooves vary in difficulty from beginner to inter...

The Art of Solo Bass is a jumping off point, a place to glimpse the possibilities of the electric bass. This book examines the use of chords and chord/melody in performance, arranging, composing and t...

Modern Electric Bass Method, Grade 1 combines ease of learning with outstanding music selections and provides music theory essential to understanding the book's performance demands. Tablature was not...

Developed and refined by Emmett Chapman over the past four decades. The Stick brings the advantages of two handed, keyboard style playing to a stringed instrument. Steve Adelson, one of the world's fo...