Mel Bay Publications

With this series of DVDs, anyone can learn to play hand drums without learning to read music. First, you simply watch the rhythm being played with the Players Eye View Camera, (no transposing left han...

The complete do it yourself guide to: Re-heading your rope tuned Drum; Tune up and fine tuning your Drum; Care and maintenance. Paulo Mattioli guides you through the entire process. Jump right to the...

This DVD video, designed to accompany the book of the same title, is full of useful information for the working bass player. In the author's words, 'The electric bass is in a very exciting development...

This DVD is jam packed with talent. Presents 18 performances plus artist lessons and close-up interviews. Artists include: Muriel Anderson, Pat Bergeson, Suzy Bogguss, Thom Bresh, Alison Brown, Vassar...

This DVD and chart will give any pick-style guitarist a great workout. Corey Christiansen presents a number of exercises and workouts for the right and left-hand. These exercises will build strength,...

This handy video takes the guitar student through all the basic guitar chords starting with the easy to play forms and moving into the standard and more difficult fingerings. Every chord is shown in a...

Italian flatpicking wizard Beppe Gambetta introduces an international all-star roster of performers recorded live at the Teatro della Corte in Genova, Italy. Along the way, Gambetta takes his viewers...

Filmed at the New York jazz club Smoke, Rodney Jones enlightens us with his flavorful originals like 'Groove Bone' and 'One Turnip Green, ' while he indulges us with the classics such as 'Stella by St...

This DVD is compiled from all of the DVDs originally included in the previously published 'In the Pocket' series of jazz guitar chart/DVD sets. These lessons focus on many aspects of rhythm guitar pla...

For banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar. Taught by Murphy Henry with Red Henry. For many people, learning to hear chord changes is one of the hardest parts of learning to play bluegrass. No matter wha...

It's easy to learn guitar the Murphy Method way! We guide you one step at a time, using familiar songs and basic chords. We show you the basic Bluegrass strum and teach 16 well-known songs. We also sh...

(Formerly titled Basic Bluegrass Runs on Guitar Volume 1) Tired of just strumming the guitar? Wish you could add a little variety to your ryhthm playing? These runs will do it! Each run is explained n...

Flatpicking Lead Guitar: Finally! A flatpicking video that begins at the beginning! Strong, basic arrangements of great guitar tunes get you started. All songs are broken into phrases and each note an...

Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar: Volume 2 (formerly titled Basic Bluegrass Runs on Guitar Vol. 2). Tired of playing out of G and C position all the time? Ready to try some different keys? This video introduce...

This Mel Bay DVD, featuring 2003 GFA winner Jeremy Jouve, was recorded live in September 2009 at Eybens, a small town not far from the capital of the French Alps, Grenoble, where Jeremy was born. Ove...

John Stowell is known internationally as a musician with a unique approach to Guitar supported by a sophisticated harmonic concept. John has been performing solo Guitar concerts for over thirty years...

This comprehensive guide to the physiology of Guitar playing is the culmination of three decades of deep exploration of the guitarist's playing mechanism and is the most detailed presentation of Ricar...

A must-read for Guitar aficionados, this beautifully written book offers a rare glimpse into the mind and craft of master luthier Tom Bills, considered by many to be one of the most talented luthiers...

Easy Way to Guitar is a popular, easy to understand children's course designed to give the student a thorough grounding in note reading and solo performance. Chord playing is introduced gradually, uti...

Mel Bay's Modern Guitar Method is the world's premier method for learning modern plectrum-flatpick style Guitar. This method has stood the test of time and has been proven successful in building the t...

This innovative book contains a system of Guitar chord formation which maximizes power voicing while minimizing left-hand movement. Commonly referred to as the 'rhythm guitarist's bible, ' Mel Bay's R...

This video teaches the material found in the book of the same title, including 22 songs to be enjoyed on the mandolin. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. By the time you finish this book...

This book is considered to be the largest selling basic guitar chord book ever published! Twelve basic guitar chord types are shown in three ways: photograph, notation, and chord diagram. In addition,...