Mel Bay Publications

A wealth of beautiful and joyous music has been written for the Christmas season. Some of the most enchanting melodies can be found in this solo mandolin edition of the Early American holiday repertoi...

Versatile mandolinist Tommy Norris presents this collection of 20 intermediate to advanced melody/chord arrangements of familiar and lesser-known Christmas melodies, all in both standard notation and...

A Clawhammer Christmas by Dan Levenson is a collection of 30 of the most loved Christmas songs transcribed in tablature for the 5-string banjo in the clawhammer style with chords provided for accompan...

Mr. Baldassari takes the traditional approach to seasonal music in the chamber music style. He brings a haunting loveliness to such Christmas classics as First Noel/We Three Kings; God Rest Ye Merry G...

Written specifically for the pan flutist, but perfectly playable on other C instruments as well, this book includes 27 of the most popular traditional Christmas songs. Full piano accompaniment with gu...

Getting Into Jazz Mandolin is a breakthrough approach that takes four uncomplicated fretboard patterns (FFcP) and drills a physical familiarity into the player's fingers, softening the fear of upper f...

The mandolin is a great instrument for kids. These simple arrangements of all-time popular songs are ideal for younger learners and will get them playing in no time! This repertoire book is easy to re...

The Art Of Transcribing is a book that makes transcribing for the Drum set as easy as 1-2-3. Here is how it works: 1) Learn one rhythm at a time (every variation of 16th notes and 8th note triplets ar...

Blues Drums Play-Along Trax, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting play-along that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. All of the examples are minus the...

The Modern Drum Method DVD illustrates the most fundamental and musical drumming techniques from holding the sticks to performing with a band! It is intended as an accompaniment resource that covers m...

The ultimate idea generator! Nucleo Vega shows step-by-step how to transform Paradiddles into NeoParadiddles. Through NeoParadiddles, you can take any simple idea and within seconds create countless v...

A revolutionary new method that uses the double pedal for ALL drummers, helping their feet rival their hands with regard to speed, control and dexterity through the use of the F2F (foot-to-foot) syste...

A comprehensive 96-page large print perfect-bound book containing 138 all time favorite drum grooves. This book is perfect for daily practice or for teaching the drummer to play 'in-the-pocket. '

Quiero Tocar La Bateria by Victor M. Barba is a fantastic book for the drums. From a simple hi-hat to a full rock beat, this book explains how to play the drums in a very simple and easy to understand...

If you love rock beats then this is the book for you! 100 Legendary Modern Rock Drum Beats breaks down the most essential rock grooves, both classic and modern. Regardless of whether you're a fan of c...

Have you ever heard an awesome Drum fill and found yourself air-drumming it out? With 100 Legendary Rock Drum Fills you'll soon be able to play it for real. This book focuses on Drum fills from some o...

Aquiles Priester is releasing his first 'wall chart' where you can find some of his best fills and grooves. This is the best way to understand his drumming and his ideas. You can also check the DVD T...

In this book Bill Woods will show you how to play the Frame Drum using your fingers and hand surfaces. This method uses text, photographs and audio examples to demonstrate the various strokes and patt...

He first showed us the details of his refined technique in 'Live in Concert - Inside My Drums' (2004). Then he revealed double bass drum secrets (and much more) in 'The Infallible Reason of My Freak D...

The Rhythm Encyclopedia is a collection of 6, 561 different rhythms written in notation that can be used for Drum set, Conga, Djembe, Cajon and any other Drum that has a high tone and a low tone. This...

Take your creativity to another level with this book! Rock music is, or should be, a form of personal expression. This text was written to encourage and develop the drummer's ability to create and dev...

A carefully-selected and well-written collection of outstanding drum breaks. Each break develops coordination independence or ear training. The book contains many exercies for drum set. Includes acces...

All 26 drum rudiments are clearly and sequentially presented. There are several exercises designed to develop each rudiment, followed by summaries. Each rudiment is then utilized in a musical context...