Easy Sheet Music from Mel Bay Publications

A popular and creative method for teaching guitar to young children. From the beginning, this method integrates chord playing with note reading. The student begins with simplified single-finger chord...

William Bay's Children's Guitar Method is a popular teaching method for young beginners. From the beginning, it integrates chord playing with note reading. The student starts with easy one finger chor...

William Bay introduces his popular and creative method for teaching Guitar to young children in Children's Guitar Method Volume 3. From the very beginning it integrates chord playing with note reading...

This method is time tested, innovative, and has proven successful in imparting essential concepts of musicianship and Classic Guitar performance to children. It's realistic approach to early childhood...

In this class guitar method, traditional fundamentals of playing guitar are presented using an innovative approach. Students are shown chords and accompaniment techniques as well as how to read music...

Mastering the Guitar Class Method is a remarkably innovative new approach to teaching guitar in class settings. This volume begins with in-depth reviews of the keys of C, G, Am, and Em presented in Vo...

This compact book presents 130 songs in a convenient 5 1/2 inches by 8 inch format. All selections are written in leadsheet format for voice with complete lyrics, guitar chords and harmonica tablature...

Traditional Songs from Québec for English-Speakers is a collection of 25 hand-picked, powerful, and gorgeous songs. They range from rousing and rollicking to exquisite and heartbreaking and from widel...

24 snare drum solos arranged by internationally acclaimed percussion writer, Joe Maroni. These solos are ideal for recitals, contests and concerts and will develop musicianship, rhythm reading ability...

First Lessons Music Theory is a introduction to music theory. This twenty-six lesson course begins with a guide to reading music and progresses to cover topics ranging from rhythm to chord types. By...

Mel Bay proudly endorses Tom Bruner's beginning text on arranging and orchestrating music. This is a hands-on approach designed to impart essential information to the serious student!

Many instruments in this book can be built in a half hour or less by children as young as age 5, using common household items. Songs include guitar and autoharp chords as well as dulcimer tablature. I...

Specially created for children and beginners of all ages, this method begins with simple chords and songs, after which learners will progress on to reading single note lines on the Ukulele. Proper hol...

Play beautiful sacred music on the ukulele in just minutes reading tablature. The ukulele has a wonderful 'harp like' sound and is perfect for gospel music. This book contains easy chord patterns so y...

Veteran Mel Bay author, Phil Duncan, applies his expertise in this collection of 27 sacred and gospel favorites arranged for solo harmonica with suggested chord accompaniment. Songs of Faith will rais...

Learn to play great classical music tunes on the mandolin! All the most famous composers are here, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi and others. The tunes form a 'greatest hits  package...

The octave mandolin is valued for its rich tone and wide range of potential use in a variety of musical settings. This book contains 27 easy to intermediate pieces from the Baroque era that have been...

Spanish virtuoso guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega (1852 – 1909), was acknowledged as one of the most significant performers and influential guitar teachers of his day. His original pieces and...

Turlough O'Carolan, blind during his lifetime, was a renowned Irish harpist who is still regarded as an extremely significant Irish composer. Author Hans Landau has gathered 25 of O'Carolan's most wel...

All of the arrangements in this book were especially prepared for the beginning bluegrass banjo student. Written in G tuning, melody and accompaniment tabs are shown for 51 banjo favorites! Lyrics are...

Gospel Songs for Banjo Made Easy is a collection of gospel favorites arranged for bluegrass 5-string banjo. The arrangements stay true to the classic three-finger 'Scruggs style' techniques with the m...

An exciting beginning blues harmonica course! The ideas presented are solidly in the blues tradition with great sounding bluesy licks to play, even at the beginning level! Topics include Phrasing Conc...

First Lessons Blues Harmonica is an exciting course for the beginning blues player. The ideas presented are solidly in the blues tradition with great sounding bluesy licks to play, even at the beginni...