Intermediate Sheet Music from Mel Bay Publications

This book illustrates a variety of accompaniment patterns and arrangement techniques for the folk harpist. The procedure taught in this book will enable the intermediate to advanced harper to play any...

Seven Festive Trumpet Solos is a collection of powerful and sparkling settings for trumpet and organ. Several of the compositions are original. Others are new arrangements on well-loved sacred hymns....

How to Play a Tune in Any Key takes a comprehensive look at transposition in a short and easy-to-understand book. The reader will learn how to play each part of their favorite songs - chords, melodies...

Elements of Indian Music introduces the Indian melodic system in an accessible manner within the realm of Western music theory. It demonstrates a new archetype in music composition for composers of an...

Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Improvisation offers the advancing student a method to expand their rhythmic vocabulary and explore some of the more challenging aspects of the modern jazz idiom. It put...

This collection presents intermediate to advanced settings of 16 traditional gospel tunes arranged for solo mandolin in standard notation and tablature. With the mandolin tuned in perfect fifths and f...

Bach's cello suites are among the most famous solo instrumental works of all time. The cello and the tenor banjo share the same tuning, and banjo players might be surprised at how well this great musi...

Eighteenth century France was the center of mandolin composition in Europe, especially of mandolin music for amateurs. Jean-Baptiste Miroglio's Suites des Amusemens des Dames are typical of mandolin d...

Improve your bass guitar technique and musicality by studying the music of the masters. Classical Favorites for Electric Bass is a collection of solos and duets featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven,...

Wedding Music for Mandolin includes 23 of the most popular and best-loved wedding hits for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. - Traditional wedding songs- Easy classical pieces- Two 'Ave Maria' m...

This book presents 34 delightful Early Music melodies arranged for solo ukulele in gCEA tuning. The styles range from early Renaissance to Baroque, including lively dance tunes and sacred compositions...

Suitable for the intermediate-advanced level bassist, this book contains 10 pieces by J. S. Bach in arrangements by Josquin Des Pres for the Bass Guitar. Johann Sebastian Bach is recognised as one of...

This book contains 30 traditional to modern Celtic tunes arranged in either simple melodic lines with suggested accompaniment chords, or stand-alone melody/chord solos. From rollicking reels and jigs...

These outstanding country style solo piano arrangements of gospel favorites provide a wonderful resource for any worship situation. Contents include: "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus", "Abide with Me", "Bless...

As a Harmonica player, only around twenty percent of your playing time on the bandstand is spent soloing - have you studied how to play during the other eighty percent? Blues Harmonica Accompaniment P...

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 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...

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...

The Joan Baez Suite, op. 144 is the last of the great folk song suites written by John Duarte. Stretching back to his English Suite op. 31, recorded by Segovia and many others, he brought the folk mus...

These compositions, like most of my music, are of Latin American roots, rhythms and melodies. However, the harmonies always have a jazz influence without losing that Latin flavour. Four of the five pi...

Intermediate-advanced level. Presents 16 solos carefully written and edited to build technique. Ideal for solo performances and recitals, this volume contains works by Carcassi, Sanz, J. S. Bach, Sor,...

Intermediate-advanced level. Contains 15 solos carefully written and edited to build technique. Ideal for solo performances and recitals, this volume contains works by Joplin, J. S. Bach, Tarrega, Arc...

Timeless Solos is a play on words. The solos in this volume contain no time signatures or bar lines. I did this because I wanted the solos to be very expressive in interpretation yet 'free-form' in st...

A comprehensive text filled with solos, technique and scale studies, duets and chord etudes designed to develop familiarity and skill playing in the higher positions on the guitar fingerboard. Fourth...

Contains studies, chord melody solos, chord studies, quartal harmony etudes, triad studies and duets in the keys of C, Am, G, Em, F, Dm, D, Bm, Bb and Gm. Presents a comprehensive listing of chords fo...