Mel Bay Music Ltd

Anyone can learn to play the ukulele, and play it well. No previous knowledge of music is necessary. Strum and pick both harmonies and melodies. First Lessons Ukulele provides a simple approach for learning how to play the ukulele without reading music. F...

Ideal for beginners and those of advanced levels. Includes interviews with bongo drummers including Jack Costanzo, Armando Peraza, Jose Mangual, and Candido Camero.

This book was written for the student who wants to learn to play flamenco guitar correctly in the shortest time possible. A fanciful historical essay on the origins of the flamenco style begins this modest 32-page volume. Several of the most common techni...

By Juan Martin. For Guitar (Classic). method. Flamenco. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book+CD+DVD. Size 9.x11.75. 160 pages.

A quick-reference guide to bluegrass G-tuning banjo chords, plus a fingerboard diagram showing the location of the notes on the banjo fingerboard.

A very basic text which will help anyone learn to play portable keyboard quickly and easily. It can be used with virtually any electronic keyboard automatic chord and rhythm effects, including Casio, Bontempi, and Yamaha. The music is written as big notes...

The finest tenor banjo method available, this text represents Mel Bay's own approach to fundamental musicianship for those desiring to play tenor banjo. This book is the standard by which others are judged. Easy-to-understand and thorough in its approach,...

Getting into Bluegrass Mandolin is specifically designed to quickly and simply show you how to play bluegrass mandolin. It teaches everything you’ll need to know including: chords (both open and ‘bluegrass chop’ variety), rhythm, single-note playing, doub...