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AGP - Easy Beginner Acoustic Guitar Instruction Book With CD - Acoustic Guitar Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Bert Casey is the only book designed to take the raw beginner through the basics of bluegrass and country guitar, including both rhythm and lead playing. Clearly illustrated with many photographs, this is the easiest to understand book on the market today. Contains a complete chord chart and all music is written in both standard music notation and tablature. Includes lyrics and melody lines. The audio CD includes Tom Dooley, Going Down That Road Feeling Bad, Worried Man Blues, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Dark Hollow, Amazing Grace, Pallet On Your Floor, Way Downtown, Sitting On Top Of The World, Wabash Cannonball, Crying Holy, Salt River, Billy In The Low Ground, Little Maggie, Nine Pound Hammer, Wildwood Flower, John Hardy, Sally Goodin, Cripple Creek, & Will The Circle Be Unbroken .

13.95

EGP - Easy Beginner Electric Guitar Instruction Book With CD - Electric Guitar Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Bert Casey is a unique and very effective beginning guitar book combining popular songs with step by step, easy to follow instructions and works equally well for electric or acoustic guitar. Based on over 25 years of both private and classroom instruction, it includes everything the beginning guitar student needs to start playing right away (strumming chords, rock & roll riffs, easy to understand diagrams & pictures, complete chord chart, scale section, and barre chord section). The accompanying audio CD is in stereo with the guitar on one channel and a full band with vocals on the other. The songs included on the CD are Johnny B. Goode, Louie, Louie, Wild Thing, Miss You, Black Magic Woman, Don't Be Cruel, Knocking On Heaven's Door, Lucky Man, Great Balls Of Fire, Old Time rock & Roll, Kansas City, That'll Be The Day, Summer of 69, All Along The Watchtower, Beat It, Wanderer, Rave On, Cocaine Sunshine Of Your Love, Gimme Shelter, Stages, Already Gone, & Start Me Up .

14.95

GSB - The Guitarist's Scale Book by Peter Vogl is a complete scale encyclopedia for guitar with over 400 scales and modes with the scales arranged alphabetically.  It contains scale diagrams with notation and tablature for each scale and tips on how and when to use each scale.  The ScaleFinder system using icons and letters makes scale finding easy.  It also contains outside jazz scales, exotic scales, cross-stringing scales and easy to understand explanations of scales and modes.  It can be used alone or in conjuction with THE GUITARIST'S CHORD BOOK

8.95

GCB - The Guitarist's Chord Book by Peter Vogl is a 144 page book that contains over 900 chords with photos to clearly illustrate each chord and each note of the chord is labeled.  The ChordFinder system, using icons and letters, makes finding chords easy.  It also contains a special moveable chords section with the most widely used shapes for each class of chord.  It contains Peter's Picks - goodies from Peter's bag of tricks to give you new sounds, shapes and inspirations for song arrangements.  A must for guitar players of all levels.  

8.95

GTB - The Guitarist's Tablature Book by Peter Vogl is the most useful tablature book available.  Based on many years of teaching experience, this book contains input from several master teachers throughout the Southeast.  Pages of large tablature and chord diagrams - easy to write on and easy to read.  Included are handy reference materials such as commonly played chords and scales, lesson logs and manuscript paper.  Full guitar neck diagrams give plenty of room to write out scales or riffs.  Pages are perforated for easy tear-out, and the book lays flat for writing.  There is a useful "tip" on every tablature page. A valuable and useful tool for all guitar players. 

8.95

BP - Easy Beginner Banjo Instruction Book With CD - Banjo Primer Book - Companion to the Video -by Geoff Hohwald is the first true beginners book revealing the secrets of good Scruggs style 5 string banjo technique. Clearly illustrated with over 40 photographs, it includes basic rolls, exciting & easy to play song arrangements, and up the neck breaks. It is easy to understand with step by step instruction making this the perfect book for individual or group instruction. Songs include: Boil Them Cabbage Down, Cripple Creek, Standard Breakdown, Black Mountain Rag, Little Maggie, John Hardy, & Kicking Mule. An audio CD lets you hear all songs at 3 speeds - very slow (for learning), medium tempo (for practicing), and full tempo (performance speed).

13.95

BS - Banjo Songs Book With 2 CDs - Follow       up to the Easy Beginner Banjo Instruction Book - by Geoff Hohwald contains 96 exciting breaks to 30 popular bluegrass songs the way the pros play them. This easy to follow book of tablature with 2 CDs will help the beginner to intermediate quickly learn to play with power and accent and improve timing. It includes several breaks to each song with lots of up the neck licks. All songs are played slow and fast on the 2 CDs. Songs include: Cripple Creek, Old Joe Clark, Nine Pound Hammer, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Amazing Grace, Pretty Polly, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Soldier's Joy, Fisher's Hornpipe, Black Mountain Rag, Cumberland Gap, John Hardy, In The Pines, Dark Hollow, Dixie, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Little Maggie, Pallet On Your Floor, When The Saints Go Marching In, Red Haired Boy, Sitting On Top of the World, Grandfather's Clock, Roll On Buddy, Wildwood Flower, Bill Cheatum, Kicking Mule, Blackberry Blossum, Train 45, Salt River, and Pure Pleasure.

18.95

BGP - Easy Beginner Bass Guitar Instruction Book With CD - Bass Guitar Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Bert Casey is the most complete and easy to understand beginning bass method available today. It includes many illustrations showing correct left & right hand technique. Styles include alternating bass notes, two beat, eighth notes, walking patterns, common rock & roll riffs, and complete discussion of theory as it applies to the bass. Comes with an audio CD that features a full band (bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, & vocals) playing Good Hearted Woman, Old Time Rock & Roll, That'll Be The Day, Wanderer, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Johnny B. Goode, Kansas City, Under My Thumb , Addicted To Love, Billy Jean, She Works Hard For The Money, La Bamba, & others . All music is written in both standard music notation and tablature.

13.95

HP - Easy Beginner Harmonica Instruction Book With CD - Harmonica Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Tom Wolf covers all the material in the video, plus it has 17 additional songs not included in the video. It utilizes many photos and illustrations to fully explain all the techniques and exercises. All the music is written with harmonica tablature as well as music notation with lyrics. This course includes an audio CD where all the songs are played at 2 speeds (slow for practicing and performance tempo). The book contains markers for each piece of music so you can locate it's exact position on the CD or video. Songs include: Wildwood Flower, House of the Rising Sun, Streets of Laredo, Red River Valley, Marines Hymn, Blues Shuffle, Silent Night, O Christmas Tree, Jingle Bells, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Harp Boogie, Tom Dooley, Amazing Grace, Basic Blues, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, and Reuben's Train

13.95

MP - Easy Beginner Mandolin Instruction Book With CD - Mandolin Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Bert Casey features easy to follow, step by step instruction showing the beginner how to play bluegrass mandolin. Includes lead playing and rhythm technique, with a complete chord chart. Clearly illustrated showing left & right hand technique, scales, and many popular tunes. Songs on the CD include: Worried Man Blues, Wildwood Flower, Cripple Creek, John Hardy, Red Haired Boy, Sally Goodin, Soldier's Joy, 8th Of January, Billy In The Lowground, Blackberry Blossum, Bill Cheatum, Salt Creek, Old Joe Clark, & Boil Them Cabbage Down . Each song is written in both tablature and standard music notation.

13.95

FiP - Easy Beginner Fiddle Instruction Book With CD - Fiddle Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Jim Tolles is the first book clearly showing the beginner how to play the fiddle. Includes many illustrations showing how to hold the bow and fiddle properly and many exercises to develop good bowing technique and learning how to play in tune. The book & audio CD include all songs on the video plus: You Are My Sunshine, Wildwood Flower, Hot Corn Cold Corn, Amazing Grace, Blind Mary, Star of the Count Down, Southwind, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Angeline The Baker, Little Maggie, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Soldier's Joy, Cripple Creek, Red Haired Boy, Salt Creek, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, & Old Joe Clark

13.95

VP - Easy Beginner Violin Instruction Book With CD - Violin Primer Book - Companion to the Video - by Jim Towles shows the beginner all the techniques necessary to get started on the violin. Includes many illustrations showing how to hold the bow and violin, and many exercises to develop good bowing technique and learning how to play in tune. The easy to follow step by step instruction makes this the perfect book for school orchestra programs or group instruction. Songs on the audio CD include Alphabet Song, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Sunday Waltz, Jenny Pluck Pears, When The Saints Go Marching In, Red River Valley, Sweet on Violin, and Seagulls & Seals

13.95

MB93833DP - Mel Bay's Children's Guitar Method Book  & DVD, by William Bay - 48 Pages  This is a popular and creative method for teaching guitar to young children.  From the beginning it integrates chord playing with note reading.  The student starts with easy one finger chord forms and strums accompaniments to numerous songs.  Note reading is then methodically and carefully introduced.  The method features Ron Wheeler's colorful cartoon artwork.   

13.95

MB20149BCD - Mel Bay's Bluegrass & Country Guitar for The Young Beginner - Book and CD - By William Bay. A very easy, step-by-step book/CD package teaching chords, backup licks and breaks, hammer-ons, pull-offs and other solo techniques. Written in notes and tablature. Songs Include:  Amazing Grace, Arkansas Traveler, Banks of the Ohio, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Bury Me Not on the Lone Praire, Cluck Old Hen, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cripple Creek, Down in the Valley, East Virginia,  Farmer in the Dell, Golden Hammer, In the Pines, Jack of Diamonds, Knoxville Straights, Leather Britches, Little Bessie, Living Where the Healing Waters Flow, Mountain Spring, My Homes Across the Smoky Mountains, My old Cottage Home, New River Train, Old Chisholm Trail, Poor Ellen Smith, Precious Memories, Reuben's Train, Roving Gambler, Sally Goodin', Short Life of Trouble, Sweet Lillie, Sweet Sunny South, The Hallelujah Side, Uncle Joe, When You and I were Young, Maggie, White House Blues and Wildwood Flower. 

13.95

MB98650 - Mel Bay Presents Children's Guitar Chord Book - by William Bay - Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Open chords for folk music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily in this text. A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation.

6.45

MB20000BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Beginning Guitar Book with CD or Book with CD & DVD - By William Bay. A step-by-step, concise, user-friendly guide to learning chords, strumming, and songs. Music is presented in the keys of G, D, E minor and C with a play-along CD &/or DVD. The book also features sections on types of guitars, frequently asked questions, how to string a guitar, and musical and guitar-related terminology Songs Include:  Brother John, The Farmer in the Dell, Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here, Lonesome Valley, Tom Dooley, The Old Chisholm Trail, Jack of Diamonds, O, Mary, Don't You Weep, Bury Me Not, New River Train, Frankie and Johnny, Shady Grove, Skip to My Lou, Jacob's Ladder, East Virginia, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms, Beautiful Brown Eyes, We Three Kings, Goober Peas, Blow Ye Winds, Father Abraham, Sweet Lillie and more

7.45
With CD

13.95 With CD/DVD

MB20290BCD - Mel Bay's Getting Into Bluegrass Guitar  Book and CD -  A Crash Course into Bluegrass and Flatpicking Guitar Styles By Joe Carr - 96 Pages - Beginning to Intermediate - Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist Joe Carr presents an overview of the exciting flatpicking style in tablature and in music notation. Beginning with basic chords and strum patterns, this book/CD combination covers Carter style, fiddle tunes crosspicking, floating, improvisation and much more! Special sections address pick direction, pentatonic scales, dropped D tuning and how to read standard music on the guitar. Included are the “Top Ten” flatpicking favorites and a section on Irish ornamentation Songs Include:   45 Trains, Arkansas Traveler, Bass Boogie, Beaumont Rag, Bill Cheatem, Billy In The Lowground, Black Mountain Rag, Blackberry Blossom, Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine, Wildwood Flower, Cripple Creek, Doc's Rag, Fire On The Mountain, Fisher's Hornpipe, Flat Breakdown, Flatpicker's Mountain Breakdown, Old Joe Clark, Flopped Eared Mule, Forked Deer, John Doherty's Mazurka, Miller's Reel, Ragtime Annie, Red Haired Boy,  Jimmie's Blues, Saint Anne's Reel, Sally Goodin, Salt Creek, Soldier's Joy, The Old Spinning Wheel, Tripping Up Stairs, Wagoner, Whiskey Before Breakfast, White Rice, Wildwood Flower 

16.95

MB94286BCD - Mel Bay's Easy Gospel Guitar Solos Book and CD - by Tommy Flint - Nashville's fine guitarist, Tommy Flint, has penned 44 great sounding gospel guitar solos in notation and tablature. Each solo is carefully arranged to capture the popular fingerpicking gospel guitar sound while not being technically difficult. Songs Included:  Am I A Soldier Of The Cross – Amazing Grace- Beautiful Life- Bringing In The Sheaves --Come Sound His Praise Abroad- Daily Sing The Praises- Faith Of Our Fathers- Grant Us Thy Holy Spirit-He's All I Need -Holy Spirit, Dwell In Me- Jesus Is His Name- Jesus Loves The Little Children- Just A Closer Walk With Thee- Kum Ba Yah- Leaning On The Everlasting Arms- Let The Lower Lights Be Burning- May God Bless And Richly Keep You- Mine Eyes And My Desire- Near The Cross-Nearer, My God, To Thee- O, How I Love Jesus- Old Time Religion- One Heart, One Mind- Pass Me Not-Peace, Perfect Peace- Praise Him In The Morning- Precious Memories- Rock Of Ages- Saviour, Like A Shepherd Lead Us- Shall We Gather At The River- Softly And Tenderly- Sounds Of Singing, Sounds Of Dancing- Sweet Hour Of Prayer-There's A River Of Life - We Love Thee, O Lord- We Thank You, O Lord- What A Friend We Have In Jesus- When We All Get To Heaven- Whispering Hope- Worthy And Holy

13.95

MB99973BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Flatpicking Guitar  Book and CD -  By Joe Carr - This book is perfect for beginners, players with a little experience and guitarists who want a good grounding in the flatpicking style. Using popular American fiddle tunes, Joe introduces the important basics of good flatpicking including pick direction, fingering, and hand position. The accompanying CD provides a clear performance of each exercise and tune. An introduction to playing up the neck in closed positions is included as well as several of Joe's own advanced arrangements of jam session favorites Songs Include:  Whiskey Before Breakfast, Old Joe Clark, Salt Creek, Blackberry Blossom, Bill Cheatham. Cripple Creek, Ragtime Annie, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, Arkansas Traveler, Red Haired Boy and more.

7.45

MB98098BCD - Mel Bay's Basic Guitar Strumming and Fingerpicking Guitar  Book and CD -  By Nori Kelley - Beginning Level - 40 Pages - This book equips the beginner with the basic techniques necessary to succeed in the modern world of music. Numerous strumming patterns are covered, as are several fingerpicking patterns. The student will also learn the basics of chord chart reading, something that will come in handy should they ever find themselves in semi-pro or professional playing situations. This book will benefit anyone who is interested in playing current popular music, including rock, alternative, folk-rock, country & contemporary worship. Also included is a full length 75-minute CD with all 51 exercises from the book, to help the student with areas such as timing and the concept of playing with other musicians. The goal for the student is to play the exercises along with the CD. A must for both beginners and those desiring to improve their basic strumming and fingerpicking skills

9.95

MB99822BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Blues Guitar Book with CD or Book with CD & DVD -  By Mike Christiansen & Corey Christiansen. Written for the beginning guitarist who loves the blues, this text will guide any student through the basis of playing guitar by using blues melodies and blues chord progressions. Students will learn open chords, common strumming patterns, power chords, blues scales, and how to read standard notation, and tab. An effective method for writing original blues lyrics is also provided. This text has lessons on correct posture, caring for the guitar, proper right and left-hand technique, and tuning the guitar to its self, a pitch pipe or a piano. The accompanying CD &/or DVD provides students a professional recording of tunes and exercises that should be used as a practice tool.

7.45
With CD

MB99919BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Folk Guitar Book with CD or Book with CD & DVD -  By Corey Christiansen. This beginning guitar method is unique in that it teaches the basics of playing guitar while focusing on the style of folk guitar. Designed to teach students the fundamentals of playing chords and melody on guitar, First Lesson Folk Guitar also provides lessons on correct posture, caring for the guitar, proper right and left-hand technique, and tuning the guitar to its self, a pitch pipe or a piano. Subjects covered include strumming chords, accompaniment patterns, fingerstyle basics, reading standard notation, reading tab, and alternating bass strum patterns. Time tested folk standards with lyrics are included to teach playing fundamentals. Accompanying CD and/or DVD provides students a professional recording of tunes and exercises.

MB99820BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Rock Guitar Book with CD or Book with CD & DVD -  By Mike Christiansen & Corey Christiansen. Finally a method that gets students started on the essentials of guitar while focusing on the material every rock guitarist should know. Subjects include power chords, rock scales, rock soloing, reading tab and standard notation, open chords, accompaniment strum patterns, and rock licks. Designed to educate students about guitar essentials, this lesson makes the learning fun. Chord progressions and melodies similar to rock classics make this text a must for aspiring rock guitarists. The accompanying CD &/or DVD gives students the opportunity and hear and play along with the pros.  

MB99224BCD - Mel Bay's Getting Into Rock Guitar Book with CD  -  By Stephen Delach. Getting Into Rock Guitar is a simplistic approach to learning the language of rock guitar. Written from a player’s perspective, this book demonstrates how to apply basic concepts and put them into your playing today. The material covers essential scales, rhythms, and techniques that make up the rock idiom. With over one hundred examples and play-along tracks, Getting into Rock will help guide you to becoming not just a rock guitarist, but a complete rock musician. Written in notation and tablature.

MB20200BCD - Mel Bay's Getting Into Slide Guitar Book with CD  -  By Steve Dawson - Beginning to Intermediate. Getting into Slide Guitar covers slide for acoustic or electric guitar and focuses on open-G tuning. The book explains the concepts of technique, basic theory, improvising, harmonic and melodic concepts and provides many essential examples. Most of the context for the book is blues-based, but the ideas and examples are applicable to all styles.

MB97332 Mel Bay Presents Pat Kirtley Irish Guitar - Celtic Guitar Solos - 72 pages. Intermediate to Advanced - World traveling fingerstyle guitarist Pat Kirtley presents 17 solo guitar arrangements of traditional Irish tunes including a few original compositions in the same vein by himself, Pierre Bensusan, and Duck Baker. As all of the tunes in this 1997 recording were arranged in altered tunings (DADGAD, EADEAE or DADEAD), each appears in both standard notation and tablature with insightful performance notes. In general, these transcriptions from Pat Kirtley’s 1997 album of the same title are extremely accurate; The Red-Haired Boy, however, played as a duet with Steve Rector on the album - appears as a solo arrangement in this book. Recommended for the intermediate to advanced player, the author provides insightful performance notes for each tune..  Songs Include:  Blind Mary, Turlough o”Carolan, Chase the Weasel, Fannie Power, Finn MacCool’s Reel, Lord Mayo, Moran’s Return, Morgan Magan, Planxty Irwin, Rodney’s Glory, Sergeant Early’s Dream, Shu Beg Shi Mhor, The Blarney Pilgrim, The Last Pint, The Pretty Milkmaid, The Rakes of Waterloo, The Red-Haired Boy, The South wind, Voyage for Ireland

MB95180WW - Mel Bay's The Irish Bouzouki Book -  By By Niall O' Callanain & Tommy Walsh. A 48-page tutor which provides easily understood instructions for playing the Irish bouzouki. The bouzouki, its origins, the history of the instrument, and the styles of its finest practitioners are analyzed in this book. Since the bouzouki's introduction to Ireland it has developed a personality and an Irish identity all of its own. The instrument and its unique sound are now part and parcel of Irish music. With the help of this book, you can add a new dimension to traditional Irish music.  Songs Include:  Brackagh Hill , Bridget, Carolan's Draught,   Charles O Connor, Connachtman's Rambles, Doctor Gilberts, Eamonn A'chnoic, Fearghaill O'gara, Lucky In Love, Niamh's Capers, Paddy Went To London  Return To Milltown, Sunny Banks, The Gold Ring, The Lads Of Laois, The Mist Covered, Mountain, The Rights Of Man, The Wise Maid, The Woman I Never Forgot, Trip To Lerwick, Walsh's Hornpipe  

MB99566BCD - Mel Bay's Mississippi Delta Blues Fingerstyle Solos Made Easy - Book and CD -   By Larry McCabe. This book and CD has been carefully prepared for guitarists who are starting to learn blues fingerpicking-and yes, the book can actually be used by an ambitious total beginner. The arrangements, written in tab and standard notation, include new blues songs, standards, introductions, turnarounds, and more. All songs are recorded note-for-note on the companion CD, making this unique set the perfect teacher for the emerging fingerpicker. Songs Include:  Backwater Blues, Bullfrogs for Breakfast, Canepole Catfish, Careless Love, Howlin' in the Canebrake, Midnight Special, Mississippi Moan, Mudslide Blues, Red Pineapple Blues, Saint James Infirmary, Salty Dog Blues, Shakedown in Natchez, Swing Eighths and Zuba

13.95

MB96548BCD - Mel Bay's Easy Banjo Solos Book and CD - This book presents a selection of original 5-string banjo tunes that can be played by the beginning student familiar with basic chords in G tuning. The author introduces a variety of styles and banjo techniques including hammer-ons, pull-offs, string bending and slides - all in standard notation and banjo tab. Banjo chords are shown in diagram format and suggested chord changes for an accompaniment instrument are provided. With the exception of three frailing pieces, all selections employ the up-picking right-hand technique. A companion CD is included at the unbeatable Mel Bay Value Line price!

9.45

MB99920 - Mel Bay's Bass Chord Picture Book -

A user-friendly photo chord guide showing basic chord tones for major, minor, dominant 7th, sus 7, minor 7, major 7, diminished, augmented, sixth, minor 6th, 7#5 and 7b5 chords.

Included in book: Key of C, Key of C#/Db; Key of D; Key of E; Key of E; Key of F; Key of F#/Gb; Key of G; Key of A; Key of A; Key of Bb; Key of B

4.45

MB98388BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Dulcimer Book and CD -  In DAD Tuning - by Joyce Ochs - This 32 Page instruction book for beginning lap dulcimer in DAD tuning is unique in two ways. First, it instructs the beginning student in the increasingly popular DAD tuning. Secondly, the author, a classroom music teacher, has carefully and systematically layered the lessons to guide the student through familiar songs while teaching skills and musical concepts. This not only enables the student to enjoy the lap dulcimer but also enhances total music understanding and participation. The accompanying CD provides instructional dialogue and demonstrations of the techniques and songs included in the book. Additional hints and exercises are presented in an inviting and encouraging conversational text.  

7.45

MB94662 - Mel Bay's Dulcimer Chord Book -  by Neal Hellman - Multiple Levels - Over 500 mountain dulcimer chords for the five widely used modes-- Mixolydian, Ionian, Lydian, Dorian, and Aeolian--plus jazz and four-string chromatic tunings. Includes an explanation and history of modes, transpositions, using a capo, playing dulcimer in jam sessions, and more. Special case size. 64 Pages. Multilevel

7.45

MB93858 - Mel Bay Presents the Dulcimer Chord Encyclopedia -  By James Major - Multiple Levels - A comprehensive chord encyclopedia for the mountain dulcimer in the common Mixolydian, Ionian, Dorian, Lydian, and Phrygian modal tunings. Three different tunings are presented for each mode!

18 different tunings
In All Keys: Major, Augmented, Minor, Diminished, Dominant 7th, m7, M7, 6, m6 9 and m9
 

13.95

MB94047BCD - Mel Bay's Complete Dulcimer Handbook and CD - Multiple Levels - 196 Pages - This book was written as a basic guide and source book for all dulcimer players, from the absolute novice to the most advanced picker. With its 53 songs in various modes and tunings, The Complete Dulcimer Handbook is meant to be used as a songbook, a lesson plan book, and a step-by-step guide from beginner to intermediate or advanced level. The author's basic premise is that, given this instrument's relatively brief pedagogical history, "There are no right or wrong ways to play the mountain dulcimer, only harder or easier means of reaching the same ends". The stereo CD features the author’s outstanding performance of 17 tunes from the book.
 

23.95

MB95602BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Hammered Dulcimer Book and CD -  by Linda G. Thomas - This Book/CD is designed to instruct beginning players on the instrument. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns, holiday music and fiddle tunes written in standard notation, with instructions on how to read the notation. Lyrics and suggested chords for accompanying instruments are also included. The accompanying CD offers two tracks for each selection: a performance track with rhythm guitar and an instructional track with detailed phrase-by-phrase demonstration. The guided audio instruction at a slow tempo will prove invaluable for the "by ear" player. This method provides a "private lesson" approach for success on the hammered dulcimer. Songs Include:  All Through the Night, The Ash Grove, Away in a Manger, Children's, Song of the Nativity, The Girl I Left Behind Me, In the Garden, Silent Night, St. Anne's Reel, Sweet By and By, Sweet Hour of Prayer

7.45

MB96675 - Mel Bay's Hammered Dulcimer Book - Book Only -  by Jeanne Page - Beginning Level - This book was written to aid the dulcimer player in playing as a backup musician. It provides the tools necessary for musicians who are seeking to go beyond simple melody lines. The majority of chords diagrammed are those most commonly used, and those whose notes are clustered on the instrument in six repeated shapes. Diagrams are shown for the 15/14 dulcimer. Shows all 12  Keys for Dominant Sevenths, Major Triads, Minor Sevenths & Minor Triads

11.95

MB95602BCD - Mel Bay's 1st Lessons Ukelele Book and CD & Book with CD & DVD -  by Jerry Moore - 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. From the most basic necessities, such as holding the uke properly and forming simple chords, up to more advanced techniques, which include transposing, using second and third position chords, and picking and strumming melody solos. Companion CD included.  Songs Include:  Amazing Grace, Beautiful Brown Eyes, Camptown Races, Crawdad Song, Mary Had a Little lamb and My Wild Irish Rose.

7.45 with CD

13.95 with DVD

MB94683 - Mel Bay's Fiddling Chord Book - Book Only - 72 Pages - Contains the most frequently used basic chords, and covers practically every fiddling situation. Major, minor, diminished, augmented, seventh, minor seventh, and sixth chords are shown in detail.

Contains: Diminished Chords, Major Chords, Minor Chords, Minor Seventh Chords, Seventh Chords & Sixth Chords

8.95

MB95602BCD - Mel Bay's Easiest Fiddling Book and CD -  by Craig Duncan - This Book/CD contains two dozen arrangements of tunes for the beginning fiddler or violinist.  It begins with the easiest arrangements and progresses in difficulty.  Each tune is written in music notation with chord changes followed by a fingering chart - CD Contents - 23 Songs - Liza Jane, Old Joe Clark, Cotton eyed Joe, Shortnin' Bread, Oh Susanna, Buffalo Gals, Cripple Creek, Cindy, Soldier's Joy, Flop eared Mule, Wreck of the Old 97, Wabash Cannonball, The Yellow Rose of Texas, On the Road To Boston, Goodbye Liza Jane, Chicken Reel, Simple Gifts, Rocky Top, Home, Sweet Home, Do, Lord, Marching Through Georgia, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Rubber Dolly 

13.95

MB96546BCD - Mel Bay's Easy Fiddling Solos Book and CD -  by Dick Weissman & Mike Connolly.  Beginning Level - 32 Pages - This book of original pieces is intended to give the beginning fiddler an immediate grasp of the fundamentals of fiddling in an instructive yet enjoyable way. The authors assume that the student is capable of reading music in the first position in various keys. Rare in fiddle notation- a tablature system is included with suggested fingerings below each line of music. Melodies are shown with chord symbols for guitar, banjo, or piano accompaniment. A companion CD is included-all at a great price! Includes: "B" Careful, Arpeggios In Wonderland, Bag of Licks, Chief Niwot, Don't "Bb" (Don't Be Flat), Double Fun, Drones, Four O'clock Boogie, Four Potatoes, Mo's Cup of Tea, Old Joe Clarke, Rainy Day Jig, Rocky Mountain Waltz, Rolling Scales, Sally Get Your Shoes On, Shuffles, Some Clues on the Blues, Steffi's Polka, Tags, The Goose is Gone, The Home Again Waltz, The Red Suspenders, Tie One On, Toss the Accordion, Where The Rivers Change Direction.

9.95

MB94833 - Mel Bay's Easiest Mandolin Book - by William Bay - A handy and economical starter book chock-full of useful information. Teaches strumming rhythm by playing along with lyrics. Teaches tablature reading for playing solos. Contains 25 folk favorites for strumming and singing, 13 songs in notation and tablature for solo picking and a mandolin chord reference - Included in book: Tuning the Mandolin; How to Read Chord Symbols; Chords in the Key of G; Time Signatures; Chords in the Key of D; Reading Tablature; Solos; The Major Chords; The Dominant Seventh Chords; The Minor Chords; Chart

4.95

MB99945BCD - Mel Bay's First Lessons Mandolin Book & CD, By Dix Bruce - 40 Pages - Beginner - FIRST LESSONS ON THE MANDOLIN - First Lessons Mandolin teaches the absolute basics of learning to play mandolin from holding the pick to performing easy mandolin tunes. It doesn't get any easier than this! Students learn how to hold the mandolin correctly, how to read mandolin tablature, basic note reading, the most popular mandolin chords, how to play easy melodies in several musical styles, basic picking technique, how to tune the mandolin, and much more. Along the way students will learn about the greatest mandolin players and their music. The main emphasis of First Lessons Mandolin is to get the student up and playing immediately and to have fun doing it!

7.45

MB20099BCD - Mel Bay's Getting Into Bluegrass Mandolin Book & CD, By Dix Bruce - 96 Pages - Beginner - 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, double stops, fiddle tunes, playing in all keys (transposing from one key to another), playing backup, introductions or “kickoffs”, and tremolo. Lessons use classic bluegrass songs and tunes to help you build a great bluegrass repertoire as you learn. All songs and examples from the book are recorded at both slow and regular speeds on the CD. Written in standard notation and tablature. Songs Include: All the Good Times are Past and Gone, Laura Lee, Banks of the Ohio, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Crawdad Song, Down in the Willow Garden, East Virginia Blues, In the Pines, John Hardy, Liberty, Little Maggie, Lonesome Valley, Long Journey Home, Man of Constant Sorrow, Moveable Blues, New River Train, Nine pound Hammer, Old Joe Clark, Pass Me Not, Ragtime Annie, Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms, Shady Grove, Somebody Touched Me, Wayfaring Stranger, When the Saints go Marching In, Will the Circle Be Unbroken

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MB99962 - Mel Bay's Red Hot Bluegrass Mandolin Licks & Solos Book & CD, By Larry McCabe - 48 Pages - BEGINNER -  In music, the term "bluegrass" describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Bill Monroe, which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass mandolin licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C, G, D, and A minor written in notation and tablature. The licks are broken down into phrases of two, four, and eight bars. In addition, several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression that is standard in bluegrass, country, and folk music. All 101 examples are recorded on the companion CD with guitar accompaniment at a moderate tempo.

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MB99932BC - Mel Bay's First Lessons Piano Book & CD, by Per Danielsson - 40 Pages - Beginner  FIRST LESSONS ON THE PIANO - Beginning piano course introduces children or adult students to basic music notation and helps them build a solid foundation of piano skills. Theory and instruction appears alongside music examples in an integrated approach to learning. The play-along CD will help the student to develop a more musical approach and become more secure in both dynamics and rhythm. It is highly encouraged to use the play-along CD as much as possible. The CD contains model renditions of most of the pieces in the book as well as play-along accompaniments to make practicing more fun. After successful completion of this book the student will be well prepared for further piano studies in various styles of music

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MB99927-BCD - Mel Bay's First Lessons Accordion Book & CD, by Gary Dahl - 32 Pages - Beginner FIRST LESSONS ON THE ACCORDION  This book is designed for the person who may know nothing about music and has had no previous accordion training. Included with the book to facilitate the learning process is an instructional recording by the author! This effective exceptional teaching tool will motivate and guide the beginner student from basic accordion familiarization and music theory to quickly achieving results by playing songs such as Scarborough Fair and Ode to Joy! The minimum size instrument for this breakthrough teaching book is an 80 bass piano accordion.
• Designed for the most inexperienced beginner. Includes an instructional recording by the author.
• Guides the student from basic familiarization and music theory, to learning tunes.Includes Scarborough Fair and Ode to Joy
• Minimum size accordion: 80 bass piano
 

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MB99799BCD - Mel Bay's First Lessons Banjo Book & CD, by Jack Hartfield - 32 Pages - Beginner  FIRST LESSONS ON THE BANJO  is an ultra-easy instruction manual for beginning five-string banjo played in the three finger style in G tuning. It can be used by those with no previous experience with the banjo or music of any sort. Covers the most basic rolls, the Alternating Thumb Roll and two Forward Rolls, plus the three basic chords plus the relative minor chord. All musical examples are presented in tablature, with the melody notes in boldface type so the student knows which notes to emphasize. All arrangements include lyrics. The 'finale' arrangement is Cripple Creek, a popular banjo standard that should give the novice a great sense of accomplishment. The accompanying recording includes all tabbed examples, with the rhythm instruments and lead banjo in separate channels. The songs are played at three tempos, with guitar, mandolin and bass accompaniment. The up-tempo accompanied versions are all together at the end of the recording so it the final tracks be used as a listening recording.

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MB94406 - Mel Bay's Easiest Banjo Book only, by William Bay & Neil Griffin. Beginning Level - 24 Pages - Beginner - A lively collection of songs for strumming, plus easy G-tuning solos for