Mel Bay Publications has introduced fourteen new wall charts for a variety of instruments and teaching situations. These wall charts measure 24 inches by 35 inches and are printed in full color on sturdy laminated paper. Many include a photograph of a beautiful instrument, and all include a wealth of useful information for musicians at all levels. These new wall charts complement Mel Bay's best-selling Electric Bass Master Chord Wall Chart, Guitar Master Chord Wall Chart, Rock Guitar Master Chord Wall Chart, and Keyboard Master Note Finder Wall Chart.

The Basics of Drumming Wall Chart gives an overview of the important fundamentals and technical foundations of drumming. Topics include: Basic rhythms (counting, 3- and 4-way coordination), stickings, strike sequences (notation figures, fills), accents/accent dynamics, bass drum and hi-hat (foot) ostinato, hi-hat integration (opening and closing), and the International Drum Rudiments. Both binary and ternary rhythms are included.

The Bass Scales Wall Chart presents the most commonly used scales and modes with fretboard diagrams for four-string bass. A beautiful photo of a four-string electric bass is labeled with string numbers, open string names, and the fret location of all the natural notes on the fretboard.

The Blues Guitar Wall Chart provides the basics of playing the blues guitar. Common scale and chord diagrams and blues chord progressions are laid out in a way anyone can understand. The note and number of each string and the natural notes on the fretboard are labeled on a beautiful photo of a solid-body electric guitar.

Mel Bay's Classic Guitar Reference Wall Chart shows major and minor three-octave scales, right hand arpeggio patterns, arpeggiated cadences in major and minor keys and a complete fingerboard/notation diagram.

The Elementary Music Theory wall chart gives a complete, easy-to-understand graphical overview of the most important elements of music: note names, intervals, note and rest values and counting, clefs, and other elements of notation as well as the notes on the staff and their location on the keyboard.

Mel Bay's Flamenco Guitar Wall Chart offers an overview of the essential elements of this flamboyant art form. It provides musical examples of the principal techniques, song forms and rhythms together with a glossary of flamenco terms, specifics of the structural differences between flamenco and classic guitars, and a chronological list of noteworthy flamenco players. A large photo of a guitar constructed by Rafael Moreno Rodriguez of Granada, Spain graces the chart, sure to appeal to the novice or seasoned flamenco guitarist!

The Graphic Guitars Poster illustrates the fine art of Paul Chase. Many of the pictured paintings have actual guitars embedded in the surface, then painted over with a contemporary "graphic guitars" design. Traditional methods such as colored pencil, pastels, mixed media, enamels and acrylic are also used to create the guitar paintings.

Packed with information, Mel Bay's Guitar Scale Wall Chart contains a complete fingerboard/notation diagram and shows fingering grid diagrams for major and minor scales (harmonic, melodic and Hungarian), pentatonic and blues scales and modes.

Mel Bay's Harmonica Wall Chart is a reference chart for the 10-hole major diatonic harmonica and chromatic harmonica. For the diatonic harmonica, it includes: 1) A chart of notes for all major keys and relative positions; 2) Note layout for standard draw and blow bending; 3) Note layout for over-bending; 4) Lee Oskar Altered Tunings; and 5) The most common scales. For chromatic harmonica, the chart shows 1) Note layout for 10, 12 and 16 hole chromatic harmonicas; and 2) Complete major and minor scales along with common modes.

The Jazz Guitar Chord Substitution Wall Chart helps the guitarist spice up any chord progression by applying the most common chord substitutions used in Western music. Substitutions illustrated in this chart include vi for I, ii for V, tritone, diatonic chord substitutions, and others. Each concept is presented with a table showing the proper chord assignment in all twelve keys. With string names and the natural notes labeled as they apply to the fretboard, this wall chart provides a wealth of information.

Mel Bay's Jazz Guitar Wall Chart by Corey Christiansen provides sample improvised lines, turnarounds, comping patterns, and much more with standard notation, tab and diagrams. The basics and essentials of playing jazz guitar are compiled in one chart for aspiring jazz guitarists to learn from each day. Pick a lick a day (or week) and guitarists will be playing authentic jazz ideas in no time at all. A stunning photo of a beautiful archtop guitar makes this chart functional as well as beautiful for hanging where guitarists practice.

The Keyboard Essentials Wall Chart gives a complete, easy-to-understand overview of the essential information that every keyboard player should know. It shows the notes and their location on the keyboard, inversions, the main scales, and chord/finger positions to use with automatic accompaniment features of electronic keyboards.

The Theory and Harmony Wall Chart presents a graphical overview of the most important elements of musical harmony: the circle of fifths, the essential scales and modes, chords and their inversions, key signatures, and the diatonic chords in C Major, as well as an easy to understand diagram of chord symbols.

The Violin Wall Chart presents innovative finger-pattern drawings for all twelve major scales in first position and movable patterns for higher positions. It also includes note finder chart and list of bowing terms.

Additional wall charts are being prepared for banjo, jazz piano, mandolin, percussion, and slide guitar.