You Can Teach Yourself Dobro (eBook + Online Audio/Video)
The classic resonator guitar sound is currently popping up in all types of music ranging from country to bluegrass to blues to rock. Resonator Guitar is a fun instrument to play. Janet Davis has taught people of all ages to play resonator guitar and in her own words, "They all have a good time pickin' and grinnin'." This is a very easy method to follow and it will teach you basics of resonator performance including both chording and single note playing using the slide bar. Also, you will play bluegrass, old ...more
Product Number:
95227EB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio/Video
Skill Level:
Beginning
Pages:
134
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-6097-4077-7
ISBN13:
978-16097-4077-1
Series:
You Can Teach Yourself
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
12/30/2015
The classic resonator guitar sound is currently popping up in all types of music ranging from country to bluegrass to blues to rock. Resonator Guitar is a fun instrument to play. Janet Davis has taught people of all ages to play resonator guitar and in her own words, "They all have a good time pickin' and grinnin'." This is a very easy method to follow and it will teach you basics of resonator performance including both chording and single note playing using the slide bar. Also, you will play bluegrass, old-time country, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, folk songs and more. This method covers an extremely wide and diverse array of topics. If you want to play Dobro, this book will show you how! In tablature only. Includes access to online audio and video.

History of the Resophonic Guitar

It's Fun!

The Resophonic Guitar

Lesson I: Tuning

1A: Holding the Resophonic Guitar

1B: The Right Hand

1C: Picking the Resophonic Guitar

1D: The "Steel" Bar

1E: Holding The "Steel"

1F: Chords and Single Notes

Slant Chord Positions

1G: Tablature

Rhythm

Lefthand (Steel Bar) Indications

Natural Harmonics (Chimes)

Artificial Harmonics

Lesson 2: Chord Locations

2A: Finding The Melody

Goodnight Ladies

Lesson 3: Roll Patterns

Lesson 4: Licks-Picking Patterns

Lesson 5: Playing a Song

Salty Dog

Lesson 6: The Hammer

Wabash Cannonball

Lesson 7: The Pull-Off

Cripple Creek

Lesson 8: Licks in Closed Chord Positions

John Hardy

Lesson 9: Using Roll Patterns

Blackberry Blossom

Lesson 10: Understanding Rhythm

Lesson 11: 1st & 2nd Endings

Home In Dixie

Lesson 12: Up-the-Neck

Footprints in the Snow

Lesson 13: Glissando-The Key of C

Great Speckled Bird

Lesson 14: Slant Chord

Dark Hollow

Lesson 15: Playing by Ear

Lesson 16: Finding the Melody on One String

Wabash Cannonball

Lesson 17: Embellishing the Melody

Wabash Cannonball

Lesson 18: Vibrato

John Henry

Lesson 19: Open-String Licks-Tilting the Bar

Chord Progression #1

Lesson 20: Chord Progressions

Chord Progression #2

Lesson 21: The "Foggy Mountain" Lick

Train 45

Lesson 22: Combining Licks

Sunnyvale Breakdown

Lesson 23: Interchanging Licks

Lesson 24: Natural Harmonics (Chimes)

Grandfather's Clock

Lesson 25: Interchanging "D" Licks

Hamilton County Breakdown

Lesson 26: Seventh Chords

Hamilton County Breakdown

Lesson 27: Closed Chord Blues Licks

John Hardy

Lesson 28: Syncopation and Blues Notes

Lesson 29: Adding Blues Notes and Harmonics

Reuben

Lesson 30: Using a Capo

Salt River

Lesson 31: Roll Patterns

She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain

Lesson 32: Rolls and Licks

Lonesome Road Blues

Lesson 33: Roll Patterns and Licks

Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

Lesson 34: The Choke

Lesson 35: Improvising

Lesson 36: Combining Bar Techniques

Sally Goodin'

Lesson 37: Review of Basic Techniques

Fisher's Hornpipe

Lesson 38: Licks Using Scales

Bill Cheatham

Lesson 39: Melodic Style

Flop Eared Mule

Lesson 40: Single String Technique

Devil's Dream

Lesson 41: The F Chord - Melodic-style

Red Haired Boy

Lesson 42: The Modal Sound

Old Joe Clark

Lesson 43: Minor Chords

Greensleeves

Lesson 44: "D" Minor

Battle of Jericho

Lesson 45: "A Minor" Blues

House of the Rising Sun

Lesson 46: Waltz-Time

Amazing Grace

Lesson 47: Tremolo: Waltz-Time

Silent Night #1

Silent Night #2

Lesson 48: Waltz-Time Blues

In the Pines

Lesson 49: Slant Chords

Sailing To Hawaii

Lesson 50: Adding the Blues, 4/4 Time

When You and I Were Young, Maggie

Lesson 51: Slow Songs

Silver Threads Among the Gold

Lesson 52: Artificial Harmonics

Dixie

Lesson 53: Artificial Harmonics as Embellishment

Aloha Oe

Lesson 54: Transposing/Playing in Any Key

Will There Be Any Stars? (C)

Will There Be Any Stars? (D)

Moveable Chord Position Chart

 
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