2-DVD Set- Award-winning instrumentalist Rob Ickes has created a comprehensove course to help you master all aspects of the resonator guitar from bar tachnique to fingerpicking rolls. He covers ererything you'll need to hold your own in a bluegrass band from a fine-tuning the strings to achieving good tone timing and volume control. You'll learn correct hand positions for fast and clean playing powerful forward and reverse right hand rolls basic music theory and all aspects of good bar techniques. With Jim Hurst on vocal and guitar you'll gain an understanding of how to play back-up rhythm and fills behind a vocalist create effective solos build chords andscales and much more. Rob teaches or demonstrates several great tunes including Will the circle be unbroken Dixie Hoedown Ol' Dangerfield Sailin' To Hawaii Monrobro Reuben How great Thou Art and Flat Lonesome. Whether you want to play bluegrass or explore country blues Hawaiian or other styles these DVDs will get you on the right track-fast.

The classic resonator Guitar sound is becoming increasingly popular in all types of music ranging from country to bluegrass to blues to rock.You Can Teach Yourself Dobro provides a very easy method tofollow and it will teach you the 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 andmore. This method covers an extremely wide and diverse array of topics.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 'Theyall have a good time pickin' and grinnin'.' If you want to play Dobro this book will show you how! In tablature only. Includes access to online audio and video.

DVD 1-Discover the vast possibilities of East Coast Piedmont fingerpicking-style. On this comprehensive lesson in bottleneck slide guitar Mike Dowling reveals his secrets tricks and techniques that have made him a successful artist and Nashville session guitarist. He explores often overlooked techniques that will enhance your playing and overall musicianship and make even the simplest lines sound musical. Using mainly Open-D tuning Mike teaches Mean Ol' Fisco Stranger Here Boogie Woogie Dance Swamp Dog Blues and Jan's Song. Suitable for early intermediate level this package contains a book let with tablature to the featured tracks andexercises.

Stacy Phillips is an internationally acclaimed soloist and author on Resonator Guitar. This comprehensive book took years to produce and is the culmination of Stacy's many years of playing the instrument studying new Resonator techniques and interviewing other Resonator greats.This book achieves the following objectives: 1. To present an in-depth survey of the styles in which well-rounded lap Guitarist should be competent.2. To examine the playing styles and techniques of some of the world's greatest Resonator Guitarists. 3. To catalog many of the licks that are lingua franca in the world of Resonator guitarists. 4. To indicate some of theunderlying relationships between notes keys and chords by introducing some basic music theory as it relates specifically to the six-string Guitar in G tuning. 5. To gain insights into the world of Resophonic Guitar stylings andperformance through interviews with some of the top players. 6. To demonstrate unconventional concepts in order to stimulate fresh approaches to playing the instrument. Tablature included. The audio presents more than 90minutes of stereo recording featuring Stacy Phillips on Dobro and Paul Howard on Guitar. Play-along tracks are included for several of the tunes. Access to online audio included.

Learn to play a variety of fantastic tunes as you master the challenging techniques of the Dobro with this second accessible DVD tutorial by Dobro master Stacy Phillips.In this more advanced lesson your repertoire of techniques is extended to include drones rolls and scale patterns this time with an emphasis on bar slants and string pulls. These powerful techniques give you the ability to play more complex chords and to create distinctive effects including some stunning pedal steel-like licks.Four tunes are taught in detail. Cherokee Shuffle and Bill Cheatham emphasise the skills you need to arrange fiddle tunes for Dobro. KentuckyWaltz looks at working forward and reverse slants into your solos and other areas of your repertoire. Finally Last Rose Of Autumn combines everything you've learned in a single complex instrumental. Amass an arsenal of techniques by learning some magical songs all of which will transform and inspire you Dobro playing.

A Lesson in Lap-Style Dobro Playing-Celebrated Dobro maestro Doug Cox introduces a private lesson in the elements and techniques that characterise the lap-style guitar. Not only will you receive a solid foundation in Dobro playing and music theory for one of the best in the business you will also learn to:Name all the notes and major chords on the DobroPlay the indispensable I-IV-V chord progression in all keysDiscover 'Chucking' and how it worksUse characteristic tone and damping tricksTo compliment the wealth of technical knowledge you will also be introduced to three Dobro standards The Water Is Wide Worried Man Blues and St. Anne's Reel top start yourepertoire and give you authentic tunes with which you can master this unusual but wonderfully evocative style of playing.

Doug Cox is one of the world's most acclaimed and sought after Dobro players and he brings his vast experience to this practical book for lap-style resophonic guitar. In Exploring The Fretboard Doug shows and teaches creative fun techniques and ideas on playing effective 'backup'. Playing backup means responding in a sensitive manner with singers and other musicians. Doug Cox takes a serious look at what to do when you're not soloing. 'To play or not to play?'

Par ANDREWS DREW. Featuring 28 well-known Christmas songs arranged for squareneck resonator guitar with chord symbols for an accompaniment instrument. Book contains chord diagrams for accompaniment guitar as well as common strum patterns to use for rhythm backup. All songs are arranged in standard notation and tablature for Dobro®. This book may be used along with Mel Bay's Mandolin Christmas Songbook (MB21013) and Mel Bay's Ukulele Christmas Songbook (MB20886). All songs, except 'Away in a Manger? are in the same key and can be played together. Most songs in Mel Bay's Tenor Banjo Christmas Songbook (MB21014) are also in the same key and can be used together. / Niveau : Débutant / Christmas - Tune Book / Recueil / Guitare Résonateur

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass Old Time Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written and recorded by thegiants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe The Stanley Brothers Flatt & Scruggs Ralph Stanley The Osborne Brothers Jimmy Martin Doc Watson and many more. Also included: Step-by-Step instruction on how to transpose anysong to any key! The audio download available online include recordings of every song in the book.

Media Type : Chart Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Acoustic Music Number of pages : 4 This is a handy reference chart detailing the common chord positions that all squareneck resonator slide players should know. Major, dominant and minor chords are illustrated in both closed and open string versions. In addition, four major scale patterns and a diagram of the location of the notes on the neck are included.