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.

Let Ivan introduce you to some important basic concepts in soloing and backup techniques for the beginner/intermediate Dobro player. In this lesson, Ivan demonstrates how to identify and remember commonly used first-position areas of the fret board, which makes it easy to find a bluegrass melody.He then explains how to incorporate rolls, slides, hammer-ons/pull-offs, and other essential dobro techniques to create a coherent and interesting bluegrass solo. Topics covered include: --Right Hand Roll Demonstrations -- Pick Up Notes For Solos -- Left Hand Damping -- Visual Patterns For Learning the Dobro Neck -- Finding Melody Notes -- Pick Blocking -- Building a Bluegrass Solo -- Spicing Up Your Solo -- Filling Spaces with Dobro Runs -- and much more! In the right hands, the Dobro becomes an instrument of impassioned feeling, dark mystery and great beauty. Ivan Rosenberg has those 'right hands.' / Guitare (Résonateur) / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

For Resonator Guitar Chart-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.Inaddition four major scale patterns and a diagram of the location of the notes on the neck are included.