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Anyone Can Play Dobro
Anyone Can Play Dobro
Taught by Paul Hayman, a teacher with over 20 years experience, this DVD is designed to teach the basics of Dobro playing to the beginning student. No previous musical experience is needed to be successful with this method.
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Beginning Country and Bluegrass Dobro
Beginning Country and Bluegrass Dobro
This video will get your skills started off right! Includes detailed study of: Bar technique - pick technique - chimes - trills, bending strings - hammer-ons - pull-offs, slants - rhythm chops - using the cassette recorder - slow songs, fast songs - and much more.
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Beginning Country Bluegrass Bass
Beginning Country Bluegrass Bass
This course contains everything you need to know to get started as the stand-up bass player in a bluegrass, country, or folk group. (it would also be good beginning foundation knowledge for rock, blues, jazz, or pop). Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Bluegrass Jamming DVD
Bluegrass Jamming DVD
Pete Wernick has the perfect solution for novice bluegrass players who want to start jamming, or for any picker wanting to build experience and confidence. He has created a video jam session so that players of any level can play along with some experienced musicians and get ready for the real thing.
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Dobro Variations DVD
Dobro Variations DVD
Cindy Cashdollar moves into intermediate territory with the blues, minor key and western swing styles that are her signature sound. She builds knowledge of the Dobro step-by-step, teaching alternate tunings, music theory and invaluable bar and fingerpicking techniques. DVD + TAB. � LEVEL 3 � 90-MIN. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Dobro: A Guide to Repertoire and Technique - DVD 1
Dobro: A Guide to Repertoire and Technique - DVD 1
This lesson in resonator guitar will have intermediate-level players picking better than they ever dreamed they could! Stacy details use of picks, the bar, hammer-ons, pull-offs, right-hand rolls, chord positions, and more. Songs include: Little Rosewood Casket, Nine Pound Hammer, Trouble in Mind. Includes tab. Early intermediate level. 75 minutes. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Dobro: A Guide to Repertoire and Technique - DVD 2
Dobro: A Guide to Repertoire and Technique - DVD 2
Stacy Phillips moves into more advanced territory as he discusses drones, scale patterns, and other techniques, now with an emphasis on using bar slants and string pulls to create more complex chords and effects. Songs: Cherokee Shuffle, Bill Cheathem, Last Rose of Autumn. Includes tab. Intermediate level. 75 minutes. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Gospel Dobro
Gospel Dobro
A popular collection of 56 favorite old-time gospel songs artfully arranged for Resophonic guitar by Tom Swatzell and Ken Eidson. All arrangements are in G tuning with notation and tablature.
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How To Figure Out Music From Recordings
How To Figure Out Music From Recordings
How many times have you heard a great solo on a CD & wished you could play it exactly like the original? In this 2-hour video you will learn the history of lick learning, the ear training benefits, & how the process actually works the same for all instrument.
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Jam Session Standards For Dobro
Jam Session Standards For Dobro
These are good solid arrangements for the intermediate-advanced player. Each tune is played once at FULL SPEED then taught one section at a time on the CD. The sections are all marked off in the tablature booklet, making it easy to follow.

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Lap Steel Guitar Easy Instruction
Lap Steel Guitar Easy Instruction
Teach yourself the fundamentals of Lap Steel playing, including introduction and care of your lap steel, tuning, finger symbols, notation and easy starter songs.
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More Dobro Lessons in Lap Style
More Dobro Lessons in Lap Style
Take a private lesson with Doug Cox! There's no better way to start from scratch on this expressive instrument than with this master instructor. Includes a transcription booklet. 60 min.
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Parking Lot Pickers Songbook: Dobro Edition
Parking Lot Pickers Songbook: Dobro Edition
A collection of over 225 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 the giants 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 any song to any key! The two downloadable CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book. Tablature and standard notation.
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Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout, Volume Two
Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout, Volume Two
This follow-up to Steve Kaufman's hot-selling CD series (#641379) features jammer-friendly backup tracks to fifty traditional bluegrass and old-time favorites, played in slowed-down and up-to-speed versions. Learning players get a band to help them get their chops together on 50 great songs.
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Twin Mandolin Workshop
Twin Mandolin Workshop
This course has tablature for both the melody solo & the harmony part that fits it. For intermediate-advanced players. The melody solo is recorded in the left channel & the harmony (twin) is in the right for isolation purposes. It is also a 'beautiful listening album'.
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You Can Teach Yourself Dobro
You Can Teach Yourself Dobro
Several of the most popular styles used in playing the Dobro, including bluegrass, old-time, country, blues, Hawaiian, and more. No previous musical knowledge needed. Flex binding. Written in G tuning in tablature only. All of the songs in the book are on the CD.
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You Can Teach Yourself Dobro
You Can Teach Yourself Dobro
Several of the most popular styles used in playing the Dobro, including bluegrass, old-time, country, blues, Hawaiian, and more. No previous musical knowledge needed. Flex binding. Written in G tuning in tablature only. All of the songs in the book are on the CD.
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Best Of Bluegrass: 10 Must-Know Songs Arranged for Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Guitar, Dobro and Bass
Best Of Bluegrass: 10 Must-Know Songs Arranged for Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Guitar, Dobro and Bass
This unique pack provides complete note-for-note scores for 10 bluegrass classics. The fiddle, mandolin, and bass parts are in standard notation. The banjo parts are written in banjo tab. The CD includes the original recordings as a further reference.
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Dobro Christmas Songbook
Dobro Christmas Songbook
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®.
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Backup and Fills For Dobro (4 CD's)
Backup and Fills For Dobro (4 CD's)
This 4-hour course will give you the ability to play backup in any situation you encounter. You will gain a large vocabulary of backup material & an understanding of how to apply the licks from both theory discussion & example tunes. 4 CD'S. No Book. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Bluegrass Guitar 1
Bluegrass Guitar 1
10 Bluegrass instrumental standards. For every song, Dan gives you a fast version, a slow version and a phrase-by-phrase lesson, plus a rhythm guitar part recorded separately so you can practice your solos.
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Bluegrass Guitar 2
Bluegrass Guitar 2
10 Bluegrass instrumental standards. For every song, Dan gives you a fast version, a slow version and a phrase-by-phrase lesson, plus a rhythm guitar part recorded separately so you can practice your solos
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Bluegrass Guitar 3
Bluegrass Guitar 3
10 Bluegrass instrumental standards. For every song, Dan gives you a fast version, a slow version and a phrase-by-phrase lesson, plus a rhythm guitar part recorded separately so you can practice your solos
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Bluegrass Guitar 4
Bluegrass Guitar 4
10 Bluegrass instrumental standards. For every song, Dan gives you a fast version, a slow version and a phrase-by-phrase lesson, plus a rhythm guitar part recorded separately so you can practice your solos.
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Bluegrass Guitar Set
Bluegrass Guitar Set
Bluegrass Guitar The Right Way is the Easy Way! with Dan Huckabee 40 Bluegrass guitar solos to build & enhance your flatpicking repertoire. Each of the 4 courses includes step-by-step instruction on CD with corresponding tablature for 10 Bluegrass instrumental standards. Complete 4 CD set.
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Bluegrass Mandolin 1
Bluegrass Mandolin 1
Included is step-by-step instruction on audio with tablature. These 10 standards are played once slowly & once up to speed. Each song has rhythm recorded separately so you can practice your solos with rhythm.
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Bluegrass Mandolin 2
Bluegrass Mandolin 2
Included is step-by-step instruction on audio with tablature. These 10 standards are played once slowly & once up to speed. Each song has rhythm recorded separately so you can practice your solos with rhythm.
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Dobro Techniques For Bg And Country Music
Dobro Techniques For Bg And Country Music
This is the ultimate resource guide for any Dobro owner, collector or fan. It begins with the history of this unique guitar and then moves into teaching the techniques used in playing it. The entire book is illustrated with photos of popular players.
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Dobro: A Guide to Repertoire And Technique - Two-DVD Set
Dobro: A Guide to Repertoire And Technique - Two-DVD Set
DVD One: This lesson in resonator guitar will have intermediate-level players picking better than they ever dreamed they could! DVD Two: Stacy moves into more advanced territory as he discusses drones, scale patterns, and other techniques, now with an emphasis on using bar slants and string pulls to create more complex chords and effects. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Easy Dobro Solos 1
Easy Dobro Solos 1
These arrangements are easy to learn & play but they still sound good! Each tune is played once at normal speed & then taught one section at a time on the CD. The sections are all marked off & labeled in the tablature booklet.

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First Jams Banjo
First Jams Banjo
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard “Jam” tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
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First Jams Flatpick Guitar
First Jams Flatpick Guitar
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard “Jam” tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
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First Jams Mandolin
First Jams Mandolin
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard “Jam” tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
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First Jams Mountain Dulcimer
First Jams Mountain Dulcimer
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard “Jam” tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems.
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First Jams Ukulele
First Jams Ukulele
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard “Jam” tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
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First Jams: Dobro
First Jams: Dobro
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard “Jam” tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
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First Jams: Fiddle
First Jams: Fiddle
The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard "Jam" tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming.
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Murphy Method Beginning Dobro
Murphy Method Beginning Dobro
Mark Panfil and Murphy have come up with the most down-to-earth Dobro video on the market. Murphy joins Mark with her guitar during each lesson. No Tab. (1 hour, 56 minutes) Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com !
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Rob Ickes Acutab Big Time Tabs
Rob Ickes Acutab Big Time Tabs
Learn Rob's solos from his celebrated solo CD, Big Time, featuring his Blue Highway bandmates. Every dobro break is transcribed in this second volume of AcuTab transcriptions featuring tabs for tunes in a variety of keys and styles.
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