Comprehensive Play-along Program of Professional Dobro Arrangements
"Bluegrass Dobro" Series
Dobro Volume 1
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If you are new to the Dobro, this book is the perfect
place to start! This book has been designed to give the
first year Dobro student a solid foundation with this
wonderful instrument. All too often, instructional books
for the Dobro focus on playing just a solo, ‘fiddle
tunes’ and ‘hot licks’. The thrust of my arrangements
has always been to encourage folks to play their music
together with friends or family. Solos AND the backup
fills behind the vocalist are included. Dobro Volume 1
will take the learning process to the next level
emphasizing the theory behind the music, and encourage
creativity. A special chapter, 'Seeing the Music in Your
Mind' puts this in layman's terms.
The 103 audio
tracks, included with this project, provide 2 hours and
21 minutes of music in a variety of tempos and mixes to
get the most benefit from the program.
The first
part of this book is set up to help a complete beginner
get a quick start on the Dobro. Following this start up
section, you will find the ‘Song Section’, which
includes a wide cross section of music styles.
Click here for the Table of Contents. The download
package contains all of the tablatures in pdf format and
play along mp3s.
Dobro Volume 1 Video Tutorial
Price: FREE! (with Dobro Volume 1 purchase above)
These videos have been prepared to compliment the
book, Dobro Volume 1 (above). The program will walk you
through the entire book, note-by-note in 7 Units in
approximately eight hours of instruction. Tablature is
included at the bottom of the screen.
This video
tutorial is included with Dobro Volume 1 book described
above.
Dobro Volume 2
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 2 picks up where we left off in Volume 1. The arrangements for this book were selected for their ‘jamming appeal’ at bluegrass festivals. The material was inspired by many requests including a mix of songs ranging from bluegrass standards, vocal tunes, gospel, banjo instrumentals, fiddle tunes and so on. There’s a little something for everyone in this project. You will find many of the techniques that you’ve been working on in Volume 1 in this follow up work.
The solos are 'razor sharp', accurate and faithful to the recordings and designed to be playable, interesting and practical in jamming with others. The greatest care has been exercised in making this recording as professional as possible giving you the desire to practice along with 'the Virtual Band'.
Song list: Cabin In Caroline*, Big Sandy, Arkansas Traveler, Precious Memories*, Orange Blossom Special, Big Mon, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Mama Don't 'Low*, Black Mountain Rag, Man Of Constant Sorrow*, Angel Band*, Train 45, (*Complete arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 3
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 3 highlights some of the most
popular vocal songs in the bluegrass repertoire.
This Volume contains both slow and faster recordings in
a variety of bluegrass keys to aid your accuracy. The
guide instrument will be on the right side of your
stereo, so it can be isolated for further study. The
arrangements are realistic and designed so that you can
play solos and backup behind the vocalist. The program
is a balanced mix of singing and instrumental numbers
that will give you many hours of enjoyable, quality
practice time.
Song List: Blueridge Cabin Home*,
Nine Pound Hammer*, Walls Of Time*, Foggy Mountain Top*,
Little Cabin Home On The Hill*, Blue Moon Of Kentucky*,
Lonesome Road Blues*, Salt Creek, I’ll Fly Away, Ruben
(* Complete arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 4
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 4 continues with the same
format, including hot instrumentals, great parking lot
picking and singing tunes heard at any major bluegrass
festival or campground jam session.
Song List:
Fireball Mail, Gold Rush, Blue Kentucky Girl*, Ragtime
Annie, Clinch Mountain Backstep, Some Old Day*, Banjo
Signal, How Mountain Girls Can Love*, Wheel Hoss,
Wayfaring Stranger*, Shenandoah Breakdown, Think of What
You’ve Done*, Jerusalem Ridge(* Complete arrangement
with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 5
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 5 is based on many requests
for an all Gospel set. Many of the songs are presented
in a slow to medium format allowing the Dobro to play
tasteful backup behind the vocals. The book includes
detailed tablature for all Dobro solos and backup.
Song List: High on a Mountain Top*, In the Sweet By
and By*, You're Drifting Too far From the Shore*,
Maiden's Prayer, What a Friend We Have in Jesus*, Rank
Stranger*, Life Is like a Mountain Railway*, Get up
John, The Old Crossroads*, Sweet Hour of Prayer*, Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot*, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?* (*
Complete arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 6
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 6 adds more and more great
bluegrass tunes to your growing repertoire!
The
solos have been carefully thought out to represent the
actual way the professional musician would execute them
on the festival stage. You will also note that some of
the faster songs have an increased tempo from the
standard ‘fast’ speed of 200 bpm (beats per minute).
The arrangements are in the standard bluegrass keys
of G, A, B, D minor (Lonesome Moonlight Waltz), the G
minor tonality (Working on a Building) also E and F. The
lineup includes singing songs, banjo songs, fiddle tunes
and more. Learn them all and get to the next bluegrass
festival in your area to try them out!
Song List:
Bluegrass Breakdown, Road To Columbus, How Great Thou
Art*, Bugle Call Rag, Nashville Blues, Wreck Of The Old
97*, Shuckin' The Corn, Working On A Building*, Lonesome
Moonlight Waltz, Dear Old Dixie, Foggy Mountain Special,
Wild Bill Jones* (* Complete arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 7
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 7 is based on the many requests that I have received. The song selection this time is not strictly all bluegrass. There is a balanced mix of bluegrass, country, gospel, Irish, waltz and boogie.
Song list: Band Of Angels*, Fiddler's Last Waltz, John Hardy, Lonesome Banjo, Milk Cow Blues, Ninety Nine Years*, Red Hair Boy, Remington Ride, Salty Dog Blues*, Sleep Walk, Someday Soon*, Your Love Is Like A Flower* (* Complete arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 8
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Bluegrass Dobro Volume 8 presents a wide variety of songs ranging from Old Time, Bluegrass, Swing/Jazz, Irish, Country, Fiddle and Banjo tunes and Gospel. There is something here for everyone in your audience. The arrangements are for the intermediate to advance player. The recording includes two versions of each song, a complete arrangement with a full band back up and a second arrangement with the Dobro completely removed.
Song List: Amazing Grace*, Blue Night*, Devil's Dream, Girl I Left Behind, Gotta Travel On, Ground Speed, I Saw The Light, Liberty, Little Maggie, Old Joe Clark, Old Rugged Cross, Uncle Pen*, Waiting For A Train, Red Wing. (* Arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volume 9
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Dobro Volume 9 continues the program with more popular jamming tunes.
Song List: America, Bill Cheatham, Carroll County Blues, Colored Aristocracy, Down Yonder, Great Speckled Bird, In the Pines, Jesu Joy of Man's Desire, June Apple, One Wife is Good Enough, Sailor's Hornpipe, Waltzing Matilda, Wearing of the Green, Whiskey Before Breakfast.
Dobro Volume 10
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Dobro Volume 10 covers a nice cross section of music from around the world. These songs were chosen by popular requests and favorites of my students. There are many play along audio recordings included with this package, slow, medium and faster versions to aid accuracy and others with the lead instrument removed so that you can be part of the 'band'.
Song List: Bourree in E Minor, Cherokee Maggie, Columbus Stockade Blues*, Planxty Fanny Poer, Southwind, Fire on the Mountain, Southwind, Flowers of Edinburgh, Off to California, Road to Lisdoonvarna, Snow Deer, Temperance Reel, Tennessee Waltz*, The Boys of Bluehill, What Would You Give (in exchange for your soul)*, Wildwood Flower (keys of G and D). (*Arrangement with vocals.)
Dobro Volumes 1 thru 10
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Music Theory for Dobro
Essential Music Theory for Dobro - Unit 1
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"Essential Music Theory for Dobro" is a program
designed to help a first year Dobro student to learn how
to play from the heart and rely less on printed sheet
music and tablature. It is a practical application of
music theory using bluegrass music and other examples
that can be applied to real life jam sessions.
Over the years, as a dedicated music teacher, my
students consistently asked how to improvise more
fluently on their Dobro and to do so without the aid of
sheet music, tablature or rehearsing the song
beforehand.
It’s surpising how many people,
including music teachers, who when asked to play a tune
(like "Happy Birthday") they’ve not rehearsed at a party
or jam session reply by saying, ‘I can’t because I
haven’t got the sheet music’, or, ‘I’ve heard that song
but never played it’ or some excuse like that. If
they’re not in their ‘comfort zone’, they shy away from
playing. Sound familiar? If you are one of these people,
this program is especially for you!
Click here to learn more and see the Table of
Contents. Included with this package is the matching
video tutorial described below.
Essential Music Theory for Dobro - Unit 1 Video
Tutorial
Price: Included with Unit 1 book
This video tutorial matches Unit 1, "Essential Music
Theory for Dobro" shown above. It is included with
Unit 1 described above.
This video tutorial will
slowly walk you through each chapter, exercise and song
in Unit 1 note by note; measure by measure. The
tablature and sheet music are presented to the side of
the video screen making it easy to follow along with the
program.
The songs and examples are demonstrated at multiple
tempos, slow, medium and faster with a full band backup.
Several video/audio mixes are included; with and without
the Dobro; with and without the lead vocals. A full band
backup with guitar, bass, banjo and vocals are
integrated encouraging you to play along with the ‘band’
on the video AND be the lead singer! Karaoke bluegrass
Dobro! Click here for a detailed description of this
video program.
Total playing time: 3 hours, 34
minutes.
Essential Music Theory for Dobro - Unit 2
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This is Unit 2 in the Essential Music Theory for
Dobro series. This package also includes the matching
video tutorial below.
Essential Music Theory for Dobro - Unit 2 Video
Tutorial
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This video tutorial matches Unit 2, "Essential Music Theory for Dobro" shown above. It is FREE with the purchase of the Unit 2 book above. Total playing time: 4 hours, 14 minutes.
Dobro Christmas
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The Holiday Season is a wonderful time for family and
friends to be together. It is also a great opportunity
to play music! That was the thought behind this series;
playing Christmas Carols as a family or with friends.
The arrangements presented in this book are for 1, 2
or 3 Dobros. They are cleverly arranged to match the
complimentary books in this series: Mandolin Christmas,
Bass Christmas, Banjo Christmas, Fiddle Christmas and
Guitar Christmas. You can mix and match any of the
arrangements in many different combinations to create
some very unique and entertaining Holiday Music and
Caroling. As an example, let’s say that you have a
Guitar and Mandolin picker to jam with. You can split up
the parts between the three of you. The Dobro could play
part 1, the Guitar part 2 and Mandolin part 3. For
variety, you can switch these as you perform. The second
time through the song, as an example, the Dobro could
switch to part 2, the Guitar to part 3 and the Mandolin
could go to part 1. On the next repeat, switch the parts
again! There are many possibilities. Add a Bass and you
will have an authentic, Christmas Carol Quartet!
The arrangements use Dobro Tablature with standard
Bluegrass G Tuning (G, B, D, G, B, D low to high)
Several play-along audio recordings have been
prepared to give you and idea of how the arrangements
sound with the instruments together and other recording
mixes minus the individual instruments affording you the
opportunity to fill in the missing parts.
Song
List: Angels We Have Heard On High Away in a Manger
Christmas Hornpipe Coventry Carol Deck the Halls God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Oh
Come All Ye Faithful O, Holy Night Silent Night The
First Noel (Nowell) We Wish You a Merry Christmas What
Child is This?