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Bluegrass Dobro Lessons
with Andy Hall
Basic Dobro
Introduction To Basic Dobro
History of The Dobro
Parts of The Dobro
How To Hold The Dobro
Picks, Capo, and Gear
Names of the Strings and Tuning
Changing Your Strings
How To Wear The Picks
How To Read Tabs
Basic Right Hand Technique
Developing the Thumb
Under The Bar
Basic Left Hand Technique
Getting The Hands Working Together
“Mary Had A Little Lamb”
The Key of G
“Will The Circle Be Unbroken”
“Cripple Creek” - Key of G
Slides
Sliding Exercise 1
“Meadowlark” - Key of G
Introduction To Chords
C Major Scale
“Wildwood Flower” - Key of C
Basic Chord Progressions
“The Camptown Races”
Basic Rhythm Chops
Beginning Forward Rolls
Beginning Reverse Rolls
D Major Scale
“Midnight On The Stormy Deep”
Playing Standing Up
Using a Capo
Right Hand Technique
Vibrato
Learning The Neck
How To Learn Songs By Ear
Ear Training Exercise 1
“Amazing Grace”
“Old Joe Clark” - Key of A
“Maiden's Prayer”
“Aloha Oe”
“Poor Boy's Delight”
“The Little Girl I Left Behind Me”
“Goodbye Liza Jane”
“Shenandoah”
“I am a Pilgrim”
“Mountain Sage”
“In the Sweet By and By”
“Fireball Mail” (Basic)
“Keep On The Sunny Side”
“I'll Fly Away” - Key of C
“Bury Me Beneath The Willow Tree”
“Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland” - Key of D
“Folsom Prison Blues”
“Over The Waterfall”
Tips for Your First Jam Session
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Submit a Placement Video
Intermediate Dobro
Introduction
More Right Hand Technique
Efficiency of Motion
Keeping the Bar Down
Rolls: More than 3 String Rolls
Rolls: "Cincinnati Blues"
Picking Patterns: Alternating Bass Strings
Expanding The Key Of D
"Angeline The Baker"
Closed Position D Minor
"Wing and a Prayer" - D Tuning
Open and Closed G Minor
Octaves
Intonation
Sound Quality
Playing Over 12 Bar Blues
The Blues
"12 Bar Blues"
"Back Country Blues" - Key of B
Chopping: The Next Step
Chopping: Minor Chords
Chord Backup
"Wildwood Flower" Chord Melody
Reducing Excess Noise
Ear Training Exercise 2
Sliding Exercise 2
Minor Chords
The X Pattern
"Cluck Old Hen"
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
Harmonics
"Silver Bells"
Slants: Two Note, Forward Slants
Slants: Three Note, Forward Slants
Slants: Reverse Slants
Slants:"Wildwood Flower"
Old School Dobro
"Wabash Cannonball"
A Blues Open Positions
E Blues Exercises
"Deep Ellum Blues"
"Downtown Blues" - Key of E
"Steel Guitar" - Key of E
“Sweet Home Chicago”
A Minor Scale
A Minor Concepts: "Shady Grove"
E Minor Scale
B Minor Scale
Power Picking Exercise
Rakes
Rake Scales
Breaking Free From Scales
Playing in 3/4 or Waltz Time
"Dead Cedar Waltz"
Metronome: The Next Step
"May The Circle Be Unbroken"
Major Arpeggios
Minor Arpeggios
"Wayfaring Stranger"
Left Hand Efficiency Over Chord Changes
How To "Dobroify" A Melody If Needed
"Kentucky Waltz"
Increasing Feel & Emotion
Making Rolls Musical
“Salt Creek”
Maximizing Practice Time
Guiding the Chord Changes
Harmonizing a Melody
Introduction to Weissenborn
“Down in the Willow Garden” on the Weisssenborn
“Sally Ann”
“Stoney Point”
“Dixie Hoedown”
“Whiskey Before Breakfast”
“Walkin Boss”
“Red Haired Boy”
"Still the One"
All Note Locations for Every Key
“House of the Rising Sun”
“Fireball Mail” (Intermediate)
“Gravity”
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Advanced Dobro
Pick Blocking
Behind The Bar
Chicken Pickin
"Forked Deer"
Low String Bass Notes
Playing With Intent
Rolls: The Final Frontier - Banjo Style
Melodic Style Playing
"Arkansas Traveler"
Fiddle Tunes On The Dobro
"St. Annes Reel"
"Panhandle Rag" Key of D
Swing Tunes and using The 6th Note
More Rhythm Techniques
Open B Position
"Angeline The Baker" (in open D)
"Black Rock"
Alternate Tunings: Open D
Alternate Tunings: Pedal Steel Sound
Alternate Tunings: E Minor and G 6th
Alternate Tunings: D6
Theory and Chord Scales
Improvising and Writing
Right Hand Dynamics
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs: The Next Step
Diminished Scales and Chords
Passing and Chromatic Notes
Ear Training: The Copycat Exercise
Building Solos
Solo: "Always You"
Kickoffs and Endings
The Mental Game of Performance
Advanced Right Hand Technique
"Soldiers Joy"
Major 7 Arpeggios
Chord Substitutions
Alternate Picking
“Bill Cheatham”
“Greensleeves”
“Lucky Shuffle”
Getting Drive in Closed Position
Advanced Passing Notes
“John Hardy”
“Cherokee Shuffle”
“Shady Grove”
“Cattle in the Cane”
“You Can't Stop the Changes”
“Fireball Mail” (Advanced)
"Big Sandy River" - Key of A
“Moveable Solo Patterns”
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Lap Steel
Introduction to Lap Steel
Dobro vs. Lap Steel
Right & Left Hand Technique
Basic Blues Scale (Key of D)
Double Stops & Chords
12 Bar Blues
Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs
Sliding
Vibrato
“Movin Blues”
“Sweet Home Chicago”
D Major Pentatonic Scale
“When the Saints Go Marching In”
Double Stops in D
“Jambalaya”
“Deep River Blues”
“Indian Peaks”
“Preachin Blues”
“This Little Light of Mine”
E Blues
Open G Tuning
“I Saw the Light”
“Auld Lang Syne”
“Oh Susannah”
“Panhandle Rag”
Drop E Tuning
Andy's Lap Steel Setup
Free Form Improv
30 Day Challenge
30 Day Challenge - 2017 (Archive)
30 Day Challenge - 2018 (Archive)
