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Topic: Dobro- Rob Ickes teaches Hank Williams style on YouTube |
Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Ralph Czitrom
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Ringwood, New Jersey
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Posted 20 Mar 2020 8:56 am |
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| Thanks for posting that, Doug. I recently tuned one of my lap steels to GBDGBD, and having fun with it. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 20 Mar 2020 8:58 am
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I’m on Rob’s email list so I received this yesterday.
An excellent lesson in how to make Don Helms’ playing on the song work on a GBDGBD tuned dobro (or lap steel).
But you have to subscribe to Rob’s new learning website to get the the whole thing.
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Greg Booth
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Anchorage, AK, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2020 9:47 am
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I watched that yesterday too. It’s excellent and Rob is a great teacher. For those here that may not know, Rob has been awarded the IBMA dobro player of the year FIFTEEN TIMES!! When Rob talks, people listen. Including me. The first thing I noticed was when he dismissed playing it in the high register like Don Helms...but I think that is killer! He casually ripped through it and it was a little pitchy but next time I have the dobro on my lap I’m going to work on that.
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Greg
Kathy Kallick Band
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 20 Mar 2020 10:39 am
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Greg - you should show a photo of the extended fretboard on your Scheerhorn. Though even with that board the real estate between frets above #19 gets really tight.
Along with his comment that it sounds "thin" Rob had to drop that down because if he played those parts in the same octave as Don Helms it would be up there in no man's land beyond the end of the typical fretboard. Rob's average student is going to have a difficult time with that.
But I will say I might prefer it in the higher octave if one can pull it off in G tuning.
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Greg Booth
From:
Anchorage, AK, USA
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Mike Harris
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2020 5:40 pm Hey Good-Lookin'
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| I didn't watch the whole thing, but I think he's got an interval wrong on the intro. Where the word "something" would be sung, the original is harmonizing at the 6th below, not the third. If you want to be 100% accurate you will want to change that. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. |
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Greg Booth
From:
Anchorage, AK, USA
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Mike Harris
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Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2020 6:35 am Hey Good-Lookin'
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| Spot-on, Greg! Thanks for indulging the perfectionist. I hope my comment did not offend in any way. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Eric Sprado
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2020 8:26 pm
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| Little different slants there Greg. Are you in GBDGBD?If so I have some neat new slants to learn. |
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Greg Booth
From:
Anchorage, AK, USA
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Brian McGaughey
From:
Orcas Island, WA USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2020 4:53 am
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Good stuff all. I feel like I’m on the right track after seeing Rob’s dusty fretboard... looks like mine!  |
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Lonnie Wells
From:
The Buckeye State
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Posted 9 Apr 2020 2:24 pm
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| thanks for posting the intro Doug. I love those old Hank Williams songs and steel parts. I also been working on my dobro a lot more now that I'm stuck in the house! |
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