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Topic: "Teach Yourself to Play Dobro" good beginner book??? |
Thomas Bray
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2022 5:19 pm |
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I'm going to have my Armstrong lap steel tuned to open G, and my Rogue in C6. The former I'm going to use to work on playing "Amazing Grace", while I continue to teach myself exactly as the C6 book directs for learning technique. My son seemed to really excel when he was starting out by learning songs written in tab on the side while he focused on reading music and technique with his instructor's lessons and practices.
That said, does anyone know if this is a good beginner book? The book synopsis says it is, but they may be a smidgen biased.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 2 Mar 2022 12:55 pm
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I don’t own it, but I have come across the book in music stores in the past and I think it’s a pretty good book to get started on the instrument. I went to the website to refresh my memory and the online audio files to accompany the text are a nice feature.
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Patrick Jackson
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2022 1:21 pm
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| I’m not familiar with this book, but I really like the Janet Davis “You Can Teach Yourself Dobro” book from Mel Bay. I think she has a gift for breaking things into manageable chunks. It covers many of the major styles, including Josh Graves-type roll-based bluegrass, the older Hawaiian style, and some melodic fiddle tune arrangements. |
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Thomas Bray
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2022 2:40 pm
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| Thanks. I found a copy of the book I was asking about on bookfinder.com with shipping for under $10, and will look for the Mel Bay book tonight. I like drawing from multiple sources |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2022 8:34 am
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All of the Stacy Phillips books are excellent, but The Dobro Book -- in addition to its valuable history lessons -- will get you started in the right direction. It does progress rather rapidly to more intermediate material, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. One doesn't want to remain a beginner forever.
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 3 Mar 2022 8:48 am
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| Andy recommended my vote for the best: "Complete Dobro Player" has years worth of stuff to work on, and starts pretty approachably. |
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Thomas Bray
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2022 11:49 pm
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Looks like my reference collection is going to be quite nice by Christmas.
I'm going to pass this list on to my kids, too. My birthday is the 8th! |
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Thomas Bray
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2022 12:27 am
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
I have a book called Exploring Open D that covers that tuning.
Troy Brenningmyer has many excellent video lessons for Dobro:
https://www.lessonswithtroy.com |
I do watch Troy Brenningmeyer's channel on YouTube quite a bit.
I went to your website. Andy. It says you're sold out of that particular book. I'm not in a rush, so I'll check back maybe next month, and if not the Open D book, I saw a few others that I'd like to pick up over time, thanks. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 4 Mar 2022 5:25 am
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The Open D book is being reprinted now. I'll have more in 2-3 weeks.
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Steve Atwood
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Thomas Bray
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2022 12:05 am
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| The Gospel Dobro will be my next book. Thanks. |
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