Resonator and Resophonic Guitar DVDs

NOTE: These courses are for the Dobro® (by Gibson) and also for all squareneck resonator and resophonic guitars.
Dobro® is a registered trademark of Gibson Guitar Corporation

Instructional Books for Dobro® and Resophonic Guitars
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YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF DOBRO® by Janet Davis - A Mel Bay Publication
Dobro® is a registered trademark of Gibson Guitar Corporation
An easy to understand course written in tablature, in lesson format for the beginning through intermediate levels. Each lesson builds on the previous lesson. Starts with the basics. Covers barring techniques, licks, picking patterns, chords, natural and artificial harmonics, scales, waltzes, fiddle tunes an much more.
It is highly recommended that the BOOK be purchased with the DVD and the CD.
NOTE: This book is written for the Dobro® (by Gibson) and also for all squareneck resonator and resophonic guitars.

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C-95227set BOOK, CD and DVD: $24.95

DVD-95227 DVD Price: $14.95

D-95227 Book/DVD Price: $19.95

Introduction to Dobro® DVD
All the basics, with songs and exercises performed at two speeds on the DVD.

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D-BA-BD - Introduction to Dobro® DVD only
SPECIAL: $14.95

Dobro® - A Guide To Repertoire and Technique by Stacy Phillips
Among other intermediate-level techniques, complex chords and runs are demonstrated here by the excellent Stacy Phillips on this 2-DVD set. With tab and six songs.

DVD-641965 Dobro® - A Guide To Repertoire and Technique (Stacy Phillips) 2 DVD Set
List $49.95 Our Price $39.95

Arlen Roth - Beginning Dobro® DVD
Master guitar teacher Arlen Roth gets you started on this classic and unique instrument, with 50 minutes of lessons and a 40 page booklet.

DVD-HOT715 Arlen Roth - Beginning Dobro® DVD
List 24.95 Our Price: $22.45

Dobro® Workshop taught by Phil Leadbetter
Phil Leadbetter's popularity has been growing and growing, and now he has his own instructional DVD. It's well worth the wait!

DVD-98266 Dobro® Workshop by Phil Leadbetter List $19.95
Our Price $17.95

Country and Bluegrass Dobro® DVD
Dan Huckabee is a former National Reso Champion who has been teaching since the early 1970s. This DVD will hone your skills, one phrase at a time.

DVD-7033 Country and Bluegrass Dobro® DVD
List $29.95 Our Price $24.95

Slide Guitar for Blues: Lap Style (2 DVD Set)
Slide guitar ambassador Bob Brozman offers a wealth of tips, tricks, and techniques in this 2-DVD set.

DVD-642025 Slide Guitar for Blues: Lap Style (2 DVD Set)
List $49.95 Our Price $44.95

Jerry Douglas' Dobro® Techniques DVD

Finally on DVD! Includes new introduction and interview. Includes tablature.

DVD-641646 Jerry Douglas' Dobro® Techniques DVD List: $29.95 Our Price: $24.95

MORE Dobro® A Lesson in Lap-Style Reso Playing by Doug Cox
Learn how chords work in songs and more! For the upper level beginning through intermediate Reso player.

DVD-000328 MORE Dobro® List: $19.95 SPECIAL $16.95

Dobro® VARIATIONS Cindy Cashdollar
Explorations in Minor, Swing and Rockabilly Styles
Cindy Cashdollar moves into intermediate territory with the blues, minor key and western swing styles that have become her signature sound. She builds knowledge of the Reso step by step, teaching alternate tunings, music theory and invaluable bar and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Panhandle Rag Rockabilly Blues Minor Swing and Faded Love.
90-MIN. DVD INCLUDES TAB LEVEL 3
DVD-641664 Dobro® Variations DVD List $29.95 Your Price $24.95

LEARNING BLUEGRASS Dobro® Cindy Cashdollar
With this hands-on Dobro® course, even a complete beginner will be playing bluegrass and country tunes in no time! Cindy Cashdollar, one of today's top players, covers essential right-hand techniques such as rolls, rhythm playing, crosspicking, tone control and damping, as well as bar technique, chord building, hammer-ons and pull-offs, minor keys and more.
90-MIN. DVD INCLUDES CHORDS + TAB LEVEL 1
DVD-641663 Learning Bluegrass Dobro® List $29.95 Your Price $24.95

ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES FOR DOBRO from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES FOR Dobro®
Composer/Author: Rob Ickes with Jim Hurst
2-DVD Set Includes tab. Total time: 2 hours, 10 minutes.
This comprehensive course will give learning players all the tools they'll need
to master the resonator guitar. Rob Ickes, Dobro® Player of the Year from 1996-1999,
covers everything from fine-tuning the strings to picking style, bar position,
bluegrass back-up technique, and how to achieve good tone, timing and volume
control. He provides several exercises as well as insights into his own warm-up
regimens. Rob teaches & demonstrates several tunes, including: Will the circle Be Unbroken, Dixie Hoedown, How Great Thou Art, Ol' Dangerfield, Sailin' To Hawaii, Monrobro, Reuben, and Flat Lonesome.

2-DVD SET · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 2/3
DVD-641578 List: $49.95 Essential Techniques for Reso - 2 DVDs $39.95

BLUEGRASS JAMMING DVDs from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store.

BLUEGRASS JAMMING DVD
A Guide for Newcomers and Closet Pickers
Taught By Pete Wernick.
Level 2
105 Minute DVD, Includes lyrics and chords

With Nick Forster, Sally Van Meter, Michael Kang, Ben Kaufman, Eric Walser and Joan (Nondi) Wernick

Pete Wernick now 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 gathered several top musicians
to create a DVD jam session that players of any level can get in on. Heres an opportunity to
participate in this wonderful activity, and get ready for the real thing -- so grab your instrument,
put the DVD in the player, and pick along!

Pete and his exciting all-star jam band teach you the ins and outs of jam etiquette, along
with the basics of music theory, handy jamming hints, and lots of other invaluable information.
You'll learn to change chords and play solos for 17 bluegrass standards. Regardless of the instrument
you play -- guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, Reso, bass -- you'll soon be playing along with the
great songs and instrumentals on this DVD. Best of all, it'll be fun to make music with Nick, Sally,
Eric, Michael, Ben and Pete as they play through the repertoire at an easy-going, slow-to-medium
tempo. They even leave a place in every song for you to try your own solo!

The songs youll be jamming on are: "Old Home Place," "Blue Ridge Cabin Home," "In the Pines,"
"Footprints in the Snow," "Salt Creek," "How Mountain Girls Can Love," "Soldier's Joy," "New River
Train," "Sitting on Top of the World," "Long Journey Home," "Worried Man Blues," "Hot Corn Cold Corn,"
"Cripple Creek," "Handsome Molly," "Take Me Back to Tulsa," "Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky,"
and "Blue Moon of Kentucky."

NOTE:This DVD also has a special feature that allows you to use your "angle" button to
choose to view either the band or the guitarist's right hand during the tunes.
DVD-641558 LIST: $29.95 Bluegrass Jamming $23.95

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