Dobro - A Guide To Repertoire And Technique 2

Learn to play a variety of fantastic tunes as you master the challenging techniques of the Dobro with this second accessible DVD tutorial by Dobro master Stacy Phillips. In this more advanced lesson, your repertoire of techniques is extended to include drones, rolls and scale patterns, this time with an emphasis on bar slants and string pulls. These powerful techniques give you the ability to play more complex chords and to create distinctive effects, including some stunning pedal steel-like licks. Four tunes are taught in detail. Cherokee Shuffle and Bill Cheatham emphasise the skills you need to arrange fiddle tunes for Dobro. Kentucky Waltz looks at working forward andreverse slants into your solos and other areas of your repertoire. Finally, Last Rose Of Autumn combines everything you've learned in a single complex instrumental. Amass an arsenal of techniques by learning some magical songs, all of which will transform and inspire you Dobro playing.