Let Ivan introduce you to some important basic concepts in soloing and backup techniques for the beginner/intermediate Dobro player.

In this lesson, Ivan demonstrates how to identify and remember commonly used first-position areas of the fret board, which makes it easy to find a bluegrass melody.He then explains how to incorporate rolls, slides, hammer-ons/pull-offs, and other essential dobro techniques to create a coherent and interesting bluegrass solo.

Topics covered include:

• Right Hand Roll Demonstrations
• Pick Up Notes For Solos
• Left Hand Damping
• Visual Patterns For Learning the Dobro Neck
• Finding Melody Notes
• Pick Blocking
• Building a Bluegrass Solo
• Spicing Up Your Solo
• Filling Spaces with Dobro Runs
• and much more!

In the right hands, the Dobro becomes an instrument

DISCS:	1 DVD
DVD REGION:	ALL
FORMAT:	NTSC
DURATION:	84 mins
BOOKLET:	NO