Master Guitar teacher and Hot Licks founder Arlen Roth gets you started on this classic and unique instrument. Arlen explains the differences between dobro and "upright" slide Guitar, and shows you the basics of Open D and High Bass G tuning, slide control, finger-picking, and intonation.Basic skills (hammer-ons and pull-offs, open-string licks, double stops, and vibrato) and advanced techniques (bending behind the slide, tilting the slide, harmonics, and blues harp and Chicago blues sounds) are demonstrated in real time and slow-motion standard pitch, with right- and left-hand close-ups for easy learning.Learn blues, country, and Eastern scales and licks, as well as the classic "Hawaiian" sound. Includes 40-page booklet in standard notation and tablature.

Doug Cox delivers a fantastic Dobro lesson that builds confidence as well as teaching techniques and passing on his personal experiences and regimes. Blues Dobro gives you proven jamming techniques for lap-style Resophonic guitar in Blues, Bluegrass, Rock and Roll, Country, and Jazz. The specially recorded companion CD allows you to hear how exercises should sound.

A fun and easy-to-follow approach designed for beginners with no prior musical training, but also suitable for accomplished guitarists. This great book also features sections on parts of the instrument and it's history as well as a CD for play-along and practice. Examples use both standard notation and TAB.

Cindy Cashdollar builds your knowledge of the Dobro step-by-step, teaching alternate tunings, bar and picking techniques and terrific arrangements for blues, minor keys and western swing tunes. A major highlight of this DVD is that each piece is slowed down, with Cindy and the band providing rhythmic backup so you can practice your lead playing.Her in-depth study of minor chord shapes and licks will enable you to play Django Reinhardt's great Minor Swing and just about any tune that requires imrovisation in minor keys. She also demonstrates 'Panhandle Rag, Rockabilly Blues, and Faded Love'. This clear and insightful lesson will expand your range of ideas and teach you important music theory that will make you a more versatile all-around player.