Beginner Lessons

Difficulty Level = Beginning - Intermediate

Duration = 1 Hour and 42 Minutes

This Lesson Includes:
1) 1 Hour and 42 minutes of video instruction
2) 7 Pages of TABLATURE of all 36 Licks
3) Mp3 Practice Tracks
4) Video extra all about Chord Tones
5) Chord Tone Chart to help you memorize all your Chord Tones
6) A .pdf Handout of the Notes of the Dobro

What this lesson covers:
36 Licks that you can use when playing slow songs in the Key of G, and they are great for use when playing backup as well. I discuss how the licks work over the chord, and what Chord Tones you are hitting. I also discuss what beat to start the licks on in order to make them fit into the song correctly. Each set of licks I play with the practice tracks and you too can play with me to work on your timing.

Difficulty Level = Beginning - Intermediate

Duration = Video #1 (Over 2 hours & 30 minutes) - Video #2 (Over 18 Minutes)

This Lesson Includes:
- 1 Video Teaching All 36 Licks in Great Detail
- 1 Video as a Quickstart where I play all 36 Licks several times so you can hear how they sound if you don't need the instructional video, and just want a Quick Reference of the Licks
- 5 Mp3 Practice Tracks to Jam Along With!!
- 10 Pages of TABLATURE with Right Hand Fingering
- 3 Diagrams Covering the Key of A - Major Scales, Pentatonics, and Blues Scales

What This Lesson Covers:
In this lesson, I have written out 10 pages of Tablature covering 36 Licks In The Key of A in Standard Open G Tuning (GBDGBD). Normally people need to use a Capo to play in the Key of A. However, in this lesson I show you how to use the open strings to your advantage! The Key of A with no Capo is great for playing Blues and the majority of these licks are Blues Licks. However, you can also use them for Bluegrass and even Western Swing. In this video I also talk about what scales and chord tones these licks are derived from.

Difficulty Level = Beginning - Intermediate

Duration = Video #1 (Over 2 hours) - Video #2 (Over 14 Minutes)

This Lesson Includes:
- 1 Video Teaching All 36 Licks in Great Detail
- 1 Video as a Quickstart where I play all 36 Licks 2 or 3 times so you can hear how they sound if you don't need the instructional video, and just want a Quick Reference of the Licks
- Various Mp3 Practice Tracks to Jam Along With!!
- 8 Pages of TABLATURE with Right Hand Fingering
- 3 Diagrams Covering the Key of D - Major Scales, Pentatonics, and Blues Scales

What This Lesson Covers:
In this lesson, I have written out over 7 pages of Tablature covering 36 Licks In The Key of D in Standard Open G Tuning (GBDGBD). The first 12 covers licks played in open position. A tricky area of the instrument, especially in the Key of D. I then cover some great "Movable" Licks, and then some more old school double and triple stop licks! I've included several great Mp3 Jam Tracks at Slow and Medium Tempos. Some of the tracks are 12 Bar Blues, one is an 8 Bar Blues, and one just sticks on the D chord. Great for Jamming! I've also included 3 great diagrams of the Key of D in Standard G tuning GBDGBD.

Difficulty - Beginning - Intermediate

Duration - Video #1= 2 hours  Video #2= 20 minutes

What This Lesson Comes With:
2 Videos, 8 Pages of Tablature, and 4 Mp3 Backing Tracks

What This Lesson Covers:
In this lesson I teach 36 of my favorite licks in the Key of E, using no capo, in GBDGBd tuning. It comes with 2 videos. One video is a Quick Reference Guide where I simply play each lick so you can hear how they sound, if you don't need the instructional lesson. The other video is 2 hours of instruction, where I teach, in detail each lick, and play most of them with the backing tracks. There are 8 pages of Tablature, and 4 great Mp3 practice tracks. Great for practice!!

This is a Downloadable E-Book Containing the TABLATURE to 40 of my most popular songs available on the site!

 

There are Bluegrass Tunes, Gospel Songs, Christmas Songs, and more!!! 

All in one easy download! Here's how an E-book works:

- The 40 songs are all packaged together in one easy downloadable set of 40 Adobe .pdf files.

- Simply download and print whichever song you want to work on, or you can just view it off of your computer.

- Need to know what the song sounds like? Just go to my site and you can watch a sample of me playing nearly all the songs* in the Book FOR FREE!

What you will get with this video:

1. HUGE VIDEO LESSON FOR DOBRO!!!
2. OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
3. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE LICKS
4. LEARN 12 GREAT USEFUL LICKS!!!
5. LEARN SOME GREAT SCALES IN "OPEN D" TUNING
6. COMES WITH High Resolution Scale Chart In "Open D" Tuning!
7. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
8. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
9. EACH IDEA/LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY

This lessons covers a Dozen Great Licks in Open D Tuning for the Dobro®

- Over An Hour Long!
- Comes With Over 3 Pages of Tablature!
- Learn Blues Licks
- Bluegrass Licks
- 12 Bar Blues Ideas
- Right Hand Picking Patterns
- And More... All in Open D Tuning!!!
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This lesson for Dobro® is Volume 3 or Part 3 of "All About Open D Tuning".

- Learn how to convert "Open G" Licks and Ideas easily to "Open D" tuning
- 12 Great Useful Licks with a handful of scales mixed in!!
- Over an Hour Long!!
- Comes with 4 Pages Of TABLATURE!!
- Learn Great Scales in Open D!!!
- Each Lick explained in Detail!!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 42 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. ALL PLAYED WITH NO CAPO!!!
   
3. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
4. WITH 3 HANDOUTS
5. A MAJOR SCALES
6. A MINOR PENTATONIC SCALES
7. A BLUES SCALES
8. TONS OF GREAT NEW SCALE SHAPES IN A!!!
9. CHORDS IN THE KEY OF A

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 36 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
3. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
4. WITH 3 HANDOUTS
5. D MAJOR SCALES
6. D MINOR PENTATONIC SCALES
7. D BLUES SCALES
8. D LICKS
9. CHORDS IN THE KEY OF D
10. HOW TO TURN THE KEY OF D TO THE KEY OF E

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 33 MINUTES OF GREAT VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!
2. PLUS COMES WITH TAB TO BONUS ALTERNATING BASS SONG!!!
   
3. Download and Save Right to Your Computer!
4. WATCH AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT, WHENEVER YOU WANT!!
5. LEARN GREAT TECHNIQUES FOR THE RIGHT HAND!!!
6. COMES WITH 2 PAGES OF TABLATURE WITH
   RIGHT HAND FINGERING!!

Includes 2 versions - Perfect song for Beginners - Intermediate Dobro® Players!
OVER 23 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!! FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF BOTH VERSIONS OF SONG

This Dobro® Lessons covers the song "Angels We Have Heard On High"

- Comes with TABLATURE!
- Over 27 Minutes of Video Instruction
- Great song for the Holidays!
- Great song for Improving Your Technique!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 23 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF SONG
3. GREAT CHRISTMAS SONG!!
4. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
5. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
6. EACH LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY

Learn several great ideas on how to play better Backup Dobro®!

Over 34 Minutes with Handout!

In this Dobro® Lesson, I teach the Classic Irish Spiritual:
"Be Thou My Vision" in the Key of C major 3/4 time

- Full Lesson Comes With TABLATURE!
- Over 33 minutes Long!
- Close Ups of the Left Hand and Right Hand
- Learn a Great Gospel Tune for Dobro®!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 49 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE LESSONS
3. LEARN BLUES TURNAROUNDS
4. LEARN BLUES TRIPULET LICKS
5. LEARN "BOOGIE WOOGIE" BLUES RHYTHMS PLAYED
   IN DIFFERNT POSITIONS
6. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
7. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
8. EACH IDEA/LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY

ON SALE!!! NOW ONLY $1.99 FOR THE LICK!
What you will learn in this video:

1. A Great Bluesy Lick in the Key of G.
2. COMES WITH TABLATURE!!!
3. Close ups of my Left and Right Hand!
4. Taught slowly in detail so you understand 

THIS VIDEO HAS A TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF OVER 4 MINUTES!!! 

ON SALE!!! NOW ONLY $1.99 FOR THE LICK!
What you will learn in this video:

1. A Great Bluesy Lick in the Key of G.
2. COMES WITH TABLATURE!!!
3. Close ups of my Left and Right Hand!
4. Taught slowly in detail so you understand 

THIS VIDEO HAS A TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF OVER 5 MINUTES!!!

ON SALE!!! NOW ONLY $1.99 FOR THE LICK!
What you will learn in this video:

1. A Great Bluesy Lick in the Key of C.
2. COMES WITH TABLATURE!!!
3. Close ups of my Left and Right Hand!
4. Taught slowly in detail so you understand 

THIS VIDEO HAS A TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF OVER 7 MINUTES!!!

ON SALE!!! NOW ONLY $1.99 FOR THE LICK!
What you will learn in this video:

1. A Great Bluesy Lick in the Key of A.
2. COMES WITH TABLATURE!!!
3. Close ups of my Left and Right Hand!
4. Taught slowly in detail so you understand 

THIS VIDEO HAS A TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF OVER 7 MINUTES!!!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 28 minutes OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. 2 GREAT BLUES RHYTHMS FOR DOBRO
3. 2 PAGES OF TABLATURE
4. CLOSE UPS OF BOTH HANDS
5. EXPLAINED SLOWLY IN DETAIL

ON SALE!!! NOW ONLY $1.99 FOR THE LICK!
What you will learn in this video:

1. A Great Bluesy Lick in the Key of D in the style of Jerry Douglas.
2. I will show you how to move that lick around the neck in different keys.
3. Close ups of my Left and Right Hand!
4. Taught slowly in detail so you understand 

THIS VIDEO HAS A TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF OVER 10 MINUTES!!! 

In this lesson for the Dobro®, I teach the traditional Irish Tune "Danny Boy"
also known as "Londonderry Air"

- Comes with TABLATURE!!
- Over an Hour of Instruction!!
- Great Embellishments Of A Classic Irish Melody!!
- Close ups of both hands
- Taught slowly and in detail!!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 25 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF SONG
3. GREAT LESSON ON STRING PULLS (BENDS)
4. GREAT CHRISTMAS SONG!!
5. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
6. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
7. EACH LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY

Perfect for the beginning Dobro® Player! 6 Full Lesson Videos + 4 Great Handouts!

Dobro® For The Complete Beginner, Rhythm and Chords for the Dobro®, Banjo Rolls For the Dobro®, Intonation, Bluegrass Intros, Hammer Ons and Pull Offs For the Dobro®, 80 Rolls For the Dobro®, G Major Scales For the Dobro®, Chords In the Key Of G For the Dobro®, The Key of C for the Dobro®

7 Full Beginning Dobro® Video Lessons!

This set is perfect for the beginning Dobro® Player! It includes 7 full beginning Dobro® Lesson Videos! The Complete Dobro® Workout, Backup Dobro® Playing, Closed Position Chords, Dobro® Arpeggios, G Blues Scale, and also comes with 2 full song video lessons, Amazing Grace and Wabash Cannonball!

What you will learn in this video:

1. The notes that make up a G Blues Scale
2. 3 Patterns that allow you to play all over the neck of the Dobro
3. Usefull chords to play over a G Blues
4. Bluesy G Licks
5. And proper technique that will give you the best sound
6. ALSO COMES WITH A FULL COLOR HIGH RESOLUTION 8.5 X 11" DIAGRAM!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 20 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF SONG
3. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
4. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
5. EACH LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY
6. SONG PERFORMED AT FULL SPEED AND HALF SPEED

Great for improving Left Hand and Bar Technique!!!

Learn great left hand technique and some great hammer on/pull off licks with this video! Tablature Included!

Great Technique for Beginners - Intermediate!

What you will get with this video:

1. LEARN 2 WAYS OF PLAYING HARMONICS ON THE DOBRO
2. LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY DO STING PULLS
3. LEARN HOW TO DO FOWARD AND REVERSE BAR SLANT
4. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
5. EACH EXAMPLE EXPLAINED IN GREAT DETAIL!!!

Great beginners! Learn some of my thoughts on how to improvise! Close to 40 minutes of great instruction!

Difficulty Level - Beginning - Intermediate

Duration -
Video #1 = 32 minutes
Video #2 = 49 minutes

What Comes With The Lesson:
2 Pages of Tablature of the Song, 2 Mp3 Backing Tracks, 2 Videos

What This Lesson Covers:
In the first video I teach you the tradional gospel tune "I Am A Pilgrim" in key of G. Close ups of the left hand and close ups of the right hand. In the second video I cover Rhythm Playing, Backup Playing, and Soloing of the tune "I Am A Pilgrim".

In this lesson Troy Brenningmeyer teaches you the Classic Gospel Song "In The Garden" aka "He Walks With Me" for Dobro®/Squareneck Resonator Guitar.

- Comes with TABLATURE!
- Over 50 Minutes Long!
- Close Ups of Left and Right Hands
- Each phrase played and taught slowly and in detail
- Learn a great classic Gospel Tune!!

Work on Playing In Tune or Intonation with this lesson!

Over 50 minutes of instruction. I teach you several techniques and exercises to help your intonation or being able to play in tune on the Dobro®.

This lesson teaches you common Intros & Kickoffs for the Dobro®

- Huge Lesson...Over an Hour Long!!
- Comes with 5 Pages of Tablature!!
- Bluegrass Intros and Kickoffs
- Blues Intros
- Gospel Intros
- Jazzy Intro
- Each example taught and played slowly and in detail!

ON SALE!!! NOW ONLY $1.99 FOR THE LICK!

What you will learn in this video:

1. A great jazzy lick in the Key of A
2. I slow down the lick and also teach you how to play it in different keys!!

THIS VIDEO HAS A TOTAL RUNNING TIME OF OVER 12 MINUTES!!! 

YOU CAN NOT BEAT THIS FOR THE PRICE! IT'S A STEAL!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 36 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF SONG
3. GREAT LESSON ON STRING PULLS (BENDS)
4. GREAT CHRISTMAS SONG!!
5. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
6. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
7. EACH LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY

This Dobro® Lesson covers the Gospel Song: "Just A Closer Walk With Thee"

- Comes with 2 full Video Lessons!
- One Video teaches you the Song in the Key of G (43 MINUTES!!)
- One Video teaches you the Song in the Key of C (30 MINUTES!!)
- Each comes with Tablature
- The video in G also shows how to move phrases around the neck to different keys
- Learn a Classic Gospel Song!!!

Finally Learn All Your Key Signatures! OVER 20 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION!!!

1. Learn Tricks To Help You Memorize All of Your Key Names and Notes Are Either Sharped or Flatted.
2. Each Lesson Explained with Video Diagrams!
3. Explained Slowly and In Detail!

In this lesson I teach the Old Time Fiddle Tune "Kitchen Girl" for the Dobro®

- Over 34 Minutes of Video Instruction
- Comes with TABLATURE!!!
- Great tune for building technique
- Close Ups of Both Hands!!

What you will get with this video:

1. OVER 24 MINUTES OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION!!!!
2. FULL TABLATURE TRANSCRIPTION OF SONG
3. GREAT SONG FOR THE RIGHT HAND
4. RIGHT HAND FINGERING INCLUDED IN TABLATURE
5. CLOSE UPS OF LEFT HAND
6. CLOSE UPS OF RIGHT HAND
7. EACH LICK PLAYED AND EXPLAINED SLOWLY