THE BORING STUFF 1 - DOBRO PART 1 - By Paolo Ercoli 

Yes. It's a Jerry Douglas tune, one the first that I've learned 35 years ago. Beautiful

That song is the first one I learned. It's so full of "hidden" dynamics that you don't realize till you try, and so is the other one I did on Part 1, Blues for Vickie is on Part 2. I choose also those tunes because I really want to talk about dynamics, that on dobro is fundamental. With my videos I hope to put some curiosity together with a new way of thinking about how to play also the "usual" song we already know, or that we think we know. Thanks a lot Geoff.

Thanks very much David, glad you like it. Yes, Steve is a good friend, great you have him as your instructor, he is one of the best. Thanks for watching my videos, I will be doing a couple soon. Thanks if you subscribe to my channel, and merry xmas to you.

Yes, it's a Scheerhorn, I love it. Thanks Squirrel.

Very good. Thank you.

@@tassietiger354 Grazie Tassie

Hi Clint, thanks for watching. Yes I will put interesting stuff in my next videos, at least I hope so. The thumb pick I use and that you saw here is the BLUE CHIP. They have Medium and Large size, or they can do a combination of the two if you ask them, that it means that it could be medium size for the upper part and the brown material with which you hit the strings can be bigger . They are amazing, they last forever. Thanks again Clint.

Ciao Myron. Well, learning scales and so on is important, but I didn't begin like that. I just started to learned to use the bar in the most good way to avoid the strange noise that can be done with this difficult instrument. So first some rolls, intonation, trying to understand which fingers to use because many times we are not able to do something a little faster because we don't use the right fingers. So to me was like you said, improvising, trying to have a nice tone working on the right hand and then discovering the neck learning where to find notes, and then of course learn a scale. It's enough to learn the C scale and then you can move that and do the same in all other position. I know it's easy said than done, but, keep trying, keep playing. Listen to a simple melody, like Banks of the Ohio for example, and try to imitate it on the fretboard, and you will discover from there a lot of possibility. Check my other video where I talk about that, using that song. Thanks for your comment. Grazie.

@@PaoloErcoli thanks Paola. I am so frustrated because all instructional videos seem to be done the same. Instructors show off and then break down the phrases into small chunks. With a good memory you can link the chunks together without having to look at the tabs and then the fretboard. But this becomes total memory work. Maybe this is the only way. I am good with single note stuff but as you know the more ornamentation you put in the better. I will get into your basics course and report on my progress. Itching to perform with this instrument instead of my mandolin all the time. Many thanks for your input. Myron

@@myronlasko3768 Yes Myron, the truth is that we mainly play memory music. There is no time to look at the tablature when we are playing. Also, I don't like tablature. You have to develop your ear, listen and try to understand the dynamic of a song, all the up and down mood. Anyway playing a little fragment at a time until you see that you got it right, is fundamental. Don't play all the song always in a row because then you repeat always the same mistakes and instead you have to concentrate on what is not clear enough for you and repeat it many many times, and then move on. It's not an easy instrument indeed and it's so easy to get frustrated, Just tried to avoid that feeling and keep trying. I will soon put another video playing another instrumental and try to break it down as much as possible. Thanks again for following me. Grazie.

excellent. Great general tips. The key thing you said is "memory". Not duplicating somebody else's exact notes. Play from inside the head. All nice. Gracie. @@PaoloErcoli

@@myronlasko3768 Exactly. If you need any help or want to learn a specific song, let me know, I can do personal video about it. Thanks Myron.

Ciao Enda. the logic to understand this is always the same., works for A#m - C#m - D#m .... Minor chords, we can hardly "strum" them, it's difficult, if you just want to play some strings in order to reach that minor sound, you can reach "part" of that in different ways. One is if you go to F# chord which is at the 11th fret, and you can play only strings (from low to high) 6th 4th and 3rd. If another instrument is playing with you and you play only this 3 strings, it works. Then if you want to play and hear exactly the minor, you should play (always at the 11th fret) the strings 4-3 and the 2nd at the 10th fret, These 3 is the real minor sound but we cannot move the bar to reach these 3 simontanuesly. You can reach the same working sound if you play straight at the 7th fret only strings 5-2-1, or 14th fret just 2 strings, the 5th and 3rd. There are others things to say but it's hard to write everything here. Hope it helps for the moment, thanks Enda.

Hi Kelly. Well, I don't promise you, but I will try as soon as I find time enough to write all down. Maybe write to me with mail at : dobroist64@gmail.com , so that this way I can send you when I have them. I also give Online lessons with Skype or Messanger, if you are interested in something special so that I can explain you better. Thanks a lot. Grazie.

Hi Colin, my resonator is a Scheerhorn, one of the most famous liuther for the squareneck reso world

Ciao Dangeo, now is 32 years. thanks