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Mel Bay's Guitar Sessions
Ivan's instructional resonator guitar column with tab and soundclips for this free online magazine.
7/08 - Dobro Fundamentals: Intonation
6/08 - Improvising with Dobro® Arpeggios and Chord Inversions - Part 3
5/08 - Improvising on Dobro® Arpeggios and Chord Inversions - Part 2
4/08 - Beyond Straight-Bar Major Chords: Arpeggios and Inversions - Part 1
3/08 - More Minor Scales for Resonator Guitar
2/08 - The Relative Minor: Chords, Keys, and Scales
1/08 - Resonator Guitar in the Key of D - Part 2
12/07 - Resonator Guitar in the Key of D - Part 1
11/07 - Dobro Workshops Part 2
10/07 - Dobro Workshops
9/07 - Dobro for Guitar Players
8/07 - Pickup Notes and Rolls
7/07 - Rolls for Bluegrass Dobro Part 2
6/07 - Rolls for Bluegrass Dobro Part 1
5/07 - Traditional Dobro: Closed-position Chord-based Licks Part 2
4/07 - Traditional Dobro: Closed-position Chord-based Licks Part 1
tab from ivan rosenberg's The Lost Coast CD
 • Camp Rude Stumble (PDF)
• Eel River (PDF)
• Carbon County Coal (PDF)
• The Lost Coast (PDF)
• Wildwood Ramble (PDF)
• The Roscoe Special (PDF)
• Dead Horse Blues (PDF)
• Dry Lagoon (PDF)
tab from ivan rosenberg's back to the pasture CD
 • Pepperwood Hollow (PDF)
Note: there's no particular time signature for the intro to Pepperwood Hollow.
• Back to the Pasture (PDF)
• Last Light (PDF)
• Out Among the Corn (PDF)
• Split the Switch (PDF)
• Soda Springs (PDF)
• Late Night Ramble (PDF)
For those of who purchased the Bluegrass Dobro with Ivan Rosenberg DVD, here are tabs for most exercises and arrangements.
 • Chapter 3 (PDF) - roll demonstration with melody
• Chapters 4 and 5 (PDF) - forward rolls
• Chapter 6 (PDF) - roll variation
• Chapter 9 (PDF) - "crazy ivan" roll
• Chapter 12 (PDF) - roll over a D chord
• Chapter 13 (PDF) - adding hammer-on to D roll
• Chapter 15 (PDF) - roll w/index finger playing melody instead of thumb
• Chapter 16 (PDF) - same roll with moving melody note on 3rd string
• Chapter 17 (PDF) - another roll variation w/index melody
• Chapter 18 (PDF) - same roll w/ pickup notes (w/"Red River Valley" first phrase)
• Chapters 32-41 (PDF) : My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
• Chapters 42-54 (PDF): Sunny Side of the Mountain
how to read tablature
The highest line on the staff represents the highest (1st) string on the dobro, the second highest represents the 2nd (B) string, and so on. the number represents the fret: 0 means open, 1 means 1st fret, 2 means 2nd fret, etc. "sl" means slide, "h" hammer-on, "p" pull-off. All songs are played in open G tuning, occasionally with a capo indicated. Open G tuning is used on all tab. From low to high: GBDGBD.
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