Some Old Day

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Explore a variety of dobro styles, from bluegrass and fiddle tunes to blues and contemporary sounds, and get insights on technique that will help you clean up your playing, while learning the techniques of Jerry Douglas, Josh Graves, and other dobro greats.

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Shuckin' the Corn

The Flatt and Scruggs instrumental “Shuckin’ the Corn” features a classic dobro solo by Josh Graves. You’ll learn a break to “Shuckin’ the Corn” inspired by Josh’s solo in this lesson. Mike plays the whole solo through slowly and then takes it apart, measure by measure. You’ll learn the first part of “Shuckin’ the Corn,” which includes some typical Josh Graves roll patterns and one variation, in this video.

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Some Old Day

The classic Flatt and Scruggs song “Some Old Day” starts with a great Josh Graves dobro solo. In this lesson you’ll learn a solo in the key of G played in closed position so you can transpose it easily to other keys. Mike plays the solo through and then walks you through it phrase by phrase. He also shows you where you can add tremolo to some of the double stops to get the classic dobro sound, and even shows you how to add a “string pull” to one of the melody lines.

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