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Blue Moon of Kentucky

Fireball Mail (Using Rolls)

Vibrato

Here’s the content you’ll get access to as a Rob’s Reso Room member:

I’ll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers-a break for this song?

Little Sadie

The Ron Block Interview

New Camptown Races

Home on the Range lesson?

Blacktop solo from Alan Jackson song

Lonesome Road Blues

Boogie Woogie

Stormy Monday-Could you do a video lesson on Stormy Monday ??

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Bright Side of the Road

Home Sweet Home B Part

Somebody Somewhere-Backup on Donna Ulisse’s “Somebody Somewhere”?

Ashland Breakdown-Hi Rob I would love to see your breakdown of Ashland Breakdown on your Hard Times CD

Lonesome Midnight Waltz-Rob: Could you do a video lesson on Lonesome Midnight Waltz in D minor?

McHattie’s Waltz lesson

Flatt Lonesome-Can you break down Flatt Lonesome from the Blues Mastery course?

Stay-Can you do a tutorial for the break in the song “Stay” by Allison Krauss?

Wheel hoss

Georgia On My Mind Lesson

Summer Wages-Jerry Douglas on J.D. Crowe and the New South

If I Should Wander Back Tonight

What Child is This-Could you take us through this version of “What Child is This?”

Carolina Palms

Dobro Island-Lesson for this song?

Spain-a lesson for this song?

Walk Don’t Run-How to improvise over the verse?

Jerusalem Ridge-Can you extend the breakdown thru the rest of the tune?

Home Sweet Home II

Help with Jerusalem Ridge and/or Cazadero?

Cheyenne-Hey Rob-can you help me with Cheyenne and East Tennessee Blues?

Home Sweet Home

Deep Ellum Blues-Rob would it be possible to do a video lesson on one of these songs Deep Ellum Blues or the back up licks Jerry does on 455 Rocket by Kathy Mattea?M

Jimmie Rodgers Blues-Figuring out right hand picking re: Bluesy Tune (Jimmie Rodgers style).

Blue Ridge Cabin Home

Cannonball Blues-Can you help with the artificial harmonics in Mike Auldridge’s version of Cannonball Blues (Act 1)?

Raining In LA-Jam tunes that traditionally don’t have a Dobro break-“Raining in LA”

Jimmie Rodgers Blues-I would be very happy if you could offer us a lesson for this bluesy tune (Jimmie Rodgers style)

Clouds

Southern Flavor

Dobro Rhumba

Layla Please! 😀

I’m Using My Bible As A Roadmap

I’m Using My a Bible for a Roadmap

Long Black Veil-Playing backup, “Long Black Veil”

Beyond the Sunset

My Ropin’ Days are Done

Fireball Mail

Capo Shootout

How To Practice

Cakewalk Into Town

My Ropin’ Days Are Done-Chord Sequencing on My Ropin Days are Done

Sally In The Garden

Sierra Hull video-Rob, could we get a lesson on the ” Vault Session Bluegrass Jam” with Sierra Hull ?

Little Rock Getaway

Sally in the Garden?

Blue Bayou

Ground Speed

Head Over Heels

Pickaway – Ask Rob

Big Spike Hammer

Big Spike Hammer

Pickaway-Checking in with Pickaway

Ground Speed

Blue Bayou-Lesson on Blue Bayou

Head Over Heels In Love with you.

Ashokan Farewell

Ashokan Farewell-Hello Rob! Is there any chance of getting a lesson for Ashokan Farewell? Thanks Rob, you’re the best!

Open String Scales

Welcome To New York

Welcome to New York-Bill Emerson song – Welcome to New York

Red Haired Boy

I Am A Pilgrim

I Am A Pilgrim

Wreck Of The Old 97

Wreck Of The Old 97

Wild And Blue

Pickaway

Introduction To The Lap Steel Guitar

Clinch Mountain Backstep / Kitchen Girl

How Great Thou Art

Still Climbing Mountains

Muted Strings

Banjo Endings

St Thomas, So What & Donna Lee

Playing In The Key Of A Without A Capo

What Child Is This

What Child is This-Could you take us through a version of What Child is This? Maybe one similar to the one you played with Ron Block in this facebook video: https://fb.watch/24STG51lYm/

Cuttin’ the Grass

Josh Graves Licks

How Great Thou Art

Silent Night

Away In A Manger

The Andy Leftwich Interview

Road Song

Cuttin’ the Grass

Wild And Blue-from the Alan Jackson Bluegrass Album

Wabash Avenue Guitar

Phrasing

Modes

Marbletown

Seven Sundays In A Row

Blue Ridge Mountain Girl

In The Gravel Yard

Sycamore Hollow

Old Daingerfield

Old Daingerfield from early vhs lesson

Seven Sundays-Is it possible to show us how you played Seven Sundays in a Row.

Brown County Breakdown

Brown County Breakdown-Dreadful Snakes Version

Changing Strings

Lazarus

Limehouse Blues

Limehouse Blues

Blackberry Blossom – B part lick on B7

Foggy Mountain Rock-Moving lick in Foggy Mountain Rock/ Foggy Mountain Special

Be Thou My Vision

Muddy Waters – On My Mind

Hey Good Lookin’

Steel Guitar Rag

Dobro Set-Up with Bobby Wright

Blue Railroad Train

Pride and Joy

Ever thought about teaching your version of Pride and Joy?

New Blues- Rhythm Chop on “New Blues”

Fireball

“Isn’t She Lovely”

“Be Thou My Vision”

Florida Blues-How do I play The Florida Blues?

Steel Guitar Rag

Amazing Grace

Long Black Train

The Josh Swift Interview

It’s A Long, Long Road

Lonesome Pine

Don’t This Road Look Rough And Rocky

Rob Talks And Plays Beard Guitars With Paul Beard – ResoSummit 2019

Tim Scheerhorn Talks Scheerhorn Guitar Design – ResoSummit 2019

I’ll Fly Away in Bb

I’ll Fly Away

Rob & Trey Perform & Discuss Georgia On A Fast Train

Rob’s Rig Rundown

Harmonics

Using Hammer Ons & Pull Offs In A Song (Turkey in the Straw)

Turkey in the Straw

Wearing Your Dobro

Hey Rob, What’s In Your Guitar Case?

Cripple Creek

Transcribing from Records

Blue Moon of Kentucky

Kicking’ Off A Tune With Taters

A Maiden’s Prayer

Slants on Different Strings (The Great Speckled Bird)

The Old Rugged Cross

The 8th of January

Warming Up

Vibrato

Using Rolls (Nine Pound Hammer)

Nine Pound Hammer

Using Rolls (Long Journey Home)

Long Journey Home

Using Rolls (Little Maggie)

Little Maggie

Using Rolls (Fireball Mail)

Fireball Mail

Tuning

The Myth of The Size of Your Fingers

The Message

The Great Speckled Bird

Slants

Scrapin’ The Barrel

Rolls

Right Hand Technique (Part 2)

Rob’s Required Listening List

Right Hand Technique (Part 1)

Down The Road Of Rhythm

Red Wing

Playing Slow to Play Fast

Pick Blocking Rhythm

The Nashville Number System

Mistakes Are Not A Bad Thing

Using Slants (Matt Hyland)

Matt Hyland

Left Hand Tilt Technique

Hardware

Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Tom Dooley

Using a Capo (Tom Dooley)

Using Slants (Banks of the Ohio)

Banks of the Ohio

Angeline The Baker

Amazing Grace

Creating a Solo (Amazing Grace)

G Scales

A Scales

C Scales

D Scales

The Old Rugged Cross

Wayfaring Stranger

Saint Anne’s Reel

Cherokee Shuffle

Monrobro

Wait a Minute

Long Journey Home

Whiskey Before Breakfast

Arkansas Traveller

Blackberry Blossom

Welcome

Foggy Mountain Breakdown

Flatt Lonesome

Foggy Mountain Rock

Home Sweet Home

The Josh Chop

Fireball

The Josh “Chop” Rhythm Technique

Little Rosewood Casket

Jennifer’s Waltz

Reuben

Ground Speed

Randy Lynn Rag

Welcome

My Ropin’ Days Are Done

Introduction To The Lap Steel Guitar

Still Climbing Mountains

Lazarus

Marbletown

Seven Sundays In A Row

Blue Ridge Mountain Girl

In the Gravel Yard

It’s A Long, Long Road

Lonesome Pine

Sycamore Hollow

Welcome

21. Backing Tracks

17. Flatt Lonesome

19. ⅰReal Pro App

20. Wrap Up

18. Listen To The Blues

16. Using A Non-Resonator Guitar To Play The Blues

13. The Mixolydian Scale

15. Soloing Over A Blues Progression

14. Putting It All Together

12. The Diminished Scale

11. The Blues Scale

10. C Minor Pentatonic Triads

9. C Minor Pentatonic Scale Over A Blues Progression Example 3

8. C Minor Pentatonic Scale Over A Blues Progression Example 2

7. C Minor Pentatonic Scale Over A Blues Progression

6. D Minor Pentatonic Scale

5. G Minor Pentatonic Scale

4. C Minor Pentatonic Scale

3. Using the ♭ 3rd & ♭ 7th Notes

2. Why The Blues Sound Like The Blues

1. Introduction

Wearing Your Dobro

Warming Up

Vibrato

Using a Capo (Tom Dooley)

Tuning

Transcribing from Records

Rolls

Right Hand Technique (Part 2)

Right Hand Technique (Part 1)

Left Hand Tilt Technique

Kicking Off A Tune With Taters

Harmonics

Hardware

Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

Amazing Grace

Nine Pound Hammer

Fireball Mail

Cripple Creek

Long Journey Home – Rhythm

Long Journey Home – Broken Down

Long Journey Home – Performance

Monrobro – Played Slowly

Monrobro – B Part

Monrobro – Performance

Cherokee Shuffle – Played Slowly

Cherokee Shuffle – Performance

Cherokee Shuffle – Embellished Version

Cherokee Shuffle – Broken Down

Cherokee Shuffle – Capo on Second Fret

Cherokee Shuffle – Fiddle Version

Blackberry Blossom – Played Slowly

Blackberry Blossom – Performance

Blackberry Blossom – Embellished Version

Blackberry Blossom – Demonstrated

Blackberry Blossom – B Part

Blackberry Blossom – A Part Continued

G Scale

Blackberry Blossom – A Part

Blackberry Blossom – Fiddle Part

Whiskey Before Breakfast – Played Slowly

Whiskey Before Breakfast – Performance

Whiskey Before Breakfast – Embellished Version

Whiskey Before Breakfast – B Part

Whiskey Before Breakfast – A Part

Whiskey Before Breakfast – Fiddle Part

Saint Ann’s Reel – Played Slowly

Saint Ann’s Reel – Performance

Saint Ann’s Reel – Embellished B Part

Saint Ann’s Reel – Embellished A Part

Saint Ann’s Reel – B Part

Saint Ann’s Reel – A Part

Saint Ann’s Reel – Fiddle Part

Arkansas Traveler – Melody Played Slow

Arkansas Traveler – Performance

Arkansas Traveler – Embellished Version Demonstrated

Arkansas Traveler – Embellished Version

Arkansas Traveler – Demonstrated

Arkansas Traveler – B Part

Arkansas Traveler – A Part Continued

D Scale

Arkansas Traveler – A Part

Arkansas Traveler – Fiddle Part

Intro

Summary and Outro

C Diminished Scales

C Minor Pentatonic Triads

Key of A – Arpeggios

A Major Arpeggios

C Major Scales/Harmonized in Thirds – Across the Strings

C Major Triad Scales – Continued

C Major Triad Scales – Top Three Strings

C Scales – Slants With Open Strings

C Scales – Slants and Double Stops

C Minor Scales/Harmonized in Thirds – Up and Down the Strings

C Major Scales/Harmonized in Thirds – Up and Down the Strings

C Scales/Harmonized in Thirds – Going Across the Strings

C Scales – Up Two, Down One

C Scales on One String

C Major Scale – Up Five, Down Four

C Scales – Up Three, Down One

C Dominant 7th Scale – To the Ninth and Back

C Minor Scale – To the Ninth and Back

C Major Scale – To the Ninth and Back

C Minor Scale

C Major Scale

The Old Rugged Cross Broken Down – Melody

The Old Rugged Cross Broken Down – Intro

The Old Rugged Cross Performance

Wait A Minute Backup and Rhythm

Wait A Minute Solo

Wait A Minute Broken Down

Wait A Minute Performance

Wayfaring Stranger Cm – Playing Backup

Wayfaring Stranger Cm – Broken Down

Wayfaring Stranger With Vocals in Cm

Improvising in Bm

Wayfaring Stranger Different Octaves

Wayfaring Stranger “Sitar” Sound

Wayfaring Stranger Broken Down

Wayfaring Stranger Broken Down – Intro

Introduction

Wayfaring Stranger Performance