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Smash Down Some Walls

Recently, a friend of mine told me a story of how he showed up at a

bluegrass picking jam with his cornet.

I instantly got a big wide grin on my face because this is the kind of story I

love to hear.

Rich walked in, removed the layers of coat, scarf and hat

we have to wear here in PA to endure the seemingly 6 month winters,

opened up his funny lookin’ cornet case, pulled out his horn and buzzed on

the mouthpiece in front of the wide eyed crowd who thought he was from some

other planet and it ain’t planet bluegrass!

He gently inserted the mouthpiece into

his horn and when it was his turn to play ripped off a dazzling bluegrass cornet

solo on  Wabash Cannonball! Unfortunately his virtuosity was lost on the rest

of the pickers and he was escorted on out to Parchman Farm by the bluegrass police!

I know exactly what he went through because growing up as a French horn player

who wanted to play jazz, well in the words I heard most often, “the horn isn’t a jazz

instrument son.” Not being one to always listen to the voice of authority,

I didn’t give up and kept on showing up to the big band rehearsals.

Eventually the director relented because I wouldn’t go away and they

gave me a trombone part to play on my

French horn…I won!

So what does all this have to do with playing the dobro?

Everything

Like the Cornet and French horn, the Dobro is one of those instruments that

because the general crowd doesn’t understand, they sometimes put up

brick walls in front of us.

It is our job to smash them down and pulverize them into a fine dust!

To do this you have to spend some time learning your instrument

in a patient, methodical manner. The most important thing is to have a great

teacher who understands you and your instrument as well as great materials

to learn from. One of the finest books available for Dobro players is

Teach Yourself To Play Dobro available here:

Teach Yourself To Play Dobro

In this 96 page book I lead you along on your journey from the moment

you open the case through playing your first licks, scales and songs. In

addition, I also include a 60 minute CD where I play all the examples in the

book slowly so you can play along. And the best thing is you aren’t

limited to bluegrass as I show you how to play a mean blues as well!

So in the words of Mick Jagger,

“It’s only rock and roll but I like it!”

Jam on,

Joe Stoebenau

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