An Introduction to the Dobro with Laura Carrivick

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  • Опубліковано 2 січ 2021
  • One of the most rewarding new year's resolutions we can think of is to take up a new instrument or spend some more time with the one you already play, so for every Sunday in January we'll be posting an instructional video on an instrument one of us plays.
    First up, Laura will introduce you to the dobro. In this video she'll take you through the basics of how the instrument works, how to get started on a budget and a very quick lesson at the end. Feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comments!

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  • @richardsanislo1686
    @richardsanislo1686 9 місяців тому +8

    Laura Carrivics’ dobro sounds beautiful and looks as beautiful. And L.C. Speaks and plays very fluently.

  • @katherinejarvis7302
    @katherinejarvis7302 7 місяців тому +11

    I got my Dobro at 15 I learned by Josh Graves.. the father of the dobro guitar.. he was not only teacher but a dear friend. He took a young girl and me a gift of the love of this instrument. My guitar is signed by EE DOPERA. Signed 1973.. on my guitar on the wood.. I met him in 1972 he was 85.. what a wonderful man. He was happy to see a young girl play his dobro guitar..
    I am grateful for also my daddy who started us kids in a bluegrass singing family band.. Watkins family... I'm one of the girls.. Kate.. i play bass too .. i play guitar and sing.
    I love this music.. it was my daddies dream❤. Thank you Kate Watkins Jarvis

    • @katherinejarvis7302
      @katherinejarvis7302 7 місяців тому

      I've played this Wonderful Dobro guitar over 50 years.. what a blessing ❣️🌹🌹💓💯

    • @shobud7561
      @shobud7561 6 місяців тому

      Josh is the uncle Knoxville Tennessee own Ted Graves.
      Ted brother is a well-known Dobro player in Nashville.

    • @shobud7561
      @shobud7561 6 місяців тому

      How can I take lesson from you?

  • @dangeoopatrick2593
    @dangeoopatrick2593 Рік тому +20

    The concept of the dobro has always been a difficult one for me and this is a great beginners video.
    Thanks Laura, you made it very clear and easy to follow.

  • @jeffreyenglehart268
    @jeffreyenglehart268 9 місяців тому +11

    I have the steel bar, brass slide, and glass slide from Amazon. They were sold together for cheap. My mom gifted me one of these by Fender. I am learning on it now. Thank you for posting this

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 9 місяців тому +2

      Good for you on playing a new instrument. Enjoy the experience!

  • @faisaldhariwal1510
    @faisaldhariwal1510 Рік тому +40

    It's nice to hear someone speak so beautifully and explain so concisely exactly what the dobro does . I play bass but I'm learning steel guitar now. Great video

  • @JohnSims3
    @JohnSims3 Рік тому +7

    WOW! The most beautiful resonator I have ever seen! Congratulations!

  • @Lion126TSE
    @Lion126TSE Рік тому +6

    Thank you!! I JUST got my first dobro, and i've wanted one for FOREVER. So you're my very first instructional video for it. Well thought out and explained. Great job!

  • @redempteurqc584
    @redempteurqc584 2 роки тому +13

    Very well explained! I just started Dobro and I really enjoyed playing along to your video. You really made it easy to learn. Please keep doing tutorials like this one. 😊✨🎶

  • @JWemm
    @JWemm Рік тому +7

    Great intro to playing the dobro, Laura! Just what I was looking for. Well thought out and delivered presentation!

  • @johnlammin4968
    @johnlammin4968 3 роки тому +5

    Very well explained and demonstrated Laura.

  • @grekiely6245
    @grekiely6245 Рік тому +3

    Thanks, Ms Laura. Amazing to know how many hits that go with that tune. Magic work here, have tuned into a few of the Band's songs, like my blue grass - top stuff.

  • @superdeluxesmell
    @superdeluxesmell 9 місяців тому +1

    Terrific work. Many thanks.

  • @dean8842
    @dean8842 Рік тому +2

    Excellent intro, Laura! Very well done, indeed.

  • @davidwaldner8841
    @davidwaldner8841 2 роки тому +2

    Wow Laura great job so simple keep it coming Love it I'm just starting out on my Paul Paul beard dobro thank you 🌹👍

  • @xxYetterxx
    @xxYetterxx Рік тому +9

    awesome! I just ordered my first Dobro today. I've been playing bluegrass on Guitar for just under 5 years now and this short intro made perfect sense. Can't wait to start playing around with it

  • @jammer777
    @jammer777 Рік тому +1

    Thanks Laura for sharing this.

  • @Gerkozielman
    @Gerkozielman 8 місяців тому +1

    Very nice explanation, and what a wonderful idea to transform a standard guitar to a dobro style, i'm gonna dive a bit into that, thanks!

  • @jonsnell4751
    @jonsnell4751 9 місяців тому +1

    Very nice to see a Lapson Ressophonic Slide Guitar explaned and played so well.🎸

  • @jeffsiegwart
    @jeffsiegwart 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing. Good presentation. 🎸🎸🎸

  • @ronaldl9085
    @ronaldl9085 8 місяців тому

    Cool. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  • @kevinforde2555
    @kevinforde2555 Рік тому +3

    Thanks, great explanation

  • @EngPheniks
    @EngPheniks 2 роки тому +3

    beautiful instrument demonstrated by a beautiful player 👍

  • @nitelite78
    @nitelite78 8 місяців тому

    Lovely sounding instrument. Also the wood on the front is beautiful. Like the boiling surface of a star made of creamy coffee.

  • @f81456
    @f81456 9 місяців тому

    Perfect theory lesson as well. Thank you!

  • @nellayema2455
    @nellayema2455 Рік тому +2

    Excellent introduction to the instrument!

  • @monto39
    @monto39 7 місяців тому

    Pretty crazy figuring on that guitar - mad quilting all over the top and sides. Beautiful!

  • @kleverich
    @kleverich 7 місяців тому +1

    I've been thinking of picking up the guitar or some sort of stringed instrument for years. I've been leaning towards a Dobro because I've always liked slide guitar. I think you've encouraged me to actually go out and buy one.

  • @lowellirish
    @lowellirish 9 місяців тому +1

    Rushed...by 100% usable! I watched your ring finger on your string hand and get how you incorporated the single plucking in conjunction with the strumming! 😉 TY...I play guitar, fiddle, Irish flute/whistle, Native flutes, bodhran, appalachian dulcimer/strumstick, etc. TY

  • @zebjohnson5580
    @zebjohnson5580 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the lesson

  • @powerfulsamuel1565
    @powerfulsamuel1565 Рік тому

    rhanks so much, after watching your review I bought a round neck, it is great!

  • @calbackk
    @calbackk 7 місяців тому +1

    This was very informative. I learned a lot. Greetings from Sweden.

  • @marcelboisvert5277
    @marcelboisvert5277 Рік тому +1

    Thanks I going to try playing one a bit 👍💥

  • @paulrowe9604
    @paulrowe9604 8 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video !!!

  • @marccarter1350
    @marccarter1350 9 місяців тому

    As a guitar player who learnt to plays in an open tuning, i also slide, loved the sound of that. Sure thats something i could take to.

  • @mickmathieson8266
    @mickmathieson8266 7 місяців тому

    Brilliant!

  • @brettday1278
    @brettday1278 2 роки тому +2

    I play the Dobro and it's a great instrument!

  • @richardprutz6458
    @richardprutz6458 Рік тому +3

    THANK YOU- I don't know if I enjoy building guitars or playing them.

  • @charleschamberlain53
    @charleschamberlain53 2 роки тому +2

    Love it maybe someday after the ukelele and ubass I will learn that one too

  • @Mundproductionfunkhaus
    @Mundproductionfunkhaus Рік тому +1

    very helpful and nicely presented

  • @srm8866
    @srm8866 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely beautiful - and the Dobro and playing wasn't bad either! 🤍😜✌

  • @kevincozens6837
    @kevincozens6837 8 місяців тому

    Nice intro to the instrument. After I discovered the existance of Bluegrass music a few years ago I went down that rabbit hole. Looking at this channel I find Midnight Skyracer is a Bluegrass band. I'll be having a look at the other videos and giving a listen to the bands music.

  • @JosMorn1
    @JosMorn1 8 місяців тому

    Lovely!

  • @rufusgroves1820
    @rufusgroves1820 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful ❤

  • @InterestingWorldLove
    @InterestingWorldLove 10 місяців тому

    "So you can see why we just call it a Dobro" Classic Oh Guitar at the end Amazing

  • @235buz
    @235buz 2 роки тому

    Love them Blue Chip thumbpicks and Tipton bars.

  • @fododude
    @fododude 7 місяців тому +1

    It's amazing how my tolerance for dull instructional videos increases proportionally to the youth and beauty of the instructor.

  • @brianogrady7900
    @brianogrady7900 9 місяців тому +1

    Great video

  • @Adrian_Real
    @Adrian_Real Рік тому +2

    Okay I found this by accident... SO FUCKIN' HAPPY! I have an injury on my finger that makes it very painful to play with my left hand. Thought I'd have to switch to a left-handed guitar, but THIS defeats the problem!! Thank you for making this-- I'm getting a dobro.

    • @shobud7561
      @shobud7561 6 місяців тому

      You don't need an instrument.
      You need a bar of soap stuck in your filthy mouth 😮

  • @ivorbiggen9599
    @ivorbiggen9599 8 місяців тому

    Waw, very interesting and informative, I shall look at your other stuff

  • @markhusbands2037
    @markhusbands2037 2 роки тому +1

    The quilting is unbelievable.

  • @frankcoffey
    @frankcoffey 9 місяців тому +1

    I have one of those extension nuts and a parlor guitar, I think I'll try the D tuning like yours is that sounds good.

  • @beauhanister9318
    @beauhanister9318 8 місяців тому

    Excellent

  • @PaffordHomestead
    @PaffordHomestead 8 місяців тому

    Great picking ❤

  • @squirrel3310
    @squirrel3310 3 роки тому +1

    Nice musical instrument !!!

  • @skudlugs
    @skudlugs 7 місяців тому

    Status Quo did a great cover of honky tonk angel / wild side of life, Thanks Laura, interesting bit of kit !

  • @jamesfarganne528
    @jamesfarganne528 8 місяців тому +2

    How adorable.

  • @gnarmarmounts
    @gnarmarmounts 9 місяців тому +1

    Pretty cool

  • @seamuspurcell5065
    @seamuspurcell5065 8 місяців тому

    this i like , going to build one 😉😊

  • @jamesduffy9946
    @jamesduffy9946 9 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant 👍🇮🇪

  • @Conquistadoom
    @Conquistadoom Рік тому +1

    Just bought one. Started out on a slide cigar box, next logical step.

  • @gregdavis9207
    @gregdavis9207 6 місяців тому

    Thanks

  • @RobKandell
    @RobKandell 9 місяців тому

    I didn’t know the dobro made it back across the pond. You’re pretty handy with that thing.

  • @WarrenFloyd-xr2js
    @WarrenFloyd-xr2js 2 місяці тому

    Also i put slick stainless steel strings on mine love the sound, so close to a pedal steel

  • @oliveroneill1388
    @oliveroneill1388 9 місяців тому

    Well done with the video. Ive played guitar for 40 years . Always wanted to come around to playing lap steel . Hope i get around to it soon .. take care

  • @rectify2003
    @rectify2003 8 місяців тому

    Very interesting
    Subscribed

  • @INDYOSKARS
    @INDYOSKARS 2 роки тому +1

    I´ve got many steels, most of them that I have made myself
    (well fixed rather sawed of the ends and such) and I bought
    a steel like you have got there but its the one I like the least
    the reason being are the ends, makes it pretty hard to do
    forwards slants and backwards slant, it can easily fly out of
    ones hand doing that.
    That round green steel bar looks cool though, bakelight ?

  • @donfromal3592
    @donfromal3592 2 роки тому

    Very nice resonator

  • @lonwof2105
    @lonwof2105 6 місяців тому

    "I play the fiddle in the band as well as this.." what a lady!

  • @cliffjones40
    @cliffjones40 9 місяців тому

    very good cliff jones lesson to be learned you tube

  • @AA-69
    @AA-69 10 місяців тому +1

    GREAT... you've created ONE new Dobro enthusiast , and FIFTY SICK AS A PIG 😭😭😭😭

  • @MrSwanley
    @MrSwanley 9 місяців тому

    Aha... thanks for this. I've heard people mention the Dobro and thought maybe it was the same as a National guitar (e.g. made famous by Dire Straits Brothers in Arms album cover). So I guess they both have metal resonators, but the signature National is all metal, while the Dobro has a wooden body.

  • @wilkbor
    @wilkbor Рік тому

    Thank you for the video. I'm curious if there is a significnt difference in tone between a resonator played on the lap and a resonator played as a traditional guitar? If there is a difference, what is it? Thanks again.....

  • @scottsweet501
    @scottsweet501 7 місяців тому

    The bar is generally referred to as a steel in my experience. I prefer the one with a rounded tip end.

  • @duncan1249
    @duncan1249 Місяць тому

    Thanks for that introductory video :)
    what is the open d tuning you use at the end? I want to try a bit of dobro style on my acoustic to see if I like it before splashing out on an actual dobro. Can I use D,G,D,G,B,D like banjo g tuning?

  • @scottemmonsmusic6001
    @scottemmonsmusic6001 Рік тому +3

    Well explained! Is that quilted Mahogany? 😮 Or stained quilted Maple? Either way, that is a gorgeous instrument! Where can we hear you playing?

    • @midnightskyracer2974
      @midnightskyracer2974  9 місяців тому

      Thanks! It's maple, but stained darker. It is lovely and I'm very lucky to have it. Lots of videos of me playing it on this channel

  • @wadedeeds1738
    @wadedeeds1738 7 місяців тому

    Cool.

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 7 місяців тому

    I suppose anyone can call anything whatever they want and maybe I'm wrong but I don't hear many underhand blues resonator guitarists calling it a dobro. It's really more about the technique and tuning more than it is about the sound but in GENERAL, dobros are overhand played. And they're used for country, bluegrass, folk etc. Resonator guitars are in GENERAL, played underhand and used for blues. They're also more likely to use a spider bridge but from what I hear, some dobros do have a biscuit bridge. Also, I'm only just learning about dobro style but from what I gather, they use a tuning they call open G and it's tuned to a G chord. But blues also uses a tuning that they call open G, also a G chord, but it's a different tuning. So G B D G B D for dobro and for blues it's D G D G B D. The first is easier for melodies and major keys and the latter makes a driving sound easier and is bluesey.

  • @aaroncummins2752
    @aaroncummins2752 Рік тому

    Give a tune out🌈sounds good,

  • @PLT123
    @PLT123 2 роки тому

    Do you have to be advanced at playing guitar before jumping into this style, or slide playing in general?

  • @pragmatica1032
    @pragmatica1032 7 місяців тому

    Dobro is good!

  • @Mundproductionfunkhaus
    @Mundproductionfunkhaus Рік тому

    How do you set up,this instrument in order to play it as a lapsteel?

  • @lowellirish
    @lowellirish 9 місяців тому

    Liked and subbed

  • @fredriebel6176
    @fredriebel6176 7 місяців тому

    I always wanted to play a dobro but have never tried. I do play a regular guitar

  • @johnpulwers680
    @johnpulwers680 9 місяців тому +1

    That's a gorgeous instrument. Is that Fire Maple? What does it cost?

    • @midnightskyracer2974
      @midnightskyracer2974  9 місяців тому

      Quilted maple, yes. It's was made by Rayco resophonics in Canada nearly 15 years ago now - I'm not sure what their current pricing is but they make beautiful instruments!

  • @nitelite78
    @nitelite78 8 місяців тому

    Is that the best shape for playing on the lap. Seems odd to make it the same shape as a normal guitar. Is that because it's designed to be played in two positions?

  • @rjwh67220
    @rjwh67220 9 місяців тому

    I’ve always wondered, why do they put frets on a dobro. You could make it a lot less expensive if you just painted on lines.

  • @rayh.7757
    @rayh.7757 8 місяців тому

    If you wish to experience a master at work playing the dobro, watch The Pedersens.

  • @peterc.benedict8269
    @peterc.benedict8269 8 місяців тому

    What specifically is Open D tuning for dobro?

  • @clawhammer704
    @clawhammer704 3 роки тому +1

    Who built that dobro...beautiful wood. You made me nervous holding that bar over that guitar top. Iv seen too many dobros with dents on the tops.

    • @midnightskyracer2974
      @midnightskyracer2974  3 роки тому +2

      Rayco resophonics in Canada. I had it custom made over 10 years ago now and couldn't be happier with it. Such a beautiful, responsive instrument. I'm very lucky! So far it's pretty much free of bar dings, which is amazing considering how much of a butter fingers I am 😄rayco.ca/

    • @TheMKEWERBY
      @TheMKEWERBY 2 роки тому

      @@midnightskyracer2974 Really!? I thought it was a Regal.

  • @tomrudd1118
    @tomrudd1118 2 роки тому

    Thanks! Honky Tonk Angel!

  • @isaach5489
    @isaach5489 Місяць тому

    Do you ever get confused mentally switching back from regular guitar tuning to the dobro tuning?

  • @tedscott1478
    @tedscott1478 6 місяців тому

    Is that an old Harmony behind your shoulder on the viewers right?

  • @electricelephant7471
    @electricelephant7471 11 місяців тому

    How can you play non major chords? Looks like the bar only allows you to move between major chords.

    • @midnightskyracer2974
      @midnightskyracer2974  9 місяців тому

      There are few places on the neck where you can find partial chords, a couple of full minor chords available too. It isn't always possible though, so often you just have to work around it and imply the chord with a choice note or two rather than play full chords. Maybe I''ll do another video on it when I get the time. Thanks for the idea!

  • @strydyrhellzrydyr1345
    @strydyrhellzrydyr1345 8 місяців тому

    Ohhh hiw i would love to have a dobro yo

  • @FloridaStrayDog
    @FloridaStrayDog 3 роки тому +1

    A 25 pound slide sounds very heavy…. Sorry ;) Great video! You have inspired me to pull mine out of the closet.

  • @TRICK-OR-TREAT236
    @TRICK-OR-TREAT236 9 місяців тому

    WHAT BRAND IS THE FIRST ONE LAURA ?

  • @pwk22
    @pwk22 9 місяців тому +16

    The name "dobro" comes from a contraction/corruption of the Dopyera Brothers, the original makers of the guitar.

    • @TomMarvan
      @TomMarvan 7 місяців тому +4

      And that contraction/corruption means “good” in nearly every Slavic language (for example, in Czech, “dobro” means “good” in English!).

  • @strydyrhellzrydyr1345
    @strydyrhellzrydyr1345 8 місяців тому

    What a lovely Queeny

  • @davidfarmer2049
    @davidfarmer2049 9 місяців тому

    Good lord, i bet your pleased with that.

  • @JamesThomas-zl9er
    @JamesThomas-zl9er 7 місяців тому

    Lovely… I play a dobro, but not a lap version…