Learn Dobro and Lap Steel Guitar
with Online Lessons from Andy Hall

Whether you want to learn Dobro or lap steel guitar, you won't find a better instructor than Andy Hall. Students have unlimited access to hundreds of video lessons - plus tabs, backing tracks, and an online community of Dobro enthusiasts from all over the world.

What ultimately sets these online lessons apart from other offerings however, is the ability to submit a video for personalized feedback using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange® learning platform. Andy Hall reviews each submission and records a video response, offering tips about how to improve. All students can access Andy’s Video Exchange library, which is constantly expanding and may contain the key to unlock your playing.

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All levels from beginner to advanced
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Andy Hall Dobro Lessons

Basic Dobro
Intermediate Dobro
Advanced Dobro
Lap Steel

Basic Dobro

Introduction To Basic Dobro
History of The Dobro
Parts of The Dobro
How To Hold The Dobro
Picks, Capo, and Gear
Names of the Strings and Tuning
Changing Your Strings
How To Wear The Picks
How To Read Tabs
Basic Right Hand Technique
Developing the Thumb
Under The Bar
Basic Left Hand Technique
Getting The Hands Working Together
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Part 1
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Part 2
The Key of G - Part 1
The Key of G - Part 2
Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Part 1

Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Part 2
Slides - Part 1
Slides - Part 2
Introduction To Chords
C Major Scale - Open
C Major Scale - Closed
Wildwood Flower - Key of C - Part 1
Wildwood Flower - Key of C - Part 2
Basic Chord Progressions - Part 1
Basic Chord Progressions - Part 2
The Camptown Races - Part 1
The Camptown Races - Part 2
Basic Rhythm Chops - Part 1
Basic Rhythm Chops - Part 2
Beginning Forward Rolls
Beginning Reverse Rolls
D Major Scale - Open
D Major Scale - Closed
Midnight On The Stormy Deep - Part 1

Midnight On The Stormy Deep - Part 2
Playing Standing Up
Using a Capo - Part 1
Using a Capo - Part 2
Right Hand Technique - Part 1
Right Hand Technique - Part 2
Learning The Neck
How To Learn Songs By Ear
“Amazing Grace”
“Maiden's Prayer”
“Aloha Oe”
“Poor Boy's Delight”
“The Little Girl I Left Behind Me”
“Goodbye Liza Jane”
“Shenandoah”
“I am a Pilgrim” -NEW!
“Mountain Sage” -NEW!

Intermediate Dobro

Introduction
Efficiency of Motion
Rolls Part 1
Rolls Part 2: "Salty Dog Blues"
Picking Patterns: Alternating Bass Strings
Expanding The Key Of D
Expanding The Key Of D Part 2
"Angeline The Baker"
Closed Position D Minor
Open and Closed G Minor
Octaves
Intonation
Sound Quality
Playing Over 12 Bar Blues
The Blues
The Blues: Rhythmic Elements
The Blues: Vocabulary, Riffs, and Licks
The Blues: Vocabulary and Expression
The Blues: 7th Chords
"12 Bar Blues"
Chopping: The Next Step
Chopping: Minor Chords
Chord Backup
"Wildwood Flower" Chord Melody

Reducing Excess Noise
Minor Chords: Other Open Chord Options
Minor Chords
Expanding the Key of G: 2nd Position Major Pentatonic - Part 1
Expanding the Key of G: 2nd Position Minor Pentatonic - Part 2
"Cluck Old Hen"
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs
Harmonics
"Silver Bells"
Slants: Two Note, Forward Slants
Slants: Three Note, Forward Slants
Slants: Reverse Slants
Slants:"Wildwood Flower"
Old School Dobro
"Wabash Cannonball"
Embellishments
A Blues Open Positions
E Blues Exercises
"Deep Ellum Blues"
A Minor Scale
"Shady Grove"
E Minor Scale
B Minor Scale
Playing in 3/4 or Waltz Time

"Dead Cedar Waltz"
Metronome: The Next Step
"May The Circle Be Unbroken"
Major Arpeggios
Minor Arpeggios
"Wayfaring Stranger"
Left Hand Efficiency Over Chord Changes
How To "Dobroify" A Melody If Needed
"Kentucky Waltz"
Rake Scales
Increasing Feel & Emotion
Making Rolls Musical
“Salt Creek”
Maximizing Practice Time
Breaking Free From Scales
Guiding the Chord Changes
Harmonizing a Melody
Introduction to Weissenborn
“Down in the Willow Garden” on the Weisssenborn
Other Student Submitted Tunes
“Sally Ann”
“Stoney Point” -NEW!
“Dixie Hoedown” -NEW!

Advanced Dobro

Pick Blocking
Behind The Bar
Chicken Pickin
"Forked Deer"
Low String Bass Notes
Playing With Intent
Rolls: The Final Frontier - Banjo Style
Melodic Style Playing
"Arkansas Traveler"
Fiddle Tunes On The Dobro
"St. Annes Reel"
Swing Tunes and using The 6th Note
More Rhythm Techniques
Open B Position
"Angeline The Baker" (in open D)

"Black Rock"
Alternate Tunings Part 1: Open D
Alternate Tunings Part 2: Pedal Steel Sound
Alternate Tunings Part 3: E Minor and G 6th
Alternate Tunings Part 4: D6
Theory and Chord Scales
Improvising and Writing
Right Hand Dynamics
Hammer-ons and Pull-offs: The Next Step
Diminished Scales and Chords
Passing and Chromatic Notes
Ear Training: The Copycat Exercise
Building Solos
Solo: "Always You"
Kickoffs and Endings

The Mental Game of Performance
Advanced Right Hand Technique
"Soldiers Joy"
Major 7 Arpeggios
Chord Substitutions
Alternate Picking
“Bill Cheatham”
“Greensleeves”
“Lucky Shuffle”
Getting Drive in Closed Position
Advanced Passing Notes
“John Hardy”
“Cherokee Shuffle” -NEW!
“Shady Grove” -NEW!

Lap Steel

Introduction to Lap Steel -NEW!
Dobro vs. Lap Steel -NEW!
Right & Left Hand Technique -NEW!
Basic Blues Scale (Key of D) -NEW!
Double Stops & Chords -NEW!
12 Bar Blues -NEW!
Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs -NEW!
Sliding -NEW!

Vibrato -NEW!
“Movin Blues” -NEW!
“Sweet Home Chicago” -NEW!
D Major Pentatonic Scale -NEW!
“When the Saints Go Marching In” -NEW!
Double Stops in D -NEW!
“Jambalaya” -NEW!
“Deep River Blues” -NEW!

“Indian Peaks” -NEW!
“Preachin Blues” -NEW!
“This Little Light of Mine” -NEW!
E Blues -NEW!
Open G Tuning -NEW!
“I Saw the Light” -NEW!
“Auld Lang Syne” -NEW!
“Oh Susannah” -NEW!

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About Andy

Andy Hall graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA with a degree in Music Production and Engineering. While originally an electric guitarist, Andy was immediately drawn to the unique and interesting sound of the resonator guitar when he first heard one almost 20 years ago. He has since gone on to play Dobro in the studio and on stage with Dolly Parton, Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Lee Greenwood, Zack Brown, Charlie Daniels, Rodney Crowell and many others.

Andy is a founding member of the acclaimed band, The Infamous Stringdusters, who in 2007 won 3 IBMA awards for their debut album, Fork In The Road. In addition to recording with the Infamous Stringdusters, Andy has released 3 albums of his own: Aquafier (2010), The Sound Of The Slide Guitar (2007), and Redwing (2004).

As the youngest member our Bluegrass instructors, Andy brings a new generation attitude and remarkable excitement and passion toward a traditional instrument in his online Dobro lessons.