Chords for Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them For Dobro

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E

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Dm

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them For Dobro chords
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[G] [F#] [Dm] [C#m]
[Dm] [N] Hey everybody, we're going to go over common mistakes a lot of beginners make.
I'm through intermediate.
You'll find that if somebody gets to be pretty good, these things are out of their playing.
So why not you?
Why don't you just take the shortcut and learn the common mistakes that people make.
I've taught a lot of [D] workshops around the country and I've seen scores, scores of
people do [D#] these things.
When I show them the correct way to do something, it cleans up their playing immediately.
[D] So I thought that this would be a useful lesson to you.
So with that out of the way, let's get going and learn some common mistakes.
The number one thing, it's not an order of importance, but everything is as important
as the next.
Example number one on the table chair is something that's going to show you how to tilt your bar up.
That's [B] one of the big things I see people do.
If they're going to play three notes, which should be say [A] number one in the tablature,
it's just the top three strings of the second fret.
Well, you hear all those notes are ringing together and there are times [F#] when you do want
that, but there are many times when you don't.
So the number one thing that's wrong with that is that you want to be able to damp the
[A] lower notes [E] by tilting your bar up at the end [A] of the passage that you're playing.
And [Em] see, I'm just tilting my left hand up, right?
So that by the time I reach the third note, the [D#] two below it have been muted by my drag
fingers, which I'll turn a little bit [A] and keep the cameraman busy here, Peter Lorch.
[F#] Now see, I've tilted up with my hand, but I'm leaving these fingers [A] down.
[E] [A] So my whole hand isn't coming up like that.
[E] It's just the right part of my hand and my pinky [A] and my ring finger stay down.
[E] Okay, now a little word to the wiser, that's where your pressure is at with the bar.
You don't put the pressure necessarily on the index finger.
And this is a big thing I see people do wrong too.
I'm going to move back there, Peter.
I [A] see people pressing and listen to what happens when you press too hard.
[E]
[Am] So you put the note out of tune.
[E] So you want to have enough pressure so you don't [A] get a lousy sound, [Em] but not too much
to detune the note.
And really the pressure is on my pinky and my ring finger.
That's where I have the pressure.
I'm firm right there.
[E] Okay, so I made up a little exercise to teach you how to tilt the bar up and also move down
a set of strings.
This will help you understand how to do [A] this.
So we're going to play the three notes and the bar is going to be flat.
Now when I play the third one, [E] that's when I tilt up.
Now don't tilt up a lot, right?
It's not a lot.
It's just enough
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1231
E
2311
F#
134211112
Dm
2311
D
1321
A
1231
E
2311
F#
134211112
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Dm] _ [N] Hey everybody, we're going to go over common mistakes a lot of beginners make.
I'm through intermediate.
You'll find that if somebody gets to be pretty good, these things are out of their playing.
So why not you?
Why don't you just take the shortcut and learn the common mistakes that people make.
I've taught a lot of [D] workshops around the country and I've seen scores, scores of
people do [D#] these things.
When I show them the correct way to do something, it cleans up their playing immediately.
[D] So I thought that this would be a useful lesson to you.
So with that out of the way, let's get going and learn some common mistakes.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The number one thing, it's not an order of importance, but everything is as important
as the next.
Example number one on the table chair is something that's going to show you how to tilt your bar up.
That's [B] one of the big things I see people do.
If they're going to play three notes, which should be say [A] number one in _ the tablature,
it's just the top three strings of the second fret.
_ _ Well, you hear all those notes are ringing together and there are times [F#] when you do want
that, but there are many times when you don't.
So the number one thing that's wrong with that is that you want to be able to damp the
[A] lower notes [E] _ by tilting your bar up at the end [A] of the passage that you're playing.
And [Em] see, I'm just tilting my left hand up, right? _
So that by the time I reach the third note, the [D#] two below it have been muted by my drag
fingers, which I'll turn a little bit _ [A] and keep the cameraman busy here, Peter Lorch.
_ [F#] Now see, I've tilted up with my hand, but I'm leaving these fingers [A] down. _
[E] _ _ [A] So my whole hand isn't coming up like that. _
[E] _ It's just the right part of my hand and my pinky [A] and my ring finger stay down.
[E] _ _ _ _ Okay, now a little word to the wiser, that's where your pressure is at with the bar.
You don't put the pressure necessarily on the index finger.
And this is a big thing I see people do wrong too.
I'm going to move back there, Peter.
I [A] see people pressing and listen to what happens when you press too hard.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ So you put the note out of tune. _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] So you want to have enough pressure so you don't [A] get a lousy sound, _ [Em] _ _ but not too much
to detune the note.
And really the pressure is on my _ pinky and my ring finger.
That's where I have the pressure.
I'm firm right there.
[E] _ _ _ Okay, so I made up a little exercise to teach you how to tilt the bar up and also move down
a set of strings.
This will help you understand how to do [A] this.
So we're going to play the three notes and the bar is going to be flat. _
Now when I play the third one, _ [E] that's when I tilt up.
Now don't tilt up a lot, right?
It's not a lot.
It's just enough _ _

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