Chords for The Murphy Method - Beginning Dobro
Tempo:
102.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Gm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[Gm] [G]
Hi, thank you Murphy.
Let's get started talking about how to hold a dobro.
When you're sitting down with your dobro to start off with,
I'd like you to put the
neck of the dobro on your left leg, close to your knee.
The rest of the dobro goes on your right leg.
Next thing is let's talk about these finger picks over here on my hand.
I use two metal finger picks for my two fingers, and I put them on so that they're opposite my
fingernail, and I curve them in a little bit for better playing position.
And my thumb over here,
I use a plastic thumb pick, and the plastic thumb pick wraps around the thumbnail part of [F#m] my thumb.
Now I'd like to get into a roll right away.
First,
I put my right hand down on the cover plate of the dobro.
This bridge that goes over the top of the spider bridge [G] is where you put the back palm of your hand.
You put your fingers in so that you're touching the strings.
It's kind of a cup kind of feeling over here.
I'd like you to play the third string with your thumb,
the second string with your index finger, [B] and the first string [G] with your middle finger.
We're going to call that [Dm] a forward roll [G] because of the motion as it moves away from you forward if you were walking that way.
And we're going to repeat that roll four times without stopping in between.
Listen first.
Let me talk a little bit about the placement of the bar.
We use a steel bar, a Stephen style
steel bar, and what gives it that style is
that it has a kind of a trough over the top here that you put your index finger on top of.
Your
thumb goes on the other side holding it, and
your longest finger will go on the other side.
So you can really grasp that bar to move it up and down.
I'm going to put that bar down on the strings at the [F] fifth fret.
I [G] want you to put your bar, place it right on top of that wire, not behind, but right on top of the wire.
Press down
firmly, but don't press so hard that the strings go down to the neck.
As you can see,
it's not bending very much when I'm pushing it down, but it is firm.
Now notice these fingers behind the bar.
They're touching the strings, and they're very, very important to keep on there when you're playing.
They do a dampening effect.
We call it blocking in dobro.
They keep the strings back here from making [C] noise while
the strings on this side of the bar will sound.
So we have our bar [G] down on all six strings on the fifth fret over here.
[E] That's a C chord.
Now I'm going to roll with that forward roll that I taught you just a minute ago,
a minute or two ago, and we're going to do that same one.
It's going to be third string, second, first [C] on the C chord four times.
[Gm] [G]
Hi, thank you Murphy.
Let's get started talking about how to hold a dobro.
When you're sitting down with your dobro to start off with,
I'd like you to put the
neck of the dobro on your left leg, close to your knee.
The rest of the dobro goes on your right leg.
Next thing is let's talk about these finger picks over here on my hand.
I use two metal finger picks for my two fingers, and I put them on so that they're opposite my
fingernail, and I curve them in a little bit for better playing position.
And my thumb over here,
I use a plastic thumb pick, and the plastic thumb pick wraps around the thumbnail part of [F#m] my thumb.
Now I'd like to get into a roll right away.
First,
I put my right hand down on the cover plate of the dobro.
This bridge that goes over the top of the spider bridge [G] is where you put the back palm of your hand.
You put your fingers in so that you're touching the strings.
It's kind of a cup kind of feeling over here.
I'd like you to play the third string with your thumb,
the second string with your index finger, [B] and the first string [G] with your middle finger.
We're going to call that [Dm] a forward roll [G] because of the motion as it moves away from you forward if you were walking that way.
And we're going to repeat that roll four times without stopping in between.
Listen first.
Let me talk a little bit about the placement of the bar.
We use a steel bar, a Stephen style
steel bar, and what gives it that style is
that it has a kind of a trough over the top here that you put your index finger on top of.
Your
thumb goes on the other side holding it, and
your longest finger will go on the other side.
So you can really grasp that bar to move it up and down.
I'm going to put that bar down on the strings at the [F] fifth fret.
I [G] want you to put your bar, place it right on top of that wire, not behind, but right on top of the wire.
Press down
firmly, but don't press so hard that the strings go down to the neck.
As you can see,
it's not bending very much when I'm pushing it down, but it is firm.
Now notice these fingers behind the bar.
They're touching the strings, and they're very, very important to keep on there when you're playing.
They do a dampening effect.
We call it blocking in dobro.
They keep the strings back here from making [C] noise while
the strings on this side of the bar will sound.
So we have our bar [G] down on all six strings on the fifth fret over here.
[E] That's a C chord.
Now I'm going to roll with that forward roll that I taught you just a minute ago,
a minute or two ago, and we're going to do that same one.
It's going to be third string, second, first [C] on the C chord four times.
Key:
G
C
D
Gm
F#m
G
C
D
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Hi, thank you Murphy.
Let's get started talking about how to hold a dobro.
When you're sitting down with your dobro to start off with,
I'd like you to put the
neck of the dobro on your left leg, close to your knee.
The rest of the dobro goes on your right leg.
Next thing is let's talk about these finger picks over here on my hand.
I use two metal finger picks for my two fingers, and I put them on so that they're opposite my
fingernail, and I curve them in a little bit for better playing position.
And my thumb over here,
I use a plastic thumb pick, and the plastic thumb pick wraps around the thumbnail part of [F#m] my thumb.
_ Now I'd like to get into a roll right away.
First,
I put my right hand down on the cover plate of the dobro.
This bridge that goes over the top of the spider bridge [G] is where you put the back palm of your hand.
You put your fingers in so that you're touching the strings.
It's kind of a cup kind of feeling over here.
I'd like you to play the third string with your thumb,
_ _ the second string with your index finger, _ [B] and the first string [G] with your middle finger.
We're going to call that [Dm] a forward roll [G] because of the motion as it moves away from you forward if you were walking that way.
And we're going to repeat that roll four times without stopping in between.
Listen first.
Let _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ me talk a little bit about the placement of the bar.
We use a steel bar, a Stephen style
steel bar, and what gives it that style is
that it has a kind of a trough over the top here that you put your index finger on top of.
Your
thumb goes on the other side holding it, and
your longest finger will go on the other side.
So you can really grasp that bar to move it up and down.
I'm going to put that bar down on the strings at the [F] fifth fret.
I [G] want you to put your bar, place it right on top of that wire, not behind, but right on top of the wire.
Press down
firmly, but don't press so hard that the strings go down to the neck.
As you can see,
it's not bending very much when I'm pushing it down, but it is firm.
Now notice these fingers behind the bar.
They're touching the strings, and they're very, very important to keep on there when you're playing.
They do a dampening effect.
We call it blocking in dobro.
They keep the strings back here from making [C] noise while
the strings on this side of the bar will sound.
So we have our bar [G] down on all six strings on the fifth fret over here.
[E] That's a C chord.
Now I'm going to roll with that forward roll that I taught you just a minute ago,
a minute or two ago, and we're going to do that same one.
It's going to be third string, second, first [C] on the C chord four times. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Hi, thank you Murphy.
Let's get started talking about how to hold a dobro.
When you're sitting down with your dobro to start off with,
I'd like you to put the
neck of the dobro on your left leg, close to your knee.
The rest of the dobro goes on your right leg.
Next thing is let's talk about these finger picks over here on my hand.
I use two metal finger picks for my two fingers, and I put them on so that they're opposite my
fingernail, and I curve them in a little bit for better playing position.
And my thumb over here,
I use a plastic thumb pick, and the plastic thumb pick wraps around the thumbnail part of [F#m] my thumb.
_ Now I'd like to get into a roll right away.
First,
I put my right hand down on the cover plate of the dobro.
This bridge that goes over the top of the spider bridge [G] is where you put the back palm of your hand.
You put your fingers in so that you're touching the strings.
It's kind of a cup kind of feeling over here.
I'd like you to play the third string with your thumb,
_ _ the second string with your index finger, _ [B] and the first string [G] with your middle finger.
We're going to call that [Dm] a forward roll [G] because of the motion as it moves away from you forward if you were walking that way.
And we're going to repeat that roll four times without stopping in between.
Listen first.
Let _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ me talk a little bit about the placement of the bar.
We use a steel bar, a Stephen style
steel bar, and what gives it that style is
that it has a kind of a trough over the top here that you put your index finger on top of.
Your
thumb goes on the other side holding it, and
your longest finger will go on the other side.
So you can really grasp that bar to move it up and down.
I'm going to put that bar down on the strings at the [F] fifth fret.
I [G] want you to put your bar, place it right on top of that wire, not behind, but right on top of the wire.
Press down
firmly, but don't press so hard that the strings go down to the neck.
As you can see,
it's not bending very much when I'm pushing it down, but it is firm.
Now notice these fingers behind the bar.
They're touching the strings, and they're very, very important to keep on there when you're playing.
They do a dampening effect.
We call it blocking in dobro.
They keep the strings back here from making [C] noise while
the strings on this side of the bar will sound.
So we have our bar [G] down on all six strings on the fifth fret over here.
[E] That's a C chord.
Now I'm going to roll with that forward roll that I taught you just a minute ago,
a minute or two ago, and we're going to do that same one.
It's going to be third string, second, first [C] on the C chord four times. _ _ _ _ _
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