Free online dobro lessons with Mark Lavengood

Music With Mark is a free instrument education series. It starts with a dobro (resonator guitar) video-lesson library taught by Mark Lavengood, 2012 RockyGrass dobro champion. 29 video lessons, beginner to advanced, filmed at The Bear Den north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Every lesson is free with a free account (name, email and ZIP), paid for by supporters, and by brand partners as they come on board. Lap steel is next, then mandolin and banjo. Get free lessons · Support free lessons.

Beginner

• Meet Mark: Where I'm From, How I Found the Dobro, Why I Teach
• Tuning
• Intonation
• Warm-Ups
• Forward & Backward Rolls
• You Are My Sunshine: Learn It and Play It
• Cripple Creek: Play Along
• Your First Lesson, Start to Finish (Play-Along)

Intermediate

• Scales
• The Natural Minor Scale
• Strum Patterns
• The Pentatonic Scale
• The Chop
• Cool & Hot Licks
• Ending a Solo
• Intermediate Rolls
• Drone Rolls

Advanced

• Harmonics
• Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs
• Slants
• Inversions
• Sliding Rock: The A Part, The B Part, The Outro Lick, Full Performance

Dobro lessons

• Free dobro lessons: how it works
• All dobro lessons
• Beginner lessons
• Intermediate lessons
• Advanced lessons
• Learn dobro online
• Resonator guitar lessons
• Lap steel for beginners
• Free lap steel lessons (coming soon)
• Lessons in Grand Rapids
• About Mark

About Mark

Mark Lavengood won the 2012 RockyGrass dobro championship, toured for seven years with Lindsay Lou, and has taught reso-guitar out of Grand Rapids, Michigan for two decades. Billy Strings calls him "a master on the dobro." Music and shows: marklavengood.com.

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