Lap Steel and Dobro
The lap steel is often seen as a beginner's instrument, a stepping stone to the pedal steel. In some cases this is true, but one should never forget that mastery of the non-pedaled steel guitar is a fine art, worthy of life-long study. This part of the catalog contains beginner method books as well as advanced studies.
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Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar (Book + Online Audio)
Mel Bay Publications
$19.99Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar (Book + Online Audio) by Peter Funk This book is a collection of sixteen instrumentals arranged for acoustic lap steel guitar in D and G tuning. Lovely Hawaiian tunes such as "Aloha Oe" are included as well as more bluesy...$19.99 -
Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method by DeWitt Scott (Book/Online Video)
Mel Bay Publications
$24.99Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method by DeWitt Scott (Book and Online Video) Made famous by the legendary Jerry Byrd, the C6 tuning [CEGACE] for the non-pedal lap steel guitar has many advantages due to its versatility. The tuning is especially...$24.99 -
Beginning Dobro® Solos by Stacy Philips (Book and Online Audio)
Mel Bay Publications
MSRP: $17.99$15.99Beginning Dobro® Solos by Stacy Phillips (Book and Online Audio) Easy solos in several styles for beginners, including Shine On, Harvest Moon; Saint Louis Blues; Maui Chimes; Home Sweet Home; Sun's Gonna Shine in My Back Door; and many others. Each...MSRP: $17.99$15.99 -
Chords & Scale Patterns for Resonator Guitar by Stacy Phillips (fold out chart)
Mel Bay Publications
$6.50Chords and Scale Patterns for Resonator Guitar Chart by Stacy Phillips This is a handy reference chart detailing the common chord positions that all squareneck resonator slide players should know. Major, dominant and minor chords are illustrated...$6.50 -
Chords & Scales for Dobro® and Lap Steel Guitar by Ori Beanstock (Book)
Mel Bay Publications
$14.99Chords & Scales for Dobro® and Lap Steel Guitar by Ori Beanstock A visual way to master chords and scales on six string Dobro® and lap steel guitars in open G tuning. 48 pages. * All chord and scale positions are presented as graphs,...$14.99 -
Complete Dobro® Player by Stacy Phillips (Book and Online Audio)
Mel Bay Publications
MSRP: $34.99$32.99Mel Bay's Complete Dobro® Player by Stacy Phillips (Book and Online Audio) Stacy Phillips is an internationally acclaimed soloist and author on Resonator Guitar. This comprehensive book took years to produce and is the culmination of Stacy's many...MSRP: $34.99$32.99 -
Complete Steel Guitar Method by Roger Filiberto (Book)
Mel Bay Publications
$19.99Complete Steel Guitar Method by Roger Filiberto Great for Slide, Bottleneck, or Dobro Guitar Now complete in one volume, this time-honored method addresses the six-string lap steel guitar in E7 tuning. This approach incorporates both note reading and...$19.99 -
Country Dobro Guitar Styles by Ken Eidson and Tom Swatzell (Book)
Mel Bay Publications
$18.00Country Dobro Guitar Styles by Ken Eidson and Tom Swatzell (Book) This is one of the all-time best selling methods for playing Country style Resonator guitar. Written by the legendary Dobro soloist, Tom Swatzell, it features G tuning and includes 27...$18.00 -
Dobro Christmas Songbook Arranged by Lee "Drew" Andrews
Mel Bay Publications
$9.00Dobro Christmas Songbook Arranged by Lee "Drew" Andrews Featuring 28 well-known Christmas songs arranged for square neck resonator guitar with chord symbols for an accompaniment instrument. Book contains chord diagrams for accompaniment guitar as well as...$9.00 -
Don Helms - Your Cheatin' Heart - Steel Guitar Songbook (Book + Online Audio)
Mel Bay Publications
$19.99Don Helms - Your Cheatin' Heart - Steel Guitar Song Book (Book + Online Audio) E13th Non Pedal (Don Helms, compiled and edited by DeWitt Scott) "If you're like me, you've spent many hours listening to Don Helms' solos on Hank Williams records,...$19.99 -
Easiest Country Pedal Steel Guitar Book by DeWitt Scott (Book)
Mel Bay Publications
$14.99"Easiest Country Pedal Steel Guitar Book" by DeWitt Scott This little book will teach you the basics of how to play the pedal steel guitar. Sections describe how to tune the pedal steel guitar, which picks to use, slides, explanations of signs and...$14.99 -
First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar by Jay Leach (Book and Online Audio)
Mel Bay Publications
$14.99First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar by Jay Leach (Book and Online Audio) is a fun and easy approach to learning the lap steel guitar. Author Jay Leach explains the basics of the instrument including bar control, picking, and string groups, with fun exercises...$14.99