Nashville Acoustic Camps

Holiday Dobro Zoom Workshop Series with Ivan Rosenberg

I’m looking forward to teaching a Nashville Acoustic Camps Zoom workshop series on Dobro arrangements of well-known Christmas songs (plus the must-know New Year’s classic Auld Lang Syne) to help Dobro players of all skill/experience levels get ready for the holidays!I’ll be teaching six songs, each with a straightforward melody-based arrangement and, building strategically from that melodic outline, an intermediate/advanced arrangement. So, in addition to learning timeless holiday repertoire, you’ll be learning to develop more-advanced Dobro arrangements from simple, bare-bones versions of tunes. Along the way, we’ll work through relevant scales, fretboard pockets, and picking/barring techniques that facilitate playing these songs, so you’ll be enhancing your Dobro knowledge and technical skills throughout. Detailed tab along with charts, backing tracks, and separate audio recordings of all the Dobro arrangements will be provided along with links to download/stream the class recordings.

An advantage of this seasonal repertoire is that everyone will be familiar with the melodies in advance, which makes teaching and learning much easier! So far I’ve done all the prep work including Tab for two versions each of Away in a Manger, Greensleeves (What Child Is This), Auld Lang Syne, and Frosty the Snowman, and I’ll work up a couple more familiar songs as well. I’m trying to choose my two favorites out of Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, and White Christmas—all of which are great on the Dobro. Classes (each about an hour and a half long) will take place Wednesdays in November at 7:30 PM Central. Classes are recorded, so there’s no need to attend live, but it’s more fun if you do. I’ll stick around after each class for a bit of Q&A, and I’ll hold two bonus office hours (dates/times to be announced) so I can check in with anyone who has questions or wants individual feedback on their playing.

Email me anytime if you have any questions about the course content at ivanDrosenberg@gmail.com. If you have questions about registration, payment, or using Zoom, please contact our host, Megan Lynch Chowning from Nashville Acoustic Camps, at fiddlestar33@gmail.com.

Hope to see you there!
Ivan

Resophonic Guitar - Workshops with Ivan Rosenberg
Presented by Nashville Acoustic Camps

Next Ivan Dobro workshops coming in November 2025 - see above for the holiday series info

You do not need to attend the workshops live. Everyone who registers gets the recordings and supplemental materials.
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