Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator
Etymologies
- From the trade name "Dobro", used by Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, name of the inventors + brothers, also punning on Slovak dobro, good. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“With the blues as a central influence in his life, DeLuca discovered the resonator guitar, often called the dobro, and made it his instrument of choice.”
“It's also technically classified as a dobro, due to the body being of all-woodconstruction, and instead of a biscuit bridge being mounted on a single cone, it uses a "spider" bridge.”
“As with his brother's songs, Nels Cline's material often contains an emotional charge, most conspicuous during introspective, acoustic numbers such as dobro / guitar duet "The Nomad's Home," "The Androgyne," and "Prayer Wheel," an older conception that may be Cline's most melodically accessible appearance, suggestive of Ralph Towner's ECM releases.”
“Eric Schlange of the Banjo Hangout happily announced the launch of a Hangout for resonator guitar (a.k.a. "dobro") players.”
“This is the first album for her and her band, featuring dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas, in more than six years.”
“Mr. Wildhorn's tunes sound like half-remembered middle-of-the-road AM-radio ballads from the 1970s, touched up with banjo and dobro to give them a theme-park period feel.”
“Este dinheiro conforme levantamento feito, corresponde a nada mais nada menos do que (a dias de hoje) mais do que o dobro do que já foi disponibilizado para o desenvolvimento.”
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“We did one project with a group called Strength In Numbers, which was Mark O'Connor on fiddle, Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam Bush, Edgar and Me.”
“After dobro master Jerry Douglas joined the group for "Thistle And Weeds," Mumford joked that since last year, "He's getting so much better; it's really encouraging to see.”
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“Sitting in a chair strumming the guitar, Gary noticed an old platinum dobro and thought, Wow!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dobro’.
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
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MUSIC - ALL TERMS
With focus on non-classical styles, but not excluding terms of the latter.
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mager's Words
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Zing Went the Strings
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colleen's words ii
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hedges's Words
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spicolli's Words
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
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Guitarist's Glossary
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Words of the Day
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Verbalitis
syncretic
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Ute
Durable items invented by Hom. Sap.
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Appalachian colloquial interpretations
words often used or misused by my hillbilly and redneck friends...
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My Favorite Instruments
I love their sounds as well as their names!
guitar, piano, harpsichord, grand harp, lute, hammered dulcimer, flute, violin, oboe, clarinet, cittern, dobro and 33 more...
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stompin' and pickin'
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Cormac McCarthy
words from Cormac McCarthy books.
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