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[Sam White R.I.P.]

Can some one tell me that the cords are on a Dobro Resonator.I mean from open on up the fret board.
Thanks
Sam

[Steve Green]

I guess that would depend on the tuning you're using. If you're in Open G (low to high: G, B, D, G, B, D), then it would be:

Open: G
1st Fret: G#/Ab
2nd Fret: A
3rd Fret: A#/Bb
4th Fret: B
5th Fret: C
6th Fret: C#/Db
7th Fret: D
8th Fret: D#/Eb
9th Fret: E
10th Fret: F
11th Fret: F#/Gb
12th Fret: G

Repeat

[Sam White R.I.P.]

Thanks Steve I thought it went close to the Steel Guitar cords but the # and b got me confused.
Thanks again
Sam White

[Mark van Allen]

Hi, Sam. The frets for almost any type of fretted musical instrument (except the dulcimer) are laid out following a chromatic scale, which is the same as the order of notes on a piano keyboard. The only difference is what the open tuning is, so you start from the relevant note. For example, an E9 pedal steel tuning is referenced to the open E note, so the chromatic scale and hence "no pedals" chord positions are:
E F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# E F and so on.

Notice as you count up there are no sharps between E and F, or B and C. F# is the same note as Gb, A# the same as Bb, etc.

For any other tuning, you just start counting frets from the appropriate note in the chromatic scale, so the open G dobro tuning would be:
G G# A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G and so on.

You would name the straight bar chords on a C6 tuning as follows:
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C and so on.

I think you can see how these are all the same order of notes (or chord names) just starting from a different note in the underlying chromatic scale. Hope this helps.