Dueling Banjos: How I play it on 5-string Bluegrass Banjo
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2016
- No banjo tune is "set in stone." Every banjo tune (or tune on any other instrument) can be improvised upon. But you need your own "bag of tricks" to draw from to make that happen. Here I found the opportunity to pass along some of my favorite banjo licks to you, within the framework of "Dueling Banjos", put together in a way that (hopefully) makes musical sense, set to a simple chord pattern. In my version I start off slow (like the movie version), with guitar and banjo swapping licks, then gradually build up speed into the "fast part," then go back to the swapping part, then into another fast part, then finish with an ending similar to the movie ending.
I feel like I do this in the same spirit as the original 1954 version from Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith and Don Reno. They used it as an opportunity to show off their hot licks on the 5-string and plectrum banjos (so it really was "Feuding Banjos"). I don't really know many hot licks, but I hope you'll find this a useful tool for building your improvisational bag of tricks.
Tab and play-along tracks at faster speeds are available at my site, littlerockbanjo.com.
I have posted this video for instructional (teaching) purposes only and, in my opinion, it constitutes fair use:
"The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright."
Hope you enjoy. - Hudba
By far the best free banjo lesson
You've no idea how you've helped me to develop my playing. These are truly excellent tutorials - I live in England where there are relatively few banjo players so I've never had a proper teacher. Thank you so much!
Hey Willie, your 110% right anything is fair game when playing the banjo as long as it makes sense. Your version of dueling banjo is by far the best I've heard especially for a beginner. I know everyone should have there own opinion but the 105 dislikes are just plain ignorant. You deserve so much better than that for tring to teach someone how to play a tune like Dueling Banjos. I'm a beginning Banjo player myself, just been at it for 3 weeks and already can play that tune. Not well, but can play it. At 67 and never playing a string instrument before I'm not doing to bad. Please keep putting out your version of any song you like. I promise I'll watch and listen and learn.
Thanks again Phil
I cannot thank you enough for the great teaching. May God always bless you !!!
William het geweldig wat jij doet. 40 jaar terug ben ik ook met bluegrass banjo bezig geweest. Ben nu 73 jaar en weer opnieuw begonnen met de banjo. Jouw filmpjes zijn geweldig!! Hartelijk dank hiervoor. Blijf spelen. Groeten uit Nederland. Leo.
love the way you teach. im 50+ only been pickin 2yrs. your vids have helped me more than all the others ive watched combined. straight & simple here's how u do it. thats what i need. thank you!
Jeff Jones
this is the first time i've ever read tabs. always dismissed them before as some crazy foreign language and had to learn by memorization. i'm at a decent enough baseline now and it just made sense to me. could read along as i played. thank you man, it's feels like a crazy breakthrough.
Just a SUPER teacher. It had been 12 years since I picked up my banjo. Thank you
This is just great! Thanks for taking the time to slow this masterpiece down so beginners can have a chance to learn it. Good upload
Been playing guitar for over 40 yrs.. from rock to progressive to jazz.
I’d like to think that I’m maturing as a musician, I hope.
Started to learn banjo about a year ago.
Your teaching is awesome.
Thank you.
By far the best and most complete lesson that I found on that tune! Awesome job explaining and having the tabs right there synced as one learn the licks. Thank-you so much!
Thanks Bill , for this good lesson ...perfect for an old vagabond as me...
Now retired and time for my banjo...here in old Sweden...
I waited for years for an explained guide to this classic....I love this...thanks bill your version branches out more in the bluegrass style....!paul from Scotland..
I've been playing this on a ukulele for a couple of years now just got my first 5 sting banjo this video is brilliant and easy to follow many thanks
I can not tell you how much this has helped me! not only learning this song but also helping me understand tabs....thank you so much!
My great grandaddy gave me his banjo, this is helping an awful lot. Thanks mister
dude i learn the benjo in so manny new ways i was unable to se , thx old man , may god bless your soul
Hi William - Thanks for sharing this VERY detailed instruction for how to play the banjo on this song. I have only been playing the banjo for a month and I am half way through this song. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your time! Really appreciate it!
strait to the point i have been looking for a video like this
Love the way you teach with clear illustrations and clear voice. I'm not a banjo player but very interested to learn this instrument
I inherited an 80-year-old Gibson banjo and your know, my teacher, thanks for your posts without them I would have no clue how to play lol
William, thanks for taking your time to assist some less experienced players, your awesome
Steve Moffett I
your a good teacher my friend from the uk
Thanks, Bill your videos are the best on CZcams. I learned all my songs through your videos!!
Hi I am from Macau China. 59 years old. always loved the sound of the Banjo but never learned it. I do play guitar and mandolin. Had a 4 string banjo when I was a kid (my grandfathers) but never figured out how to play it. My kids bought me a 5 string banjo for fathers day this year. So I have been working at learning for about 4 months now. I love your teaching videos. Like others have said, you do the best teaching on the web. I do play guitar semi professionally, and I play a Chinese instrument called the PiPa, but your teaching is some of the best anywhere out there. Thank you.
This is great! Started banjo 8 months ago and this was way easier than I expected!
Once again William, good job and so very much appreciated, thank you.
best and easiest banjo lesson to follow I appreciate it, thank you.
hey, bill. I've had a banjo for only about 3 days (since Christmas morning), but I've been interested in learning the instrument for a little over half a year. dueling banjos always seemed really hard to me, even the beginning part. I'm 21 and my dad has been pushing me to learn guitar since I can remember, but it never really stuck. as I'm typing this I just got comfortable with the first little lick and am about to move on to the second one, but just being able to play that blows my mind. as someone who has never been able to play an instrument being able to play anything other than the simple E string smoke on the water really blows my mind. I've been browsing lessons on youtube for a couple of days but you're the first one that stuck and actually helped me play something that sounds good and I can be proud of. It really helps take away the fear of "I'm never going to figure this out it's too hard" so thank you so much for helping me get past that. i cant wait for my journey with this amazing instrument and ill be checking out your channel after I practice a bit more.
This is an amazing video! I love that you don't charge for the videos or the tabs. You're obviously just doing this for fun and trying to help other people. This video was very easy to follow and well worth the watch. And you sound like you should be narrating a movie like oh brother where art thou or something like that. 👍🏼 keep the videos coming!
Actually I use these videos so I can point my students to a link rather than trying to email them a 20 or 30 MB movie. So I'm not all sweetness and light... just mostly.
@@williamanesbittthank you anyway. You are a hero
Many thanks for taking the time and trouble to post this great lesson. It's really appreciated!
Great version. Doesn't show off. Slow enough to pick up quickly. Don't need TABs. Perfect!
You make this so easy to understand with your split screen!
Thanks for your time. I picked it up real easy. One of the best freebies yet.
Your tabs made it super easy to follow along, thank you.
This vid is awesome. I have no exprience w any instrument and just got a banjo at a yardsale. Im already playn up to the fast part! Unbelievable!! I love this so much, thank u thank u thank u!
Way cool. Thank you master. I’ve been waiting to start this one, but now that I’ve learned Cripple Creek and I’ve started The Ballad of Jed and Foggy Mountain Breakdown, it’s starting to come together. I need to book a private lesson soon. Thanks again for a beautifully organized and presented lesson.
Started plaything the banjo today (first instrument i've ever tried to learn). Obviously started here like a fool. i've surprised myself with what i'm playing actually sounds like what its meant too. which has give me a smug face all day. Thanks alot for the detailed video and tabs.
Excellent, I'm not a beginner but like to re visit this tune now and again for some refreshing new takes on the licks, and its helped me to simplify my version and make it less 'clunky';.....cheers and thanks for this Will.
Thanks for teaching. I recntly bought a banjo and learned how to hold tune and read tablature from another video I really wanted to play this song I've only gotten 8 minutes but reading tab and watching has helped
This video is so good, I used the play through at the end to practice my guitar part!!
Hi BIll. You are an amazing instructor. Your instructions are very thorough and calm and your voice is almost soothing. I am actually getting somewhere following your instructions, where I was ready to give up previously. You are the best. Thank you
The best Banjo Tution site on You Tube!
This lesson was amazing, it was hard to find tabs for this so thank you so much
thank you for this incrdible lesson! It really helped me a lot in developing my licks and banjo skills overall! Now it's time to start practicin"!
Best duelling banjos lesson out there. Thank you
Thank you for this. By far best explainer video on this song so far. Gonna tackle it as a fun surprise for my in laws when they come visit from Florida in July.... my brother in law plays steel string guitar... should be fun!
Nicely put together, Bill - thanks for taking the time and trouble! You are the man (as they say in the USA....)
Dang! This is the perfect song to learn when getting the hang of licks. I just "completed" your Foggy Mountain Breakdown tutorial and am ready to find a new project. I love playing Foggy mountain, now! I was thinking about trying to tackle Rocky Top, but would love to have a "bag of tricks".
best on line teacher ever.
Thank you for the excellent tutorial. May you live long and prosper!
Love all your videos ! You have no idea how much i have learned!
You’re an awesome teacher!!!
Thanks again William another great video have been working on Foggy Mountain breakdown and will now try this , your videos are a great help thanks again Mark
you give the best lessons of any musical instrument on CZcams. you ought to win a CZcams award if that is a thing. you've changed my life and many others by giving us the gift of banjo this is for real!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying picking!
Brilliant lesson thanks Bill ❤❤
Hi Bill, I really want to thank you for your excellent course material. I try learning banjo since may this year. I suddenly got addicted to the banjo. I also used the Janet David book which is a good start to me. But now I am a little further I am using more of your vids and tabs . So now I also go start using you accompany mid files which are great having them at different speeds as well. Very handy now I am trying to learn dueling Banjo's. and also here your version is the best to learn from. You just are the most complete web teacher, and very relaxed as a person it seems. I agree with other comments, you are the best (for me right now anyway). So thank you, muchas gracias, merci, danke schon, spasiba, khop khun kap.So the news struck me that you been in the courthouse (with a clark family). I hope nothing bad happens and you will get out safely. If not give me a call and I send you a cake with a file.
I am Taiwanese . This channel is so so so so so GOOOOOD!!!
It really did help, and I did have fun, thank you so much, brilliant.
You are so great!! Greetings from Barcelona!
Thanks again Bill for another great lesson!
Great lesson Verry well explained 10/10
best deliverance tutorial ive seen
the best class of this theme that I have get in youtube
A great Banjo lesson very easy to follow
absolutely awesome lesson, thankyou.
I wish I could learn that . Amazing !
Thank you so much, great teaching.
Thank you a lot! I've received a banjo for a gift and this is my first video lesson! Very nice :-) Greg from Rome
Rome, GA? :-)
Thanks for putting this up! It's very easy to follow along, and I appreciate you going step by step slowly. The tabs on screen while you play really helped me figure it out. I'm brand new to the banjo, and this was by far the easiest instructional video to follow I've found. Thank you again!
Thanks Bill, I love this! Picked it as my first learning banjo tune and it is quite "do-able", except for the G-lick at 17:40 which I cannot stretch my fingers around. Must master that, since it is in Foggy Mountain Breakdown, which is high on my list.
Great lessons Bill. Best freebies on CZcams by far.
fantastic lesson, thankyou for the video
This is best video I have seen. Thanks!
Hello,my name is Johnny Cash,was my first thought.Thank you for showing us!!
Merci beaucoup ! Génial, on prend plaisir au banjo ♡☆☆☆
This is Great real easy to follow along and understand, its coming together smoothly. Thank you, So much👍🎶
Great job, William! This is very informative, easy to understand, and concisely presented. I love the sound of your banjo as well.
Hi Bill. Your teaching has brought my playing on so much. I've always wanted to play this song. Is there any chance you could upload a video playing it at full speed? The full speed versions as in your other videos help me put it all together. Thank you so much for your lessons.
Thank you for the video!! saludos desde Argentina
Thank you William. Loved this tune since a kid, but always thought it was way out of my league. But with your excellent guidance and lots of practice. I can for the first time say I am slowly on my way to cracking this great tune.
Thanks William, this video made me take up the banjo 👍👍👍
Thank so much Bill. Very much appreciated.
bought a banjo on a whim. couple weeks ago. used to play guitar in my twenties. used a flat pick for the most part. I'm hooked on this though. Thanks.
hace 3 años buscaba el tutorial y no encontre en ese tiempo... gracias por compartirlo.
Thanks so much for this lesson love it
Great vid. Best regards from Norway!!
Het is geweldig wat jij doet!! Greatings from Holland. Leo.
This is gonna be so sick to learn! Thankyou :)
U are the Man! Great stuff. Thanks for caring.
Awesome.... thanks for your videos buddy....
Nice Job, one of the few that are complete. :)
Thanks for the break down
You are the best! Thank you!!
Your the best man thank you!
Great lesson William 👌👍🥃🏴🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yip thanks for your reply yip def worln on it ..lol all best keep posting 😁👍🥃🏴
..I like it,..will watch a few times!
Awesome sir
Finally a good lesson thank you
Thank you so much I can’t believe I just might pull it off, hopefully. Cheers man.