How to Play Dueling Banjos on Banjo | Beginner Lesson with Geoff Hohwald

Learn how to play Dueling Banjos on the 5-string banjo with Geoff Hohwald, author of the Banjo Primer (over 200,000 copies sold). This free lesson teaches Part A of the song made famous by the movie Deliverance, with three warm-up exercises, step-by-step instruction, and a play-along with guitar backup. This lesson is taught in the key of G. To play along with the movie, capo the second fret and tune your fifth string up to A. This arrangement is beginning intermediate, so if you are brand new, learn four or five songs first, then come back to this one. This video is Part A of Geoff's complete 32-minute Dueling Banjos lesson. The full lesson, covering Parts B, C, and the ending, is included with the Easy Banjo Songbook for Beginners, along with 18 more classic bluegrass songs, tabs, jam tracks, and over 3 hours of video instruction: Get the book: https://amzn.to/4gnTDo1 Want to know when new banjos arrive? Join our email list: https://f02c7f60b02f11ef81a461960b153... Chapters: 0:00 About Dueling Banjos and the movie Deliverance 0:36 Skill level: beginning intermediate 0:43 Key of G, and how to play along with the movie (capo 2) 1:30 The four parts of the song 1:37 Exercise 1: the C chord phrase 2:41 Exercise 2: call and response with the guitar 4:24 Exercise 3 4:50 Part A, measure by measure 6:01 Part A with guitar backup Geoff Hohwald has been playing banjo since 1963 and has taught hundreds of thousands of players through his books and videos. Banjo Warehouse is a specialty banjo shop in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Browse banjos, guides, and free lessons at https://banjowarehouse.com