"Dueling Banjos" w/ Banjo Uke & Ukulele

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[@Joeyace665]

Exactly what I was looking for.

[@youmoos43]

Fun! You should hire each other.

[@janewamsley9706]

That was so cool....I loved it!

[@walterguill8619]

Wow and backward wow that was cool

[@davidwoodruff1600]

Well done!

[@HollyDollyTakahani]

Excellent work! 🌻🌻

[@mand9792]

Great chemistry between you!

[@BrettRidgewaysLearningForLife]

Lol, THat was funny!

[@cristinastout1451]

Do you have the tabs for this? My husband and I want to learn this - me on the banjolele and him on his uke!

[@Joeyace665]

I would love for my wife to play to but she would never have the patience to learn.

[@DJMalus]

Fun!

[@MrATN800]

Very nice

[@stevesstrings5243]

Very nice! 👍

[@BrettRidgewaysLearningForLife]

Thank you! Just being silly!

[@wendyhill5344]

Is there anyway I can get the music with the parts split like you played?

[@blueykoala3827]

Do you have tabs for this. I have a banjlele and my wife has a tenor uke

[@WolfenX4]

The funny things you find on KZbin when you have a random question like can a ukulele and a banjo do a duet

[@henrysage1838]

Tutorial plzzzzzz

[@tessagreive335]

Can I get the music off your Pateron?

[@tessagreive335]

Very cool by the way. I have been trying to learn this for ages!

[@BrettRidgewaysLearningForLife]

@@tessagreive335 This is coming up as a free lesson so stay tuned! If you are subscribed to my channel you will get the notifications but its coming up soon. I also wanted to add that at least in my lessons< I don't use standard notation or tab. I am often asked if I provide tab for my lessons and/or why I don’t provide tab. And there is a reason. I purposely do not use tab for a few reasons. Please understand, I am not against tab. In fact, I have two clawhammer books using tab, two mountain dulcimer books, and a hammered dulcimer book with standard notation all found on my site: www.brettridgewaymusic.com/merchandise So I am obviously not against using tab. But I do teach in the traditional method of teaching an Appalachian instrument. In years of teaching I have learned that when we use tab there are several adverse effects. While it is a quick way to “play” and maybe learn a tune and provides more of an instant gratification…it is not, in my opinion and the opinion of other people more knowledgeable than me, that it is not the best method. There is a banjo player and neurologist, one and the same, who gives some very compelling information on this from a neurological standpoint. He states that while standard notation and tab are the most common and used ways to learn, it is not the most effective. He then goes into great detail from a neurological standpoint as to how it short circuits true learning. While I cannot explain this from a brain/mind aspect in the technical terms, I have learned this same thing from experience. When learning from tab, yes, its quick and more gratifying for that reason. But when using tab, all we are doing is looking for the next note. This is why so many people have such a hard time memorizing. You can play something fifty times through and never have it memorized! It also hinders the understanding of the instrument, can’t play without music in front of us, and have a very hard time embellishing unless that embellishment is in tab. It cripples the creative process. Our eyes often hinder us in the learning process. I actually teach a workshop where everyone is blindfolded for this reason. I have had many people ask about this and with a little encouragement and instruction I get the same response from everyone back…”It was hard to get used to at first because I have always learned with tab, so at first this was hard, but now I play much freer and can play everything from memory. No dragging around books, papers, or an IPad! This is so much easier once you get the hang of it!” By the way, several years ago I taught a teenage boy to play a tune on the banjo using the traditional way of teaching-no tab. ..just as I do in my lessons. He came back the following week, tune memorized and played up to speed. I took the same tune, the one he JUST played from memory and put the tab to the tune with no title in front of him and told him this was the tune we would learn this week. After several tries he couldn’t get through the first two measures! I told him this was the song he had JUST played and learned last week and he still struggled to play it using the tab. The "secret" to the lessons is the PAUSE and REWIND button. Try breaking down and memorizing just the first small section. By that I mean, memorize it where you can play that section, either a measure, half a measure, or phrase, where you don't have to think so much or struggle at all, then move to the next section. Then put those first two sections together, etc. If you do this, by the time you reach the end of the lesson, the tune is memorized! Remember its not a race to learn the tune which playing a tune through gives a lot of satisfaction, but its a proven fact that the way I am teach is a far more effective and thorough method…just not common or popular. And once you get the hang of it, it gets easier and more natural. I know you didn’t ask for such a detailed explanation but I think or at least hope, it helps to understand. I am often asked if I provide tab for my lessons and/or why I don’t provide tab. And there is a reason. I purposely do not use tab for a few reasons. Please understand, I am not against tab. In fact, I have two clawhammer books using tab, two mountain dulcimer books, and a hammered dulcimer book with standard notation all found on my site: www.brettridgewaymusic.com/merchandise So I am obviously not against using tab. But I do teach in the traditional method of teaching an Appalachian instrument. In years of teaching I have learned that when we use tab there are several adverse effects. While it is a quick way to “play” and maybe learn a tune and provides more of an instant gratification…it is not, in my opinion and the opinion of other people more knowledgeable than me, that it is not the best method. There is a banjo player and neurologist, one and the same, who gives some very compelling information on this from a neurological standpoint. He states that while standard notation and tab are the most common and used ways to learn, it is not the most effective. He then goes into great detail from a neurological standpoint as to how it short circuits true learning. While I cannot explain this from a brain/mind aspect in the technical terms, I have learned this same thing from experience. When learning from tab, yes, its quick and more gratifying for that reason. But when using tab, all we are doing is looking for the next note. This is why so many people have such a hard time memorizing. You can play something fifty times through and never have it memorized! It also hinders the understanding of the instrument, can’t play without music in front of us, and have a very hard time embellishing unless that embellishment is in tab. It cripples the creative process. Our eyes often hinder us in the learning process. I actually teach a workshop where everyone is blindfolded for this reason. I have had many people ask about this and with a little encouragement and instruction I get the same response from everyone back…”It was hard to get used to at first because I have always learned with tab, so at first this was hard, but now I play much freer and can play everything from memory. No dragging around books, papers, or an IPad! This is so much easier once you get the hang of it!” By the way, several years ago I taught a teenage boy to play a tune on the banjo using the traditional way of teaching-no tab. ..just as I do in my lessons. He came back the following week, tune memorized and played up to speed. I took the same tune, the one he JUST played from memory and put the tab to the tune with no title in front of him and told him this was the tune we would learn this week. After several tries he couldn’t get through the first two measures! I told him this was the song he had JUST played and learned last week and he still struggled to play it using the tab. The "secret" to the lessons is the PAUSE and REWIND button. Try breaking down and memorizing just the first small section. By that I mean, memorize it where you can play that section, either a measure, half a measure, or phrase, where you don't have to think so much or struggle at all, then move to the next section. Then put those first two sections together, etc. If you do this, by the time you reach the end of the lesson, the tune is memorized! Remember its not a race to learn the tune which playing a tune through gives a lot of satisfaction, but its a proven fact that the way I am teach is a far more effective and thorough method…just not common or popular. And once you get the hang of it, it gets easier and more natural. I know you didn’t ask for such a detailed explanation but I think or at least hope, it helps to understand.

[@tessagreive335]

Brett Ridgeway's Learning For Life thanks for the reply. I’m subscribed so will be on the look out for the lesson. I totally agree about the method of learning. I would rather learn off someone. Tab is handy if that’s all you have. Thanks again for your reply and I can’t wait for the lesson. Cheers

[@mand9792]

@@BrettRidgewaysLearningForLife Thank you for "such a detailed explanation"! This is why I struggle to teach myself improvisational piano after reaching Grade 6 the "proper" way years ago, dependent on notation. Never could memorise, or improvise. Only a born musician, the kind that has it in their bloodstream before they walk or talk, will understand harmony/chords without the kind of learning that involves really getting it, brain and fingers and body all in one (and ears! (oops!)), instead of being tied to information read by the eyes. Dammit, now I feel like buying a uke, aaaghh...

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

There's two guys named Brett Ridgeway and they both happen to look very similar???? Something seems suspicious here but I cant quite put my finger on it...

[@davidbsmith8944]

Lack of tempo!.