Dueling Banjos Sheet Music For All Instruments

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Dueling Banjos
Banjo
Call and Response:
Dueling Banjos is a tune that represents the
G sequence
G
B
process by which natural (non-music reading)
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musicians get to know each other and begin
C sequence
B
E
playing together. It consists of five different
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elements.
D sequence
B
E
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For the most part, the elements get played in a call
Chords: GGGCG
and response pattern—the leader plays
Melody:
something and then the follower plays the same
B
G
B
G
thing.
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Yankee Doodle:
The five elements are:
Call:
G
B
G
B
G
Sequences: these are little pieces of scales.
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Chords: a rhythmic pattern of two chords
Response:
Melody: a short tune
G
B
G
D
Yankee Doodle: the tune split into two parts—the
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first phrase (“Yankee Doodle went to town”) used
as a call and the second phrase (“Riding on a
Fast Chords: (4 beats/chord)
pony”) as a response
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Fast Chords: the main part of the music is a
sequence of chords.
Guitar
Call and Response:
G sequence
G
B
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C sequence
B
E
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D sequence
B
E
Boomwhackers/Keyboard
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Need these boomwhackers: G, A, B, C, D, E, F, F#
Call and Response:
Chords:
G sequence: GGGABCDCB
GGGCG
C sequence: CCCDEFGFE
Melody
D sequence: DDDEF#GAGF#
B
G
B
G
Chords (3 notes at once)
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DDD G
D
Yankee Doodle:
BBB E
B
Call:
GGG C
G
G
B
G
B
G
Melody: BCDBCABGA
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Yankee Doodle:
Response:
(Call): GGABGBA
G
B
G
D
(Response): GGABGF#
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Fast Chords: (4 beats/chord)
Fast Chords: (4 beats/chord)
CGDGCGDG
CGDGCGDG

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