hornpipe · Key of G

Off to California

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Off to California"Off to CaliforniaHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33302454520520525305023235052502052024Tenor Banjo33545205205253050232350525020455023203205205020525Tenor Banjo3332350525020520505250520525305023235052502045Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 859
ABC notation source
X:859
T:Off to California
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 859
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(3(DEF)|G>FG>B A>GE>D|G>Bd>g e2(3(def)|g>fg>d e>dB>G|A>BA>G E2(3(DEF)|
G>FG>B A>GE>D|G>Bd>g e2(3(def)|g>fg>d e>dB>G|A>BA>F G2::(3(def)|g>fe>g f>ed>f|e>de>f e>dB>d|
g>fg>d e>dB>G|A>BA>G E2D2|(3(GAG) B>G A>GE>D|G>Bd>g e2(3(def)|g>fg>d e>dB>G|A>BA>F G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Off to California

  • Off to California is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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