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About Off To California

Off To California is a two-part Irish hornpipe in G major — intermediate, running from D to g and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Hornpipe, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to g · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Off To California — sheet music

G major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

G F♯ G B A G E D | G B d g e d f♯ | g f♯ g d e d B G | A B A G E D E G G B A G E D | G B d g e d f♯ | g f♯ g d e d B G | A B A F♯ G g f♯ e g f♯ e d f♯ | e d e f♯ e d B d | g f♯ g d e d B G | A B A G E D E F♯ G F♯ G B A G E D | G B d g e d f♯ | g f♯ g d e d B G | A B A F♯ G

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Off To California — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Off To California — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|---------------|
A|-------2-0-------|---2-5-----5---|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0---------|
D|-5-4-5-----5-2-0-|-5-------------|---------------5-|-------5-2-0-2-|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------|
A|-----2-0-------|---2-5-----5---|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0-----|
D|-5-5-----5-2-0-|-5-------------|---------------5-|-------4-5-|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
E|-3-2-0-3-2-0---2-|-0---0-2-0-------|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------------|
A|-------------5---|---5-------5-2-5-|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0-----------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-------5-2-0-2-4-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------|
A|-------2-0-------|---2-5-----5---|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0-----|
D|-5-4-5-----5-2-0-|-5-------------|---------------5-|-------4-5-|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Off To California — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|---------------|
A|-------2-0-------|---2-5-----5---|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0---------|
D|-5-4-5-----5-2-0-|-5-------------|---------------5-|-------5-2-0-2-|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------|
A|-----2-0-------|---2-5-----5---|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0-----|
D|-5-5-----5-2-0-|-5-------------|---------------5-|-------4-5-|
G|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
E|-3-2-0-3-2-0---2-|-0---0-2-0-------|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------------|
A|-------------5---|---5-------5-2-5-|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0-----------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-------5-2-0-2-4-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------|
A|-------2-0-------|---2-5-----5---|-------5---5-2---|-0-2-0-----|
D|-5-4-5-----5-2-0-|-5-------------|---------------5-|-------4-5-|
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Off To California — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----------------|-------L2-0---1-|-L2-1-L2---0-------|---------------|
A|-------1-0-------|---1-3------3---|---------3---3-1---|-0-1-0---------|
D|-3-2-3-----3-1-0-|-3--------------|-----------------3-|-------3-1-0-1-|
G|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-------L2-0---1-|-L2-1-L2---0-------|-----------|
A|-----1-0-------|---1-3------3---|---------3---3-1---|-0-1-0-----|
D|-3-3-----3-1-0-|-3--------------|-----------------3-|-------2-3-|
G|---------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
E|-L2-1-0-L2-1-0---1-|-0---0-1-0-------|-L2-1-L2---0-------|-----------------|
A|---------------3---|---3-------3-1-3-|---------3---3-1---|-0-1-0-----------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------3-|-------3-1-0-1-2-|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------L2-0---1-|-L2-1-L2---0-------|-----------|
A|-------1-0-------|---1-3------3---|---------3---3-1---|-0-1-0-----|
D|-3-2-3-----3-1-0-|-3--------------|-----------------3-|-------2-3-|
G|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Off To California — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|---------------|
B|-------0---------|---0-3-----3---|-------3---3-0---|---0-----------|
G|-0---0---2-0-----|-0-------------|---------------0-|-2---2-0-------|
D|---4---------2-0-|---------------|-----------------|---------2-0-2-|
A|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|---------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------|
B|-----0---------|---0-3-----3---|-------3---3-0---|---0-------|
G|-0-0---2-0-----|-0-------------|---------------0-|-2---2---0-|
D|-----------2-0-|---------------|-----------------|-------4---|
A|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
e|-3-2-0-3-2-0---2-|-0---0-2-0-------|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------------|
B|-------------3---|---3-------3-0-3-|-------3---3-0---|---0-------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-2---2-0---------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-0-2-4-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-------3-0---2-|-3-2-3---0-------|-----------|
B|-------0---------|---0-3-----3---|-------3---3-0---|---0-------|
G|-0---0---2-0-----|-0-------------|---------------0-|-2---2---0-|
D|---4---------2-0-|---------------|-----------------|-------4---|
A|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Off To California — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-------2-0-------|---2-5-10-7-5-9-|-10-9-10-5-7-5-2---|-0-2-0---------|
E|---2---------0---|----------------|-------------------|---------0---0-|
C|---------------2-|----------------|-------------------|-----------2---|
G|-0---0-----0-----|-0--------------|-----------------0-|-------0-------|
A|-----2-0-------|---2-5-10-7-5-9-|-10-9-10-5-7-5-2---|-0-2-0-----|
E|-----------0---|----------------|-------------------|-------2---|
C|-------------2-|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
G|-0-0-----0-----|-0--------------|-----------------0-|---------0-|
A|-10-9-7-10-9-7-5-9-|-7-5-7-9-7-5-2-5-|-10-9-10-5-7-5-2---|-0-2-0-----------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------0---0-2-|
C|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------2-----|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------0-|-------0---------|
A|-------2-0-------|---2-5-10-7-5-9-|-10-9-10-5-7-5-2---|-0-2-0-----|
E|---2---------0---|----------------|-------------------|-------2---|
C|---------------2-|----------------|-------------------|-----------|
G|-0---0-----0-----|-0--------------|-----------------0-|---------0-|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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