Lesson 5. Off to California

Published: March 18, 2007, 3:49 a.m.

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This tune is a hornpipe, and it\'s in the key of G.

Hornpipes are played in a 2/2 time signature, which is subtly different to a 4/4 signature, which Tony discusses in this lesson.

Tony also talks about the use of \'triplets\'.

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The brand of capo Tony refers to is Kyser (www.kysermusical.com).

This lesson runs for 13 minutes 9 seconds.

File size is 6.02 MB.
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