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The Golden Eagle Hornpipe (Advanced)

This is a lesson for advanced mandolin players on how to play 'The Golden Eagle Hornpipe'. It's hard to be sure where this tune came from; could be Irish, Scottish or English depending on how deep your google dive is. Wherever it's from, this is such a fun tune to play; the A part shows how challenging triplets can be, and how many solutions there can be, and the B part wanders into really interesting harmonic territory.




To download the free pdf guide, click here,




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