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Theme code Index
3436 41H47L
Also known as
Derby Hornpipe
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra
Meter/Rhythm
Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number
p. 143
Year of publication/Date of MS
1883
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
BELLE OF THE BALL [1] . American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune also appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection under the title "Derby Hornpipe".
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes ), 1940; p. 107. Ryan's Mammoth Collection , 1883; p. 143.
X:1
T:Belle of the Ball [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B/A/B/G/ c/B/c/A/ | B/g/f/e/ e/d/c/B/ | c/d/e/f/ g/b/g/e/ | c/B/A/G/ F/A/F/D/ |
B/A/B/G/ c/B/c/A/ | B/g/f/e/ e/d/c/B/ | A/a/f/d/ g/d/A/F/ | GGG z :|
|: d/e/d/B/ g/f/e/d/ | e/f/g/e/ a/g/f/e/ | d/g/b/a/ g/f/e/d/ |e/d/c/B/ A(B/c/) |
d/e/d/B/ g/f/e/d/ | e/^d/e/f/ g/f/g/a/ | b/g/e/c/ B/A/G/F/ | GGGz :||