Bonanza

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Theme code Index	1H2H4H4H 3H61H5H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
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. 132
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BONANZA HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole/Ryan): AA'BB' (Cranford). Originally a Spanish word, bonanza means 'prosperity'. It has been used in the United States since 1847 to refer to a rich mine and was perhaps the name of an actual mine in Nevada. The term has been applied to any development (albeit usually economic) in which there have been large or windfall profits.

Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987) [Cranford]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 97.

Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 36, p. 13. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 132.

X:1
T:Bonanza 
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A | d(d/f/) e/g/f/a/ | gg g/f/e/g/ | f/a/d/f/ B/g/e/c/ | d/c/d/f/ a/A/B/c/ | d/c/d/f/ e/d/e/g/ | 
f/e/f/a/ g/f/g/b/ | a/f/d/f/ e/a/c/e/ | ddd :: (e/f/) | g/e/c/e/ A/A/d/e/ | f/d/A/d/ F/A/d/f/ | 
e/d/g/e/ c/e/A/c/ | d/c/d/f/ a(e/f/) | g/b/e/c/ A/c/e/g/ | f/a/f/d/ F/A/d/f/ | 
e/g/B/G/ E/A/c/e/ | ddd :||