Bella Union

 X:1 T:Bella Union M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:E (BA) | GzAz F2(AF) | GBeg fece | GzAz F2 (AF) | cedf ecBA | GzAz F2 (AF) | GBeg fece | GzAz F2(AF) | cedf e2 :: (de) | .f(BAB) .g(BAB) | .a.B.g.B .f(BAB) | .f(BAB) .g(BAB) | .a.f.d.f .e2(de) | .f(BAB) .g(BAB) | .a.B.g.B .f(BAB) | E(GB) e(eg) | {g}fedf e2 :||



BELLA UNION. American, Reel. E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by R. Tyson, about whom nothing is known. He was a performer as well as composer however, for his name is referenced elsewhere in Ryan's Mammoth as &quot;performed by R. Tyson.&quot; New York researcher, writer and musician Don Meade believes this tune was named for San Francisco's Bella Union, a &quot;melodeon&quot; or variety theatre. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 32. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 118, pg. 80. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 58.

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