The Belles Of Amaha
reel
Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on January 28th 2008 by martin clarke.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as The Belles Of Omaha, The Morning Star.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
- Aislinn (A Vision) by The Celtic Jazz Collective
- Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
- As Long As You're Enjoying Yourself by John Brennan And John McGillian
- Brock McGuire Band by Brock McGuire Band
- Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
- Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
- Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
- Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
- Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
- Dratsville by Greanstalk
- Dublin Banjos by Sully And John Keenan
- Encore by Celtic Fiddle Festival
- Evening Comes Early by John Doyle
- Farewell To Ireland CD 1 (of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
- Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
- Fonn Le Fonn by Tomas O'Ceannabhain
- Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
- Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
- Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
- Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
- Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
- Out Of The Wind Into The Sun by The Bothy Band
- Patrick Kelly From Cree : Fiddle Music by Patrick Kelly
- Riding Towards Life by Evergreen
- Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh by Eddie Clarke, Sean Corcoran, Maeve Donnelly, Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
- Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume III by Various Artists
- Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
- Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
- The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
- The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
- The Piping Of Patsy Touhey by Patsy Touhey
- The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
- The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
- Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
- Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
- Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
- Undertones by Adrian Barker And Ben Stephenson
X: 1
T: Belles Of Amaha, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
B2({c}BA) BGEF|GABd efge|B2({c}BA) BGEF|GBAF EFGA|
B2({c}BA) BGEF|GABd efge|B2({c}BA) BGEF|GBAF E4:|
|:Bdef gfgb|agfg edBA|Bdef gfgb|agfg e2(dc)|
Bdef gfgb|agfg edBA|B2({c}BA) BGEF|GBAF E4:|
The Belles of Amaha
This is a very nice reel that I think I originally learned from Kerr's Second Collection of Merry Melodies. I like playing it after Tralee Gaol.
# Posted on January 28th 2008 by martin clarke
Very similar to The Morning Star:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/828
# Posted on January 28th 2008 by reenactor
The belles of amaha
At first glance it looked like the Belles of Omaha. Where is Amaha and how do you pronounce it ? And: it´s a very nice reel indeed which plays easily on tenor banjo and concertina. it IS very close to the Morning Star but what I like about this reel is the fact it´s in Eminor - Morning Star in O`Neills 1001 is in Gmajor. So when playing it yesterday I took the first part of Belles of Amaha and combined it with the second part of` O`Neill´s Morning Star at the end of which I put an Eminor-run to lead back to The Belles. Came easily while playing around and makes a nice `new´ reel.
# Posted on January 30th 2008 by alexweger
As far as I'm aware, Amaha=Omaha.
# Posted on January 30th 2008 by martin clarke
The Belles of Amaha
Read off the sheet music. What a beautiful reel. For a flute player, it flows off my fingers nicely (does that make sense?). It feels to me as though you wouldn't need to play it all that fast, but can anybody give me ideas on this?
# Posted on February 2nd 2008 by Bredna
Alexweger,
How can you tell it's in G major, not E minor, by looking at O'Neill's? It just has a key signature, and it's the same for both.
That said, this tune is probably flexible in how you can harmonize it. Must be because harmony was probably added after it was written
# Posted on February 11th 2008 by reenactor