James F. Dickie

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on August 11th 2007 by prouse.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as Dickie's Delight, J. F. Dickie, J. F. Dickie's Delight, J.F. Dickie's, James F. Dickie's Delight, Jas. Dickie's Delight.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Aly Bain And Young Champions by Aly Bain And Young Champions
• Braes Of Lochiel by Billy Ross And John Martin
• Bumblebees by Bumblebees
• Celtic Collections, Vol. 5 - Fiddles Of Scotland by Various Artists
• Classic Cuts by Winston 'Scotty' Fitzgerald
• Laments And Merry Melodies From Cape Breton Island by Theresa Morrison
• Let Down The Blade by John Regan And Paddy Glackin
• Mither O' The Sea by Jennifer And Hazel Wrigley
• Portrait Of A Scottish Fiddler by Alasdair Fraser
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• The Fiddler And His Art by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh

X: 1
T: James F. Dickie
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
F|E2cA F2BA|GBdf e2cA|E2cA F2Bc|dcBA GBAF|\
E2cA F2BA|GBdf e2ca|d2fa e2gb|afed cAA|]\
aAAa gAAg|fgaf ecea|c3 e fedc|BFBA GBeg|\
agfa gfeg|fgaf ecea|dcdf eagb|afed cAA|]

Common, and great, Scottish session tune.

# Posted on August 11th 2007 by prouse

James F. Dickie

Composed by J Murdoch Henderson, in 1932. JMH was a huge enthusiast of Scottish fiddling, and wrote a slow strathspey and reel set for his friend, fiddler Jim Dickie of New Deer, Aberdeenshire. Dickie played in a style which was very much of its time, and not always easily accessible to modern ears, but there's no doubt he was a very accomplished player in the Scott Skinner mode. Henderson wrote of him, "A player of great taste and polish. In the rendering of slow strathspeys and E flat airs in general his style is inimitable."

Topic produced a couple of LPs of his stuff in the 1970s, and his son, also a fiddler, produced a private cassette a little later. All these recordings were done, I believe, when Dickie was at a fairly advanced age.

Where did you get your version, prouse?

# Posted on August 11th 2007 by nigelg

Error in ABC's

The ABC's were not quite correct when submitted; I have altered them but the sheet music has not been changed as yet. The version I wanted to put on the the data base is that played by the Scottish fiddler John Martin

# Posted on August 12th 2007 by prouse