James F. Dickie

reel

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on August 11th 2007 by prouse.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as J. F. Dickie.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Braes Of Lochiel by Billy Ross And John Martin
• Celtic Collections, Vol. 5 - Fiddles Of Scotland by Various Artists
• Let Down The Blade by John Regan And Paddy Glackin
• Mither O' The Sea by Jennifer And Hazel Wrigley
• 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