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FYKET [2], THE. AKA and see "Duchess of Hamilton's Reel (1)." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Athole, Gow, Skye, Surenne): AAB (Davie): AABB (Vickers). The title appears in William Vickers' original MS. as "The Figkit or (partly illegible, but looks like:) "Fy Got to the Pryr Besse" (Seattle). "Very old" (Skye). Fyket is Scottish dialect for "fidget." The reel was entered into the music manuscript book of American musician M.E. Eames, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 8); nothing is known of the fiddler, save that he may have been from Philadelphia (judging by some of the titles in his/her MS).

Source for notated version: William Vicker's 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection [Seattle].

Printed sources: Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances), 1757; p. 6. Davie (Davie’s Caledonian Repository), Aberdeen, 1829-30; p. 26. Gow (Complete Repository, part 3), 1806; p. 25. Mooney (A Collection of the Choicest Scots Tunes for the Lowland or Border Bagpipes, vol. 2), 1983; p. 14. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 13. Seattle/Vickers (Great Northern Tune Book, part 2), 1987; No. 217. Stewart-Robertson (Athole Collection), 1884; p. 38. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 75.

Recorded sources: MAR 325, David Geenberg & Concerto Caledonia – "Spring Any Day Now" (2005).

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-'''FYKET [2], THE'''. AKA and see "[[Duchess of Hamilton's Reel (1)]]." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Athole, Gow, Skye, Surenne): AABB (Vickers). The title appears in William Vickers' original MS. as "The Figkit or (partly illegible, but looks like:) "Fy Got to the Pryr Besse" (Seattle). "Very old" (Skye). ''Fyket'' is Scottish dialect for "fidget." The reel was entered into the music manuscript book of American musician M.E. Eames, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 8); nothing is known of the fiddler, save that he may have been from Philadelphia (judging by some of the titles in his/her MS).
+'''FYKET [2], THE'''. AKA and see "[[Duchess of Hamilton's Reel (1)]]." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Athole, Gow, Skye, Surenne): AAB (Davie): AABB (Vickers). The title appears in William Vickers' original MS. as "The Figkit or (partly illegible, but looks like:) "Fy Got to the Pryr Besse" (Seattle). "Very old" (Skye). ''Fyket'' is Scottish dialect for "fidget." The reel was entered into the music manuscript book of American musician M.E. Eames, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 8); nothing is known of the fiddler, save that he may have been from Philadelphia (judging by some of the titles in his/her MS).
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-''Printed sources'': Bremner ('''A Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances'''), 1757; p. 6. Gow ('''Complete Repository, part 3'''), 1806; p. 25. Mooney ('''A Collection of the Choicest Scots Tunes for the Lowland or Border Bagpipes, vol. 2'''), 1983; p. 14. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 13. Seattle/Vickers ('''Great Northern Tune Book, part 2'''), 1987; No. 217. Stewart-Robertson ('''Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 38. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; p. 75.
+''Printed sources'': Bremner ('''A Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances'''), 1757; p. 6. Davie ('''Davie’s Caledonian Repository'''), Aberdeen, 1829-30; p. 26. Gow ('''Complete Repository, part 3'''), 1806; p. 25. Mooney ('''A Collection of the Choicest Scots Tunes for the Lowland or Border Bagpipes, vol. 2'''), 1983; p. 14. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 13. Seattle/Vickers ('''Great Northern Tune Book, part 2'''), 1987; No. 217. Stewart-Robertson ('''Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 38. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; p. 75.
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