Annotation:Fyket (2) (The)

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FYKET [2], THE. 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."

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

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 25. Mooney, 1983, Choicest Scots Tunes...; p. 14. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 13. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; 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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