Annotation:John Dimond's Reel
X:1 T:John Dimond's Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 B:"Buckley's Violin Tunes" (1855, p. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (3A/B/c/|d c/A/ B/d/ A/F/-|(3G/E/E/ F/D/ E/D/ C/E/|D/E/ F/G/ A/B/ c/e/|g/e/ f/d/ e/c/ A/c/| d c/A/ B/d/ A/F/-|(3G/E/E/ F/D/ E/D/ C/E/|D/F/ A/F/ G/B/ AF/-|(3E/D/D/ C/E/ D:| |:{B}A/^G/|A/c/ e/c/ {f}A/d/ f/d/|{f}e/^d/ e/f/ e/c/ A/c/|g/e/ f/d/ e/c/ d/f/|e/d/ c/B/ A/g/ f/e/| d c/A/ B/d/ A/F/-|(3G/E/E/ F/D/ E/D/ C/E/|D/F/ A/F/ G/B/ A/F/-|(3E/D/D/ C/E/ D:|]
JOHN DIMOND'S REEL. American, Reel (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Dimond (sometimes given as 'Diamond') has been said to "have been the most skillful and accomplished jig dancer that ever appeared on the American stage" [1]. There was a tinted lithograph representing the stage of the Chatham Theatre, New York, with Billy Whitlock playing the banjo with Dimond dancing in 1845 [2].
