Annotation:Jamie Hardie
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMIE HARDIE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), who says: "Relative of the Famous Drumnagarry Reel for 'Bob Steel.'" Jamie (James) Hardie (1836-1916) was an Edinburgh violin maker whom Skinner knew, and who had a fine reputation as a craftsman, producing over two thousand instruments (the finest of which were based on the master Maggini's violins) during his long career. He was a member of the famous Hardie family who have been for generations Scots fiddlers of renown. The reel has some currency among Cape Breton fiddlers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 21. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 83.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]