Annotation:James Hardie
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMES HARDIE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) for the violin maker James Hardie, a contemporary, brother of Charles Hardie. It was written specifically to follow the strathspey "Miller o' Dervil (The)," although in his manuscript copy [] Skinner notes that it should follow the reel "Bob Steele" (called "Johnie Steele" in Skinner's Harp and Claymore collection).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 75. Skinner (Harp and Claymore Collection), 1904; p. .
Recorded sources: