X:1
T:Dominie’s Delight, The (Drumoak)
C:”By the Brothers Skinner” (i.e. James Scott Skinner and Alexander Skinner)
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
N:The second strain may be played an octave lower.
B:J. Scott Skinner – Miller o’ Hirn Collection (1881, No. 41, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
E3F G3A B3A (GB3)|D3E F3G AD3FA3|E3F G3A B3A (GB3)|D3EFA3 GE3 E3B,|
E3FG3A B3A (GB3)|D3EF3G AD3FA3|(3E2F2G2 (3A2B2c2 (3B2^c2^d2 (3d2=d2=c2|(3B2A2G2 (3F2G2A2 BE3E2||
d2|e3fg3a b3a (ge'3)|d'd3 fd'3 ad'3 fd3|e3fg3a b3a (ge'3)|(3b2a2g2 (3f2g2a2 be3e3B|
e3fg3a b3a ge'3|d'd3fd'3 ad'3fd3|(3e2f2g2 (3a2b2c'2 (3b2^c'2^d'2 (3e'2=d'2=c'2|(3b2a2g2 (3f2g2a2 be3e2||
DOMINIE'S DELIGHT, THE (Drumoak). Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Dominie's Delight" was composed by J. Scott Skinner and his elder brother, Alexander "Sandy" Skinner, both exceptional violinists and dancing masters. A dominie is a headmaster, while Drumoak was a parish partly in Kincardine, but chiefly in Aberdeenshire. A school opened in the village in 1873.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - J. Scott Skinner (Miller o’ Hirn Collection), 1881; No. 41, p. 17.
