Annotation:Fyket (1) (The)

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 FYKET [1], THE. Scottish, Strathspey or Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABB' (Athole, Skye). "Very Old" (Skye). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this 'double-tonic' melody in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. 'Fyket' means 'to fidget', as in fidgeting fingers. See also the reel setting called "Fekyet (The)", also printed by the Gows.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 1, 1782; 28. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; p.6. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 60. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 26. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 13. Stewart-Robertson (Athole Collection), 1884; p. 38.  Recorded sources:

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