Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2737 (Scotland the Brave)

Rhythm8-bar phrase structureMode
MarchAABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Scotland the Brave
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book FF (details in the Bibliography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Scotland the Brave / My Bonnie Lass / The Gay Gordons / The Gey Gordons (compare O'Donnell Abu #1442) [This tune is not (yet?) part of the Irish tradition, but belongs rather to Scottish music.]

cd Discography

I have determined by careful listening that there are zero recordings of this tune anywhere on the indexed recordings, regardless of tune title.

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

On page 252 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #280 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1983
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