The Blue Bells of Scotland - guitar tab, notes and lyrics
"The Blue Bells of Scotland" (or "Bluebells of Scotland") is a Scottish folk song from the 19th century.
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Melody & full accompaniment
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The Blue Bells of Scotland guitar tab and notes (pdf)
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The Blue Bells of Scotland instrumental guitar (mp3)
The Blue Bells of Scotland (full accompaniment)
"The Blue Bells of Scotland" for guitar with full accompaniment. Free download in pdf-file and audio.
The Blue Bells of Scotland guitar accompaniment
The Blue Bells of Scotland for flute
"The Blue Bells of Scotland" for flute in the key of C. Free download in pdf-file and audio.
The Blue Bells of Scotland flute
The Blue Bells of Scotland (only melody)
"The Blue Bells of Scotland" standard and tablature notation for guitar.
Tips on how to learn this song
This song consists of 12 bars (excluding the pickup bar) and the first 4 bars should be repeated before the song continues with the 5th bar. Notice the AAA structure with similarities between bars 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12 (the bars 1-4 and 9-13 is nearly identical).
Key, time, tuning and tempo
Information about "The Blue Bells of Scotland" considering musical key, time signature, tuning and bpm.
Key
The presented version of The Blue Bells of Scotland is played in the key of C.
Time signature
The song is played in 4/4 tempo (counted one, two, three, four for each measure)
Tuning
The song is normally played in standard tuning (EADGBE).
Tempo (BPM)
The tempo in beats per minute is 120 for the presented version.