The Skye Boat Song for Easy Guitar (PDF)

The Skye Boat Song (Outlander Theme) – Arranged for Easy Fingerstyle or Classical Guitar. Two Editions: Notation + TAB and Notation Only, PDF Download. The level is easy-intermediate, all first position. Video Lesson Link.

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The Skye Boat Song is a 19th-century Scottish song about the journey of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) from Uist to the Isle of Skye as he evaded capture by Government troops after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Sir Harold Boulton, 2nd Baronet composed the lyrics to an air collected by Anne Campbelle MacLeod in the 1870s, and the line “Over the Sea to Skye” is now a cornerstone of the tourism industry on the Isle of Skye. Alternative lyrics to the tune were written by Robert Louis Stevenson, probably in 1885. After hearing the Jacobite airs sung by a visitor he judged the words of this song to be “unworthy”, so made a new set of verses “more in harmony with the plaintive tune”. It is often played as a slow lullaby or waltz… read more via its WIKI

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Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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