Loch Lomond
Folk · 1700s · Traditional Scottish folk song, in print since the 19th century
Sing Loch Lomond with pitch feedback
“Loch Lomond” is transcribed here with its tonic on C4 at 100 bpm in 4 beats to the bar. The 11 notes span G3 to E4 — 9 semitones — which rates Medium to sing, and a full 4-pass session runs about 0:19.
9 semitones as transcribed. The practice room transposes it to sit in your own range.
- One time through
- 0:05 at 100 bpm
- A full session
- 0:19 — 4 passes
- Leaps of a third or more
- 1
Loch Lomond lyrics, as transcribed here
- By yon bonnie banks, and by yon bonnie braes,
The songbook transcribes the opening phrase rather than the whole song, because 4 tight repetitions of a phrase you can hear yourself improve on beats one distracted run at the full thing.
Origin and copyright status
Traditional Scottish song of unknown authorship, published since at least 1841.
- Attribution
- Traditional Scottish folk song, in print since the 19th century
- Language
- English
Every melody in the songbook is public domain, which is why the whole thing can be sung in a browser without a licence. A specific recording or arrangement of the same tune can still be under copyright — this is our own transcription of the melody.
Genre, era and what it drills
Tags describe what the melody asks of a voice, not what it sounds like — “scottish” is the reason to pick it on a given day.