However, Hyslop intended his poem to be sung to the melody of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, 1st Baronet's 'Boat Song' from ' The Lady of the Lake' and not 'Scotland the Brave'. Another set of lyrics also often heard were sung by Canadian singer John Charles McDermott they are closely based on the poem 'Let Italy Boast' by James Hyslop, which was first published in 1821 in The Edinburgh Magazine. The lyrics commonly used now were written about 1950 by Scottish journalist Clifford Leonard Clark 'Cliff' Hanley for singer Robert Wilson as part of an arrangement by Marion McClurg. The earliest known printing of the tune was in the Utah Musical Bouquet, January 1878, and the earliest known version printed in Scotland is in The National Choir, 1891. The tune probably originated in the late 19th century. Research questions included: How do participants teach, learn, and perform SPB music in a Canadian context? How do Web 2.' Scotland the Brave' ( Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of three often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being ' Flower of Scotland', and ' Scots Wha Hae').

In this, the first of a four-part qualitative multi-sited case study, we explored music teaching and learning in one Scots-Canadian Pipe Band located in rural Ontario. Intertwined with how members of Canadian SPBs learn and teach music are issues of identity and meaning, both of particular importance in the Scottish-Canadian diaspora. Because Canadian SBPs exist entirely in the community, teaching pipes and drums to beginning members of all ages-adults, teenagers, and children-is done within the confines of each local pipe band.

Currently, there are more SPBs per capita in Canada than any country outside of Scotland, with an estimated 240 civilian SPBs located from Nova Scotia to Vancouver. In Canada, they are a diasporic reminder of the 70,000 Scots who emigrated there in the 19th century. First established in Scotland in the 1870s, civilian Scottish Pipe Bands are now a global intergenerational phenomenon.

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