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How to Play The Blackberry Blossom on the Tin Whistle

G major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate

The Blackberry Blossom is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from G5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in g major (117 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Blackberry Blossom start G E D B A C B G G A B B… Full sequence below.

The interactive sheet music shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Play this tune to play along while the app listens to your microphone and grades every note, or print a clean copy of the score.

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Tin whistle notes

On a D tin whistle, play The Blackberry Blossom with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

G E D B A C B G G A B B A B C D G E D B A C B G G E A A G A G E G G G F# G A B A G B A G E F# G G D G B A G E A A G A G E F# G F# G A B A G F# G B A G A B A G A F# G F# E D E A A G A

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:1365
T:The Blackberry Blossom
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
ge|dBAc BGGA|B2BA (3Bcd ge|dBAc BG~G2|eaag ageg|! dBAc BG~G2|DBBA B2ge|dBAc BG~G2|eaag agef||! g2gf gaba|~g3b agef|g2gd gbag|eaag agef|! ~g3f gaba|gfgb ~a2ga|(3bag af gfed|eaag a2||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1365 setting 1365

Fingering chart

The Blackberry Blossom uses these notes on the D tin whistle: G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

G5
A5
B5
C6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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