How to Play Castle Kelly on the Tin Whistle
a minor · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced
Castle Kelly is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in a minor (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to G6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in a minor (114 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for Castle Kelly start A C A A B C A G C E G G… 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.
Tin whistle notes
On a D tin whistle, play Castle Kelly with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
A C A A B C A G C E G G E G A C A A B C D E C D B C A A G E D C D F E D C A G E G E G A C A A B C D E C D B C A A
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:21 T:Castle Kelly R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Aminor |:A2 cA ABcA|GcEG G2 EG|A2 cA ABcd|ecdB cA A2:|! agec dfed|cAGE G2 eg|agec d2cd|eaag a2ba|! gedc dfed|cAGE|G2 EG|A2 cA ABcd|ecdB cA A2| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/21 setting 21
Fingering chart
Castle Kelly uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, G6.
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