How to Play Come West Along The Road on the Tin Whistle
G major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate
Come West Along The Road 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 (121 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for Come West Along The Road start D B G D G B D G B C D E… 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 Come West Along The Road with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
D B G D G B D G B C D E F# G E D B G D G B D A B C D E D B E A B C D E D B D G B G E G D G E G D G E D B D G A B G E F# G E D E G A B A G E
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:474 T:Come West Along The Road R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Gmajor |:d2BG dGBd|G2(3Bcd efge|d2BG dGBd|1 ABcd edBe:|2 ABcd edBd||! g2bg egdg|egdg edBd|g2bg egdg|BABd edBd|! g2bg egdg|egdg edBd|gabg efge|dega bage|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/474 setting 474
Fingering chart
Come West Along The Road uses these notes on the D tin whistle: G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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