How to Play Cuckoo's Nest on the Tin Whistle

Cuckoo's Nest is a polka you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A dorian (2/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Polka in A dorian — 140 notes, difficulty 4/5.

The interactive sheet music below shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Practice to play along while the app listens to your microphone and tracks your place in the score note by note, or print a clean copy of the score and fingering reference.