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How to Play Sonny Murray's on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Intermediate

Sonny Murray's is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 14 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (360 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Sonny Murray's start F# G A B A F# D E F# G A 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.

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Tin whistle notes

On a D tin whistle, play Sonny Murray's with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:309
T:Sonny Murray's
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:FG|ABAF DEFG|AG (3FED =c2 (3AB^c|dcde fdAF|G2GF G2FG|! ABAF DEFG|AG (3FED =c2 (3AB^c|dcde fdAG|F2D2 D2:|! de|f2fd ecAF|Gggf g2fg|a2ab agec|dcAF G2FG|! ABAF DEFG|AG (3FED =c2 (3AB^c|dcde fdAG|F2D2 D2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/309 setting 309

Fingering chart

Sonny Murray's uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C6
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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