How to Play Drogheda Bay on the Tin Whistle
E dorian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Beginner
Drogheda Bay is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in E dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in e dorian (113 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for Drogheda Bay start B G E F# G B G G B G F# 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 Drogheda Bay with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
B G E F# G B G G B G F# G A B G E F# G E F# G F# E D B D E D G F# E D B D E F# G G A B G E G F# F# G A F# D F# G G A B G E G F# E D A B E E G B G D F# A F# G F# E D B D E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:3957 T:Drogheda Bay R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Edorian |:BGEF G2 BG|G2 BG FG A2|BGEF G2 ef|1 gfed Bded:|2 gfed Bdef||! |:g2 ga bgeg|f2 fg afdf|1 g2 ga bgeg|fedA Be e2:|2 g2 bg dfaf|gfed Bded|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/3957 setting 3957
Fingering chart
Drogheda Bay uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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