How to Play Galway Bay on the Tin Whistle

Galway Bay is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G dorian (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in g dorian (232 notes after repeat-expansion).

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.