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How to Play Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself on the Tin Whistle

E dorian · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Beginner

Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in E dorian (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to G6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in e dorian (153 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself start G B B A B G E E D F# A A… 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 Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:1937
T:Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Edorian
|:G2B BAB|G2E E2D|F2A A2G|FAF DEF|! G2B BAB|GBd geg|d2B BAB|1 G2E E2D:|2 G2E E2g||! d2B BAB|d2B BAB|d2B BAB|G2E Eeg|! d2B BAB|~d3 B2d|efg fed|~e3 e2f|! gfe fed|e2d Bcd|efg fed|~e3 e2f|! gfe fed|e2d Bcd|e2g fed|~e3 g3||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1937 setting 1937

Fingering chart

Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6.

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

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