How to Play The Girl Of The House on the Tin Whistle
D mixolydian · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Beginner
The Girl Of The House is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D mixolydian (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to F#6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Jig in d mixolydian (196 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Girl Of The House start A G F# A D D F# G G A 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.
Tin whistle notes
On a D tin whistle, play The Girl Of The House with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
A G F# A D D F# G G A A G E A D D D A G E F# A D D A G F# A C A A G F# F# G G G F# G A D B C A G A D A D E F# E D C A G E F# F# G E A D C A G E A D D D D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1214
T:The Girl Of The House
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmixolydian
|:AG|FAD DFG|GA{c}A GEA|D{A}D{G}D AGE|FAD DAG|! ~F3 ~G3|~A3 cde|dcA GEA|D{A}D{G}D D:|! |:FA|c2A AGF|FG{A}G {A}GFG|AdB cAG|AdA d2e|! fed cAG|EF{A}F GEA|dcA GEA|D{A}D{G}D D:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1214 setting 1214Fingering chart
The Girl Of The House uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6.
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