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How to Play The Good Natured Man on the Tin Whistle

G major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Advanced

The Good Natured Man is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in g major (243 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Good Natured Man start D E F# G B G D G D B C D… 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 The Good Natured Man with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:312
T:The Good Natured Man
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
(3def|:g2 bg d2 gd|BcdB G2 AB|cded cBAG|(3FGF EF D2 ef|! g2 bg d2 gd|BcdB GBAB|cedc BGAF|1 DGGF G2 (3def:|2 DGGF GABc||! |:dcdB gfgd|e^dec a^gae|~f3 e dfaf|gage de (3fed|! g2 bg d2 gd|BcdB GBAB|cedc BAGF|1 AGGF GABc:|2 AGGF G2 (3def||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/312 setting 312

Fingering chart

The Good Natured Man uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

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

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