How to Play Have A Drink With Me on the Tin Whistle

e minor · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Intermediate

Have A Drink With Me is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in e minor (172 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Have A Drink With Me start B A G E D E G D E G A B 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 Have A Drink With Me with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

B A G E D E G D E G A B A B G E D E A A A B C G B D E D D G D B A G B D E D B C E A A B A G A G E G E D E G E D B G A B C B G G G

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:1922
T:Have A Drink With Me
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Eminor
|:BAG E2D|EGD EGA|BAB GED|EAA ABc|! BAG E2D|EGD EGA|BAB GED|EGG G3:|! |:GBd e2d|dgd B2A|GBd edB|cea ~a3|! bag age|ged ege|dBG ABc|BGG G3:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1922 setting 1922

Fingering chart

Have A Drink With Me uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
G5
A5
B5
C6
D6
E6
G6
A6
B6

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