How to Play The Man Of The House on the Tin Whistle

e minor · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced

The Man Of The House is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in e minor (117 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Man Of The House start E B E G A B G E B E F# 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.

Tin whistle notes

On a D tin whistle, play The Man Of The House with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:222
T:The Man Of The House
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Eminor
|:E2BE GABG|E2BE FDAD|E2BE GABc|1 dBcA BGED:|2 dBcA BGE2||! e2ge f2af|gfed edBd|e2ge f2af|gfed Beed|! efge fgaf|gfed efga|bgaf gfed|edBA GEED||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/222 setting 222

Fingering chart

The Man Of The House 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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