How to Play Maud Millar on the Tin Whistle
G major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate
Maud Millar is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in g major (119 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for Maud Millar start G F# E D B A G B D E G 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 Maud Millar with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
G F# E D B A G B D E G B G D G B D E B D B A G A B E E D E B E E D E G E D E G A B G G A G E F# G A B G A F# G F# E D B E E D E F# G F#
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1177 T:Maud Millar R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Gmajor |:gf|edBA GBDE|G2BG dGBd|eBdB A2GA|1 Beed e2:|2 Beed ~e2ge||! dega bg~g2|agef gfge|dega bg~g2|aged gage|! dega bg~g2|agef ~g3a|bgaf gfed|Beed efgf|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1177 setting 1177
Fingering chart
Maud Millar uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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