How to Play Miss Hutton's on the Tin Whistle

g minor · 4/4 · 130 BPM · Strathspey · Advanced

Miss Hutton's is a strathspey you can learn on the tin whistle, set in g minor (4/4, around 130 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Strathspey in g minor (208 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Miss Hutton's start A A# F F D# D F F D G G A 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 Miss Hutton's with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

A A# F F D# D F F D G G A A# C D G F D C A# A A# C A F G G D C A# G G G A A# G D D# F G D# C D C A# A A# G F# A D C A# D G A# C D# D C A# G A# A G F# G G

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:5357
T:Miss Hutton's
R:strathspey
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gminor
|:A|B<F F>E D<F F2|D<G G>A B>c d<g|f>d c>B A/B/c A<F|G<G d>c B<G G:|! |:F|B<B d>B f>d c>B|A/B/c f>d c>f A<F|G>A B<d g/^f/g/a/ g>d|b>a g>^f g<g g>f|! g/a/b g>d e/f/g e>c|d/c/B/A/ B>G ^F>A D>c|B<d G<B c>e d>c|B>G B/A/G/^F/ G2 G:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/5357 setting 5357

Fingering chart

Miss Hutton's uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, G5, A5, C6, D6, G6, A6.

D5
F#5
G5
A5
C6
D6
G6
A6

More tin whistle tunes