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How to Play The New Custom House on the Tin Whistle

D mixolydian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced

The New Custom House is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D mixolydian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 14 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in d mixolydian (240 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The New Custom House start A D E F# G A B C A G E 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 New Custom House with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:175
T:The New Custom House
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmixolydian
|:A2DE FGAB|cAGE DEFG|A2DE FGAB|cGeG dcAG|! A2DE FGAB|cAGE DEFG|ADdD FGAB|cAGE AD~D2:|! |:Add^c d2cd|ed^cd efge|Add^c d2cd|eaag ed^cd|! Add^c d2cd|ed^cd efgb|a2ba ge^cd|eaag ed^cd:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/175 setting 175

Fingering chart

The New Custom House uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

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

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