How to Play Palm Sunday on the Tin Whistle

A dorian · 12/8 · 200 BPM · Slide · Intermediate

Palm Sunday is a slide you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A dorian (12/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Slide in a dorian (165 notes after repeat-expansion).

The interactive sheet music below shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Practice to play along while the app listens to your microphone and tracks your place in the score note by note, or print a clean copy of the score and fingering reference.

Sheet music

Fingering chart

Palm Sunday uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

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

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