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 tin whistle notes for Palm Sunday start B A G E G E G E G E A 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 Palm Sunday with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
B A G E G E G E G E A B C D E D E F# G A E F# G A G A B G E G F# G G F# E D B A G B D E F# G D E D B A G B C D E D C B A G B A A B
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:770 T:Palm Sunday R:slide M:12/8 L:1/8 K:Adorian B|:AGE G2E|G2E G2E|A2B c2d|e2d efg|! ~e3 dBA|BAG Bcd|edc BAG|B2A A2B:|! |:~a3 efg|aga bge|gfg gfe|dBA GBd|! efg ded|BAG Bcd|edc BAG|B2A A2B:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/770 setting 770
Fingering chart
Palm Sunday uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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