How to Play The Parting Glass on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 84 BPM · Tune

The Parting Glass is a tune you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 84 beats per minute). It uses 6 distinct notes, ranging from F#5 up to D6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

29-note single-pass melody in D major. Range F#5-D6, entirely first-octave. The |:...:| markers indicate a repeat — expectedSequence tracks one pass only, so students playing the repeat will see the cursor stop at the final D6 while they play through a second time. The user's ~71s ornamented performance lives at packages/audio/fixtures/whistle-2/macbook/jig-fragment.wav (legacy filename, actually Parting Glass — 82-note fixture sequence has a wider range with ornaments).

The tin whistle notes for The Parting Glass start A D D D C# B A G F# G 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.

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Tin whistle notes

On a D tin whistle, play The Parting Glass with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:1
T:The Parting Glass
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
R:air
|: A2 | d2 d2 d2 c2 | B2 A2 G2 F2 | G2 A2 B2 c2 | d4 A2 A2 |
d2 d2 d2 c2 | B2 A2 G2 F2 | G2 A2 B2 c2 | d6 :|

Fingering chart

The Parting Glass uses these notes on the D tin whistle: F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6.

F#5

C#6

Tin whistle notes

Sheet music

ABC notation

Fingering chart

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