How to Play Pull The Knife And Stick It Again on the Tin Whistle

e minor · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Beginner

Pull The Knife And Stick It Again is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 9 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to F#6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in e minor (168 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Pull The Knife And Stick It Again start E E G F# E D E D D E D E 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 Pull The Knife And Stick It Again with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:398
T:Pull The Knife And Stick It Again
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Eminor
|:E2E GFE|DED DED|E2E GFE|ABG AFD|! E2E GFE|DEF DEF|G2E FED|DFD E3:|! |:edB BAF|E2D DEF|edB BAF|AFA d2f|! edB BAF|E2D DEF|G2E FED|DFD E3:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/398 setting 398

Fingering chart

Pull The Knife And Stick It Again uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
D6
E6
F#6

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