How to Play The Cat Wants Out on the Tin Whistle
D major · 12/8 · 200 BPM · Slide · Intermediate
The Cat Wants Out is a slide you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (12/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 9 distinct notes, ranging from F#5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Slide in d major (140 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Cat Wants Out start D A B A F# G A B A F# G A… 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 The Cat Wants Out with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
D A B A F# G A B A F# G A B A G A B C# A G# A B A F# D D A B A F# G A B A D F# A G# A B A F# D D A B A A B C# D D F#
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:43172 T:The Cat Wants Out R:slide M:12/8 L:1/8 K:Dmajor |:d2A B2A FGA B2A|FGA B2A G2A B2c|! d2A B2A FGA B2d|a2f efe d3 d2c:|! |:a^ga b2a f2d d2A|B2A FGA B2A d2f|! a^ga b2a f2d d2A|B2A ABc d3 d2f:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/21590 setting 43172
Fingering chart
The Cat Wants Out uses these notes on the D tin whistle: F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, F#6, A6, B6.
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