How to Play The Cat Wants Out on the Tin Whistle

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 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.