How to Play Rolling In The Ryegrass on the Tin Whistle
D major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate
Rolling In The Ryegrass is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in D major — 112 notes, difficulty 3/5.
The tin whistle notes for Rolling In The Ryegrass start A A B A F# D F# G B G D G… 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 Rolling In The Ryegrass with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
A A B A F# D F# G B G D G B G A B A F# D F# A F# G B A G E D A B D E F# F# D G G E F# E D B A B D E F# E F# A G F# D F# E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:87 T:Rolling In The Ryegrass R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Dmajor |:A2AB AFDF|G2BG dGBG|ABAF DFAF|GBAG E2D2:|! |:ABde f2fd|g2ge fedB|ABde fefa|gfdf e2d2:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/87 setting 87 (traditional, public domain)
Fingering chart
Rolling In The Ryegrass uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.
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