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How to Play Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh on the Tin Whistle

A dorian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced

Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in a dorian (216 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh start A G A B C A G E E G E D… 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 Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:1341
T:Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Adorian
~A3G ABcA|GE~E2 GED2|EAAG ABcd|edgd (3ABc dB|! AG~G2 AG~G2|GEDE GED2|A2AG ABcd|eBdB BAdB|! ~A3B c3A|GE~E2 GED2|EAAG ABcd|edgd (3ABc dB|! AG~G2 AG~G2|GEDE GED2|A2AG ABcd|eBdB BAA2||! |:eg~g2 ea~a2|gedB cAA2|eg~g2 eaab|age^c d2ef|! ~g3e ~a3f|gedB cAAB|~c2gc acgc|1 eage ~d2cd:|2 eage ~d3c||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1341 setting 1341

Fingering chart

Sailing Into Walpole's Marsh uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
G5
A5
B5
C6
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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