How to Play Down by the Salley Gardens on the Tin Whistle
D major · 4/4 · 72 BPM · Tune
Down by the Salley Gardens is a tune you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 72 beats per minute). It uses 6 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to D6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Canonical 17-note melodic line matching packages/audio/fixtures/whistle-2/macbook/slow-air.wav — the user's Phase-1 recording. Beginner-friendly slow air: single upward reach to d (D6), no ornaments, no accidentals.
The tin whistle notes for Down by the Salley Gardens start D E F# E D E F# A B A D 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 Down by the Salley Gardens with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
D E F# E D E F# A B A D A B A F# E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1 T:Down by the Salley Gardens M:4/4 L:1/4 K:D D E F E | D E F A | B A d A | B A F E | D4 |]
Fingering chart
Down by the Salley Gardens uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, A5, B5, D6.
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