How to Play Smash The Windows on the Tin Whistle

D major · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Intermediate

Smash The Windows is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 14 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in D major — 156 notes, difficulty 3/5.

The tin whistle notes for Smash The Windows start D E D F# A D F# E D A G B… 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 Smash The Windows with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:101
T:Smash The Windows
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:DED F2A|d2f edA|G2B F2A|E2F GFE|! DED F2A|d2f edA|Bgf edc|1 d3 dAF:|2 d3 efg||! a2f d2e|f2g agf|g2e =cBc|e2f gfe|! a2f d2e|f2g agf|egf edc|d3 efg|! a2f d2e|f2g agf|g2e =c2d|e2f gfe|! fed gfe|agf bag|egf edc|d3 dAF||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/101 setting 101 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

Smash The Windows uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

F#5

C#6

F#6

Tin whistle notes

Sheet music

ABC notation

Fingering chart

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