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How to Play Tell Your Mother I Owes Her Four Pence on the Tin Whistle

G major · 2/4 · 220 BPM · Polka · Beginner

Tell Your Mother I Owes Her Four Pence is a polka you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (2/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Polka in g major (126 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for Tell Your Mother I Owes Her Four Pence start A F# A B G A D B A G A 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 Tell Your Mother I Owes Her Four Pence with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:36084
T:Tell Your Mother I Owes Her Four Pence
R:polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
|:AF/A/ BG|Ad BA|G>A BA|GE DA|! AF/A/ BG|Ad BA|G>A BA|1 AF G2:|2 AF Gf||! |:g2 fg|a>g fd|~g2 fg|a/g/f g2|! ge fd|ed BA|G>B dB|1 AF Gf:|2 AF G2||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/18475 setting 36084

Fingering chart

Tell Your Mother I Owes Her Four Pence uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6

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