How to Play The Abbey on the Tin Whistle
A dorian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate
The Abbey is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in a dorian (104 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Abbey start B A B A G E A G A B D 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.
Tin whistle notes
On a D tin whistle, play The Abbey with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
B A B A G E A G A B D D B A B A G E F# G A B D D E G G A B G A G B G A G E D E G G A G A B G A F# G E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:477 T:The Abbey R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Adorian |:B|A3B A2GE|A2GA BddB|A3B AGEF|G3A Bdd:|! g|egg2 a2ba|gabg aged|egg2 a2ga|bgaf gedg|! egg2 a2bg|agbg aged|egg2 a2ga|bgaf ged| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/477 setting 477
Fingering chart
The Abbey uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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