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How to Play The Blackbird on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Beginner

The Blackbird is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 12 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (234 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:4101
T:The Blackbird
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:AG|FEFA GFD2|defd dcAF|G2GF GFDE|FGAF GBAG|! F2FA GFD2|defd dcAG|Ad (3cBA GBAG|F2D2 D2:|! |:fg|agfa gfeg|fdec dcA2|agfa gfde|(3fed gf e2fg|! (3agf ge f2fe|d2de fdec|dcAF GBAG|F2D2 D2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/4101 setting 4101

Fingering chart

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

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

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