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How to Play The Boys Of Bluehill on the Tin Whistle

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

The Boys Of Bluehill is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in D major — 228 notes, difficulty 3/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Boys Of Bluehill start F# A B A F# A D F# A B 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 The Boys Of Bluehill with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:651
T:The Boys Of Bluehill
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:FA|BA FA D2 FA|BA (3Bcd e2 de|fa gf eg fe|df ed B2 dB|! BA FA D2 FA|BA (3Bcd e2 de|fa gf eg fe|d2 f2 d2:|! |:fg|af df a2 g2|ef ga b2 ag|fa gf eg fe|df ed B2 dB|! BA FA D2 FA|BA (3Bcd e2 de|fa gf eg fe|d2 f2 d2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/651 setting 651 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Boys Of Bluehill uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
F#5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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