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 interactive sheet music below shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Practice to play along while the app listens to your microphone and tracks your place in the score note by note, or print a clean copy of the score and fingering reference.

Sheet music

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

More tin whistle tunes