How to Play The Britches Full Of Stitches on the Tin Whistle
D major · 2/4 · 220 BPM · Polka · Beginner
The Britches Full Of Stitches is a polka you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (2/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 7 distinct notes, ranging from A5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Polka in D major — 114 notes, difficulty 1/5.
The tin whistle notes for The Britches Full Of Stitches start D E F# D E D F# D D E F# 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 Britches Full Of Stitches with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
D E F# D E D F# D D E F# D E D B A A F# E D E F# A A F# E D B A A F# E D E F# D E D B B A A
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1075 T:The Britches Full Of Stitches R:polka M:2/4 L:1/8 K:Dmajor |:d>e fd|ed fd|d>e fd|edB2|! d>e fd|ed fa|d>e dB|BA A2:|! |:~a2af|ed ef|~a2af|edb2|! ~a2af|ed ef|d>e dB|BA A2:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1075 setting 1075 (traditional, public domain)
Fingering chart
The Britches Full Of Stitches uses these notes on the D tin whistle: A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, A6, B6.
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