How to Play The Cloone on the Tin Whistle
C major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced
The Cloone is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in C major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in c major (218 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Cloone start E D C A E G A G E C E G… 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 Cloone with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
E D C A E G A G E C E G E D C A E G A G E C E E D D E B C E C G C E C G A G E D E C E C G C E A G E D C A G G B C E C G C E C G A G E D G A G E C D E D C A G E E D D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1644 T:The Cloone R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Cmajor |:e|dcAE ~G3A|GEcE ~G3e|dcAE ~G3A|GEcE EDDe|! dcAE ~G3A|GEcE ~G3A|c2ec gced|cAGE EDD:|! |:B|c2ec gcec|~g3a gede|c2ec gcea|gedc AGGB|! c2ec gcec|~g3a gedg|agec d2ed|cAGE EDD:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1644 setting 1644
Fingering chart
The Cloone uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, G6, A6.
More tin whistle tunes
- How to play Bunker Hill on the tin whistle
- How to play Caherconnell on the tin whistle
- How to play Carolan's Draught on the tin whistle
- How to play Castle Kelly on the tin whistle
- How to play Farewell To Connaught on the tin whistle
- How to play Galway Bay on the tin whistle
- How to play George White's Favourite on the tin whistle
- How to play Hand Me Down The Tacklings on the tin whistle
- How to play Hanly's on the tin whistle
- How to play I Wish I Never Saw You on the tin whistle
- How to play Jack Rowe on the tin whistle
- How to play John Doherty's on the tin whistle