How to Play The Connemara Stockings on the Tin Whistle
G major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate
The Connemara Stockings is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in g major (121 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Connemara Stockings start G F# G E D B A G A B G A… 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 Connemara Stockings with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
G F# G E D B A G A B G A G E D G A B D E A A G F# D E F# G B A F# F# D E F# G D E F# E B B A B A G F# A A B A F# G B A G F# A G F# E D E F# G D E F#
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:614 T:The Connemara Stockings R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Gmajor |:g2fg edBA|GABG AGED|GABd eaag|1 fdef gbaf:|2 fdef gdef||! gbef gbe2|fade fad2|gbef gfed|Bded Bded|! ebba b2ag|faab ~a3f|gbag fagf|edef gdef|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/614 setting 614
Fingering chart
The Connemara Stockings uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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