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How to Play The Crooked Road To Dublin on the Tin Whistle

G major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate

The Crooked Road To Dublin 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 F#5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in g major (117 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Crooked Road To Dublin start G B G F# G A F# G G G A C… 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 Crooked Road To Dublin with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:227
T:The Crooked Road To Dublin
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
G2 BG FGAF|(3GGG Ac BdcA|GBAG FGAg|fdcA dBcA|! GBAG FGAF|GBAc BdcA|GBAG FGAg|fdcA d2 Bc|! d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 agfe|d~g3 fgag|fdcA dBcA|! d~g3 fgaf|d~g3 afga|bgaf gbag|fdcA BGAF|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/227 setting 227

Fingering chart

The Crooked Road To Dublin uses these notes on the D tin whistle: F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

F#5
G5
A5
B5
C6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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