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How to Play The Cup Of Tea on the Tin Whistle

E dorian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate

The Cup Of Tea is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in E dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 12 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in E dorian — 356 notes, difficulty 3/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Cup Of Tea start B A G F# G E E F# G E B E… 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 Cup Of Tea with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:20
T:The Cup Of Tea
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edorian
|:BAGF GEEF|GEBE GEEA|BAGF GEEG|FDAD FDDA|! BAGF GEEF|GEBE GEEA|B2 BA GABc|dBAG FD D2:|! K:D! |:d2 eg fdec|d2 eg fB B2|d2 eg fdec|dBAG FD D2|! d2 eg fdec|dfaf g2 fg|afge fdec|dBAG FD D2:|! |:FAdA FABA|FAdA FEE2|FAdA FABc|dBAG FD D2|! FAdA FABA|FAde fee2|fdec dBAF|GBAG FD D2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/20 setting 20 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Cup Of Tea uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6

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