How to Play The Mount Leinster on the Tin Whistle
D major · 12/8 · 200 BPM · Slide · Beginner
The Mount Leinster is a slide you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (12/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to F#6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Slide in d major (140 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Mount Leinster start F# A A B F# A B D A F# A B… 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 Mount Leinster with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
F# A A B F# A B D A F# A B A F# B A E D F# E D B A D F# A D F# E D A B E E F# E D F# E D B A D F# B A D F# B A F# E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:44722 T:The Mount Leinster R:slide M:12/8 L:1/8 K:Dmajor |:F2 A ABF A2 B d2 A|F2 A BAF B2 A E3|! F2 A BAF A2 B d2 A|A2 B d2 B AFE D3:|! |:d2 f edB A2 d F2 A|d2 f edA B2 e efe|! d2 f edB A2 d F2 B|A2 d F2 B AFE D3:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/22215 setting 44722
Fingering chart
The Mount Leinster uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6.
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