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How to Play The Earl's Chair on the Tin Whistle

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

The Earl's Chair is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 12 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in d major (238 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Earl's Chair start B B D B A F# A B B D B 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.

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Tin whistle notes

On a D tin whistle, play The Earl's Chair with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:221
T:The Earl's Chair
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:B2Bd BAFA|B2Bd BAFA|AF (3FFF DF (3FFF|AFdB AFEF|! B2Bd BAFA|B2Bd BAFA|AFAB dcdf|edef d3z:|! |:e2ec d2Bd|efec dFAB|e2ec d3e|fedB ADFA|! e2ef eB (3BBB|gB (3BBB defg|afbf afef|gedB ADFA:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/221 setting 221

Fingering chart

The Earl's Chair uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
F#5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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