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How to Play The Ebb Tide on the Tin Whistle

G major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Advanced

The Ebb Tide is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in g major (254 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Ebb Tide start D C B D A B G A B C D G… 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 Ebb Tide with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:2126
T:The Ebb Tide
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
|:dc|BdAB GABc|d2 GG G2 bg|fdcA BcdB|cABG =F2 dc|! (3BdB (3ABA GABc|defd gdge|fdcB ceAc|(3BdB GG G2:|! |:ga|bgdG gGdG|DGBd gdbg|aBcA =fAcA|D=FcF fFeF|! BdAB GABc|defd gdge|fdcB ceAc|(3BdB GG G2:|
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Fingering chart

The Ebb Tide uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
G5
A5
B5
C6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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