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How to Play The Five Mile Chase on the Tin Whistle

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

The Five Mile Chase is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G 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 g major (240 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Five Mile Chase start G B G D G B G F# A D A F#… 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 Five Mile Chase with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:458
T:The Five Mile Chase
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
|:G2BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2BG dGBd|egfa gedB|! G2BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2BG dGBd|egfa g3B:|! |:gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd|gabg fgaf|gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd|! gabf g3f|gabg fgaf|e3d BABd|e3f edBd|edfd gedf:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/458 setting 458

Fingering chart

The Five Mile Chase uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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