How to Play The Flax In Bloom on the Tin Whistle

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

The Flax In Bloom 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 A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in d major (137 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Flax In Bloom start D F# E D F# A A F# G F# E 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 Flax In Bloom with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:748
T:The Flax In Bloom
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
D2 (3FED FAAf|(3gfe (3fed edBd|(3ABA FA dfaf|gafd edBd|! D2 (3FED FAAf|(3gfe (3fed edBd|ABAF ABde|faeg fd d2||! (3fgf df (3efe ce|dcdB AGFG|DFAd FAdf|(3gfe (3fed edBd|! (3fgf df (3efe ce|dcdB AGFG|DFAc defg|afeg fd d2||
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Fingering chart

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

F#5

C#6

F#6

Tin whistle notes

Sheet music

ABC notation

Fingering chart

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