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How to Play The Flowing Tide on the Tin Whistle

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

The Flowing Tide is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in G major — 246 notes, difficulty 4/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Flowing Tide start D G B D G B D G B D G 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.

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Tin whistle notes

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:2580
T:The Flowing Tide
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmajor
|:D|~G3 B dGBd|GBdg bgag|(3efg dg Bdge|dBAG edBA|! ~G3 B dGBd|GBdg bgag|(3efg dg Bdge|dBAB G3:|! |:D|GFGB AGED|gfge dBAG|(3cde Bd ABGB|cABG AG (3EFG|! DGBd B3 d|cABG AG (3EFG|DGBd gdBG|DGFA G3:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/2580 setting 2580 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Flowing Tide uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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