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How to Play The Frost Is All Over on the Tin Whistle

D major · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Beginner

The Frost Is All Over is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in D major — 160 notes, difficulty 2/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Frost Is All Over start D E D C# D A F# G F# E D 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 Frost Is All Over with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:448
T:The Frost Is All Over
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:~d3 edc|dAF GFE|DFA dFA|Bcd efg|! fed edc|dAF GFE|DFA dFA|B2c d3:|! |:~f3 ~a3|~g3 bag|f2a afd|1 ~g3 efg|! fef afd|~g3 bag|fga efg|fdc d3:|! [2 ~g3 e2g|fga efg|fdB AFA|Bcd ece|fd/e/f gfe||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/448 setting 448 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Frost Is All Over uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

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

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