How to Play The Glen Cottage on the Tin Whistle
e minor · 2/4 · 220 BPM · Polka · Beginner
The Glen Cottage is a polka you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (2/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to E6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Polka in e minor (214 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Glen Cottage start B E F# A B D B A F# A B E… 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.
Tin whistle notes
On a D tin whistle, play The Glen Cottage with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
B E F# A B D B A F# A B E F# E D E F# A B B C# D E B C# B A A B C# D A B A B B C# D E B C# A B E B D B A F# E E
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:5278 T:The Glen Cottage R:polka M:2/4 L:1/8 K:Eminor |:BE FA|B/d/B/A/ FA|BE FE|D>E FA|! BE FA|B/d/B/A/ FA|Be B/d/B/A/|FE E2:|! B2 B^c/d/|eB ^cB|A2 AB/^c/|dA BA|! B2 B^c/d/|eB ^cA|Be B/d/B/A/|FE E2:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/5278 setting 5278
Fingering chart
The Glen Cottage uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6.
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