How to Play The Hag's Purse on the Tin Whistle

The Hag's Purse is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D mixolydian (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to G6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in d mixolydian (172 notes after repeat-expansion).

The interactive sheet music below shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Practice to play along while the app listens to your microphone and tracks your place in the score note by note, or print a clean copy of the score and fingering reference.