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How to Play The Harvest Home on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Beginner

The Harvest Home is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to G6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in D major — 256 notes, difficulty 2/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Harvest Home start A F# D A F# A D A F# A D 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.

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Tin whistle notes

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:49
T:The Harvest Home
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:AF|DAFA DAFA|defe dcBA|eAfA gAfA|(3efe (3dcB AGFE|! DAFA DAFA|defe dcBA|eAfA gfec|d2 f2 d2:|! |:cd|eAAA fAAA|gAfA eAAA|eAfA gAfA|(3efe (3dcB (3ABA (3GFE|! DAFA DAFA|defe dcBA|eAfA gfec|d2 f2 d2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/49 setting 49 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

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

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

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