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How to Play The Humours Of Ballyconnell on the Tin Whistle

A mixolydian · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Intermediate

The Humours Of Ballyconnell is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A mixolydian (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 14 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in a mixolydian (240 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Humours Of Ballyconnell start E D B C# D E F# E C# A B A… Full sequence below.

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Tin whistle notes

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:2748
T:The Humours Of Ballyconnell
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Amixolydian
|:ed|B/c/d ef ecAB|AGEF GABd|cdcB AGEG|ABcd e2dB|! cdcB cBAB|AEAB cdcB|ABAG ED E/F/G|A2AG A2:|! |:E2|ABcd e2dc|dcdf g2ed|efga ba g/a/b|a2ag a2af|! gedB =c3B|AGAB cdcB|ABAG ED E/F/G|A2AG A2:|
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Fingering chart

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

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

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