How to Play The Humours Of Whiskey on the Tin Whistle

The Humours Of Whiskey is a slip jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (9/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 8 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to D6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Slip jig in g major (190 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.