How to Play The Humours Of Whiskey on the Tin Whistle
G major · 9/8 · 200 BPM · Slip Jig · Beginner
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 tin whistle notes for The Humours Of Whiskey start G B D B C B A G B G B A… 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 Humours Of Whiskey with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
G B D B C B A G B G B A F# D G B G B A B C D C B A B G F# E D B C B A B G E E B C B A B G E F# G A B C B A B G F# E F# G A A B G F# E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:3999 T:The Humours Of Whiskey R:slip jig M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Gmajor |:G3 BdB cBA|G3 BGB AFD|G3 BGB ABc|dcB ABG FED:|! B/c/BA BGE E3|B/c/BA BGE FGA|B/c/BA BGF EFG|A3 ABG FED:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/3999 setting 3999
Fingering chart
The Humours Of Whiskey uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6.
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