How to Play The Humours Of Maam on the Tin Whistle
A major · 12/8 · 200 BPM · Slide · Advanced
The Humours Of Maam is a slide you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A major (12/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Slide in a major (180 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Humours Of Maam start D B A G# F# G# E E F# E E F#… 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 Maam with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
D B A G# F# G# E E F# E E F# G# A B C# D E F# E D C# D E F# G# A B A E F# E A B A E F# G# A B A G# F# E D B A G# A B C# B C# D C# D E F# E A E E D B B A G# B A A
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:27603 T:The Humours Of Maam R:slide M:12/8 L:1/8 K:Amajor |:d/B/|AGF G2E EFE EFG|A2B c2d efe dcd|! efe dcd efe a2e|edB BAG B2A A2:|! |:((3e/f/g/)|aba efe aba efg|aba gfe dBA GAB|! cBc dcd efe a2e|edB BAG B2A A2:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/14939 setting 27603
Fingering chart
The Humours Of Maam uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, A6, B6.
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