How to Play The Hut In The Bog on the Tin Whistle

e minor · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced

The Hut In The Bog is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in e minor (112 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Hut In The Bog start B E E G A B E E B C 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.

Tin whistle notes

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:1573
T:The Hut In The Bog
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Eminor
|:BE~E2 ~G3A|BE~E2 (3Bcd ed|{c}BE~E2 dedB|~A3F DEFA:|! ~B3A ~G3A|BG~G2 (3Bcd gd|B2{c}BA (3GAG FG|AD~D2 AB{c}BA|! (3Bcd BA ~G3A|BG~G2 (3Bcd g2|gbaf ~g3e|dedB (3ABA GA||
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Fingering chart

The Hut In The Bog uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

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

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