How to Play The Kid On The Mountain on the Tin Whistle
e minor · 9/8 · 200 BPM · Slip Jig · Advanced
The Kid On The Mountain is a slip jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (9/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Slip jig in e minor — 332 notes, difficulty 4/5.
The tin whistle notes for The Kid On The Mountain start E F# E F# E F# G F# E C 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 Kid On The Mountain with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
E F# E F# E F# G F# E C B A B G E E F# E F# E D G A B A G F# A G F# E D G F# G E F# E E F# G F# G E F# G A F# D G F# G E F# E E A B A G F# A G F# E D E D B D B A G D G A B D G E D B A E D B D B A G A B A G F# A G F# E D
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:52 T:The Kid On The Mountain R:slip jig M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Eminor |:EFE FEF G2 F|E3 cBA BGE|EFE FED G2 A|BAG FAG FED:|! |:BGB AFA G2 D|GAB dge dBA|BGB AFA G2 A|BAG FAG FED:|! |:gfg efe e2 f|gfg efg afd|gfg efe e2 a|bag fag fed:|! |:eBB e2f g2f|eBB efg afd|eBB e2f g2a|bag fag fed:|! |:edB dBA G2D|GAB dge dBA|edB dBA G2A|BAG FAG FED:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/52 setting 52 (traditional, public domain)
Fingering chart
The Kid On The Mountain uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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