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How to Play The Knotted Cord on the Tin Whistle

A dorian · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate

The Knotted Cord is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in A dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in a dorian (222 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Knotted Cord start A B A E E A B D E D 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.

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Tin whistle notes

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

A B A E E A B D E D B A G A G E D E G B G D G B G E A A E A A E A A B A G E D E G G E G G E G G A G E D G E A A E A A E A A B A G E D B A B D E G G A D B G A B A A

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:921
T:The Knotted Cord
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Adorian
|:~A3B AE ~E2|A2 Bd edBA|~G3A GEDE|G2 BG dGBG|! ~A3B AE ~E2|A2 Bd edBA|GABe eg{a}ge|dBGA BA A2:|! |:ea ~a2 ea ~a2|eaab aged|eg ~g2 eg ~g2|egga gedg|! ea ~a2 ea ~a2|eaab aged|BABd eg{a}ga|dBGA BA A2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/921 setting 921

Fingering chart

The Knotted Cord uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
G5
A5
B5
D6
E6
G6
A6
B6

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