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How to Play The Longford Tinker on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Beginner

The Longford Tinker is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 9 distinct notes, ranging from A5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in d major (166 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Longford Tinker start D B B A B B C# D B F# B 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.

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Tin whistle notes

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:369
T:The Longford Tinker
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
dBBA B2 Bc|d~B3 fBeB|dBBA B2 dB|ABde ~f3e|! d~B3 f~B3|d~B3 ~f3g|aAAF ABAF|ABde ~f3e||! d2 fd efge|defa gefe|(3ddd fd efge|faaf gfef|! d2 fd efge|defa ~g3a|bgaf gfed|faaf gfed||! f~a3 f~a3|faaf gfed|gb (3bbb gb (3bbb|gbbf gfed|! f~a3 f~a3|faaf g2 ga|bgaf gfed|faaf gfef||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/369 setting 369

Fingering chart

The Longford Tinker uses these notes on the D tin whistle: A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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