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How to Play The Maids Of Mount Kisco on the Tin Whistle

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

The Maids Of Mount Kisco 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 A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in a dorian (269 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Maids Of Mount Kisco start E A A B A A E A A B G 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 Maids Of Mount Kisco with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:432
T:The Maids Of Mount Kisco
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Adorian
|:EA~A2 BA~A2|EA~A2 BGAG|EG~G2 AG~G2|EG~G2 EGDG|! EA~A2 BAAG|EA~A2 BABd|efge afge|1 dBGB ~A3G:|2 dBGB A2dB||! |:~A3B dBAB|G2BG DGBG|~A3B dGBd|1 e~g3 gedB:|2 edge d2 Bd||! |:ea~a2 bgaf|gfed GABd|ea~a2 bgaf|gede g2eg|! ~a3f ~g3e|dedB GABd|eA~A2 efge|1 dBGB A2 Bd:|2 dBGB ~A3G||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/432 setting 432

Fingering chart

The Maids Of Mount Kisco uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.

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

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