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How to Play The Merry Blacksmith on the Tin Whistle

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

The Merry Blacksmith is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in D major — 240 notes, difficulty 3/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Merry Blacksmith start A B D D A B A F# A A B D… 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 Merry Blacksmith with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:72
T:The Merry Blacksmith
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:AB|d2dA BAFA|ABdA BAFA|ABde fded|Beed egfe|! d3A BAFA-|ABdA BAFA-|ABde fdec|dBAF D2:|! |:fg|a2ag f2fe|d2dA BAFA-|ABde fded|Beed egfg|! abag fgfe|dcdA BAFA|ABde fdec|dBAF D2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/72 setting 72 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Merry Blacksmith uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
F#5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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