How to Play The Mother And Child on the Tin Whistle
D major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Beginner
The Mother And Child 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 G6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Reel in d major (118 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Mother And Child start A G E F# D D E F# G D E F#… 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 Mother And Child with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
A G E F# D D E F# G D E F# G E A G E F# D D F# E F# G E A A B C# A A B C# D E G F# D E C# D C# A B C# A A B C# D E G F# D E C# D E D F# D E C# D E C#
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:1565 T:The Mother And Child R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Dmajor |:A2GE FD~D2|EFGD EFGE|A2GE FDDF|EFGE A2AB:|! |:cAAB cdeg|fdec dcAB|cAAB cdeg|1 fdec d2ed:|2 fdec d2ec|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/1565 setting 1565
Fingering chart
The Mother And Child uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6.
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