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How to Play The Mountain Road on the Tin Whistle

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

The Mountain Road is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to G6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in D major — 112 notes, difficulty 2/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Mountain Road start F# A F# B F# A F# F# A F# 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.

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Tin whistle notes

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:68
T:The Mountain Road
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
F2 AF BFAF|F2 AF EFDE|F2 AF BFAF|G2 FG EFDE|! F2 AF BFAF|F2 AF EFD2|FAA2 BAFA|BABd eddA|! d2dA BAFA|d2 de fgfe|d2 dA BAFA|G2 FG EDFA|! d2 dA BAFA|d2 de fgfe|d2 dA BAFA|G2 FG EFDE|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/68 setting 68 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Mountain Road uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
D6
E6
F#6
G6

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