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How to Play The Gooseberry Bush on the Tin Whistle

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

The Gooseberry Bush is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in d major (344 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:2732
T:The Gooseberry Bush
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:ADFD EFGE|AGAB =c2 AG|AB=cA d^cAG|FGAF GBAF|! D2 FD EFGE|ABcA d2 de|fdec dfed|cAGE FD D2:|! |:Ad d2 fded|=c2 cB cA G2|ABAF GEED|FGAB =cAGB|! Ad d2 fded|=c2 cB cA G2|ABcA d^cAG|ABcA d4:|! |:Adcd fdcd|efge aged|cdef g2 ef|g2 ge dcAc|! d2 cd ABAG|FGAB =c2 AG|AB=cA d=cAG|ABcA d4:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/2732 setting 2732

Fingering chart

The Gooseberry Bush uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C6
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6

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