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How to Play The Peacock's Frilocs on the Tin Whistle

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

The Peacock's Frilocs is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in E dorian (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 e dorian (220 notes after repeat-expansion).

The tin whistle notes for The Peacock's Frilocs start E B A G E E D E B A G E… 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 Peacock's Frilocs with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:3189
T:The Peacock's Frilocs
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edorian
|:EBAG E2ED|EBAG EFGB|A2A^G ABce|dBBA B4|! EBAG EBAG|EBAG E3 G|A^GAB cedc|BAAB E4:|! |:AcBA E2Ac|BAGE FAGF|GEEF GEEF|GFGA B4|! egfe dfed|cBAc B2AB|GEEF GFGA|BAAB E4:|
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Fingering chart

The Peacock's Frilocs uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6.

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

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