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

D major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Beginner

The Peacock's Feathers is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (338 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:665
T:The Peacock's Feathers
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:DE|FEFD A3B|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|AFFD E2EA|! FEFD A3B|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|Adfe d2:|! df|afge f2ec|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|AFFD E2EA|! FEFD A3B|dfed Bdef|g2fg efdB|Adfe d2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/665 setting 665

Fingering chart

The Peacock's Feathers uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.

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

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