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How to Play The Piper's Despair on the Tin Whistle

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

The Piper's Despair is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in E dorian (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in e dorian (120 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:336
T:The Piper's Despair
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edorian
EFGA BAFA|BdAd dBAD|D2FD ADFA|BdAd dBAF|! EFGA BAFA|BdAd dBAD|DEFA dfag|gfed Bcde||! e2ge begf|efga bfaf|de~f2 af~f2|df~f2 fedf|! e2ge begf|efga bfaf|~d3e fggf|gfed Bcde||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/336 setting 336

Fingering chart

The Piper's Despair uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
E5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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