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How to Play The Plains Of Boyle on the Tin Whistle

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

The Plains Of Boyle is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (238 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:652
T:The Plains Of Boyle
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:FG|AFDE FEDF|(3ABA GB AFD2|fedf edce|dBAB =cABG|! AFDE FEDF|(3ABA GB AFD2|fedB (3ABA GE|F2D2 D2:|! |:fg|afdf g2fe|dfed BAFG|(3ABA FA BAFA|~A2FA BAfg|! afdf g2fe|dfed BAFG|~A3F GBAG|F2D2 D2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/652 setting 652

Fingering chart

The Plains Of Boyle 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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