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How to Play The Pleasures Of Hope on the Tin Whistle

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

The Pleasures Of Hope 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 B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (268 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:521
T:The Pleasures Of Hope
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:(3ABc|d>AF>A B>GE>G|(3FED F>A d>cB>A|E>ee>f (3gfe f>d|e>cA>B A>GF>E|! F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>cd2:|! |:(3ABc|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d>fa>f g>ec>A|d>fa>f (3gfe f>d|(3BBB B>A B>dA>G|! F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>e e>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>cd2:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/521 setting 521

Fingering chart

The Pleasures Of Hope 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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