How to Play The Pride Of Leinster on the Tin Whistle
G major · 6/8 · 180 BPM · Jig · Intermediate
The Pride Of Leinster is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 11 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Jig in g major (186 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Pride Of Leinster start E D G G B A G D B G G 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.
Tin whistle notes
On a D tin whistle, play The Pride Of Leinster with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
E D G G B A G D B G G B D E D G D B G A C B A G E D G G B G G A G A B G E D G G B G G A B A A G E D G G B G G A G A B G D E D G D B G A G E G
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:5463 T:The Pride Of Leinster R:jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Gmajor |:E|DGG BAG|dBG GBd|edg dBG|AcB AGE|! DGG BAG|dBG GBd|edg dBG|AGE G2:|! |:z|dgg bgg|aga bge|dgg bgg|aba age|! dgg bgg|aga bgd|edg dBG|AGE G2:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/5463 setting 5463
Fingering chart
The Pride Of Leinster uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, G6, A6, B6.
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