How to Play The Rights Of Man on the Tin Whistle
e minor · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Advanced
The Rights Of Man is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 13 distinct notes, ranging from E5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Hornpipe in e minor — 228 notes, difficulty 4/5.
The tin whistle notes for The Rights Of Man start G A B A G F# E F# G A B E… 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 Rights Of Man with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
G A B A G F# E F# G A B E F# G F# E D E D B D C B A G A G A G A B A B G E F# G A B A B G E G F# E D C# D E F# E F# G A F# D F# A G F# E D E F# G F# G A B G A F# G F# E F# G F# E D B G F# G E E E
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:83 T:The Rights Of Man R:hornpipe M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Eminor |:GA|B2A2 G2F2|EFGA B2ef|gfed edBd|cBAG A2GA|! BcAB GAFG|EFGA B2ef|gfed Bgfg|e2 E2 E2:|! |:ga|babg efga|babg egfe|d^cde fefg|afdf a2gf|! edef gfga|bgaf gfef|gfed Bgfg|e2 E2 E2:| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/83 setting 83 (traditional, public domain)
Fingering chart
The Rights Of Man uses these notes on the D tin whistle: E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.
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