How to Play The Silver Slipper on the Tin Whistle
D major · 9/8 · 200 BPM · Slip Jig · Beginner
The Silver Slipper is a slip jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (9/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 9 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to E6 — all within the D whistle’s range.
Slip jig in d major (100 notes after repeat-expansion).
The tin whistle notes for The Silver Slipper start F# D D D D F# D D D D F# A… 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 Silver Slipper with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.
F# D D D D F# D D D D F# A D A F# D D D D D F# A B G E G F# A D C# D F# A D A B C# D E C# D A F# A B G E F# G E
Sheet music
ABC notation
X:8479 T:The Silver Slipper R:slip jig M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Dmajor |:F2D DDD F2D|DDD F2A d2A|F2D DDD D3|F2A B2G E2G:|! F2A d2c d3|F2A d2A Bcd|F2A d2c d3|B2G E2F GFE|! F2A d2c d3|F2A d2A Bcd|e2c d2A F2A|B2G E2F G2E|| % Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/8479 setting 8479
Fingering chart
The Silver Slipper uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6.
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