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How to Play The Silver Spear on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Intermediate

The Silver Spear is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from F#5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in D major — 263 notes, difficulty 3/5.

The tin whistle notes for The Silver Spear start A F# A A A A B A F# A D 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 Silver Spear with these notes in order. Same letter in a higher octave uses the same fingering — overblow for the second register.

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:182
T:The Silver Spear
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
A|:FA (3AAA BAFA|dfed BddA|FA (3AAA BAFA|dfed (3BdB AG|! FA (3AAA BAFA|dfed Bdef|gage fgfe|1 dfed (3BdB AG:|2 dfed BdAd||! |:fa (3aaa bfaf|gfed Bdde|fa (3aaa bfaf|gfed (3BdB A2|! fa (3aaa bfaf|gfed Bdef|~g3 e ~f3 e|1 dfed BdAd:|2 dfed B2 AG||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/182 setting 182 (traditional, public domain)

Fingering chart

The Silver Spear uses these notes on the D tin whistle: F#5, G5, A5, B5, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

F#5
G5
A5
B5
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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