How to Play The Southwest Wind on the Tin Whistle

The Southwest Wind is a jig you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D dorian (6/8, around 180 beats per minute). It uses 9 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to E6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Jig in d dorian (173 notes after repeat-expansion).

The interactive sheet music below shows a fingering chart under every note. Press Practice to play along while the app listens to your microphone and tracks your place in the score note by note, or print a clean copy of the score and fingering reference.