How to Play The Tap Room on the Tin Whistle

e minor · 4/4 · 220 BPM · Reel · Advanced

The Tap Room is a reel you can learn on the tin whistle, set in e minor (4/4, around 220 beats per minute). It uses 12 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to A6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Reel in e minor (366 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:711
T:The Tap Room
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Eminor
|:E2 B^c dBBB|dBAF DEFD|E2 B^c dBBB|dBAF BEED|! E2 B^c dBBB|dBAF DEF2|afge fde^c|dBAF DEFD:|! B/^c/d ef gfed|B2 AF DEFD|B/^c/d ef gfed|B2 Ac BE E2|! B/^c/d ef gfed|B2 AF DEFD|afge fde^c|dBAF DEFD:|
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/711 setting 711

Fingering chart

The Tap Room uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, E5, F#5, A5, B5, C6, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6.

D5
E5
F#5
A5
B5
C6
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6

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