How to Play The Wind That Shakes The Barley on the Tin Whistle

The Wind That Shakes The Barley is a slide you can learn on the tin whistle, set in G major (12/8, around 200 beats per minute). It uses 10 distinct notes, ranging from G5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Slide in G major — 180 notes, difficulty 3/5.

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.