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How to Play Home By The Fire on the Tin Whistle

D major · 4/4 · 170 BPM · Hornpipe · Beginner

Home By The Fire is a hornpipe you can learn on the tin whistle, set in D major (4/4, around 170 beats per minute). It uses 12 distinct notes, ranging from D5 up to B6 — all within the D whistle’s range.

Hornpipe in d major (232 notes after repeat-expansion).

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

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

Sheet music

ABC notation

X:8746
T:Home By The Fire
R:hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmajor
|:d2de dAFA|B2GB A2FA|B2dB ABde|fedf e2de|! dcde dAFA|B2GB A2FA|B2ga fAdf|1 e2ef dABc:|2 e2ef defg||! |:afdf gece|fedc B2Bf|gBdg f2fd|(3efedB ABde|! fAdf eAce|bdBd ADDA|B2ga fAdf|1 e2ef defg:|2 e2ef dABc||
% Source: https://thesession.org/tunes/8746 setting 8746

Fingering chart

Home By The Fire uses these notes on the D tin whistle: D5, F#5, G5, A5, B5, C#6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, A6, B6.

D5
F#5
G5
A5
B5
C#6
D6
E6
F#6
G6
A6
B6

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